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| Jail terms for Israeli neo-Nazis | Jail terms for Israeli neo-Nazis |
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| Eight teenagers have been sentenced to time in jail by a court in Israel for carrying out a series of neo-Nazi attacks that shocked the nation. | Eight teenagers have been sentenced to time in jail by a court in Israel for carrying out a series of neo-Nazi attacks that shocked the nation. |
| The eight, aged from 16 to 19, were found guilty of attacking religious Jews, foreign workers, drug addicts and gay people and desecrating a synagogue. | |
| The group, immigrants to Israel from the former Soviet Union, were sentenced to between one and seven years in jail. | The group, immigrants to Israel from the former Soviet Union, were sentenced to between one and seven years in jail. |
| Israel was founded in the wake of the Nazi Holocaust in which millions died. | Israel was founded in the wake of the Nazi Holocaust in which millions died. |
| One of those convicted was the grandson of a Holocaust survivor. | One of those convicted was the grandson of a Holocaust survivor. |
| There was widespread revulsion in Israel when the existence of the neo-Nazi gang was revealed after their arrests in 2007. | There was widespread revulsion in Israel when the existence of the neo-Nazi gang was revealed after their arrests in 2007. |
| Attacks filmed | Attacks filmed |
| Delivering his verdict, the judge at Tel Aviv district court said he handed down severe penalties in an effort to deter others from following their example. | Delivering his verdict, the judge at Tel Aviv district court said he handed down severe penalties in an effort to deter others from following their example. |
| The fact that they are Jews from the ex-Soviet Union and that they had sympathised with individuals who believed in racist theories is terrible Judge Tsvi Gurfinkel | |
| Gang leader Erik Bonite, who is also known as Ely the Nazi, was sentenced to seven years in jail, the AFP news agency reported. | |
| "The fact that they are Jews from the ex-Soviet Union and that they had sympathised with individuals who believed in racist theories is terrible," Judge Tsvi Gurfinkel said as he handed down his verdict. | |
| All eight lived in Petah Tikva, near Tel Aviv, where the group made videos of their attacks and hoarded a cache of fascist memorabilia. | All eight lived in Petah Tikva, near Tel Aviv, where the group made videos of their attacks and hoarded a cache of fascist memorabilia. |
| According to information released at the time, searches of their homes yielded Nazi uniforms, portraits of Adolf Hitler, knives, guns and TNT. | According to information released at the time, searches of their homes yielded Nazi uniforms, portraits of Adolf Hitler, knives, guns and TNT. |
| The gang members sported tattoos popular with white supremacists - including the number 88, code for Heil Hitler - H being the eighth letter of the alphabet. | The gang members sported tattoos popular with white supremacists - including the number 88, code for Heil Hitler - H being the eighth letter of the alphabet. |
| Video clips found on computers seized by police showed the suspects dressed in typical skinhead neo-Nazi clothes, in the process of assaulting their victims, Israel's Haaretz newspaper reported. | Video clips found on computers seized by police showed the suspects dressed in typical skinhead neo-Nazi clothes, in the process of assaulting their victims, Israel's Haaretz newspaper reported. |
| They were charged with offences including conspiracy to commit a crime, assault, racial incitement and the distribution of racist materials. | They were charged with offences including conspiracy to commit a crime, assault, racial incitement and the distribution of racist materials. |
| The suspects all migrated to Israel under the Law of Return, which allows anyone with at least one Jewish grandparent to become a citizen. | The suspects all migrated to Israel under the Law of Return, which allows anyone with at least one Jewish grandparent to become a citizen. |
| But their links to Judaism are slender, with most qualifying for citizenship through grandparents or distant family connections. | But their links to Judaism are slender, with most qualifying for citizenship through grandparents or distant family connections. |