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| Israeli 'neo-Nazi gang' arrested | Israeli 'neo-Nazi gang' arrested |
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| Police in Israel say they have broken up a gang neo-Nazis who stand accused of carrying out a string of attacks on foreigners, gays and religious Jews. | Police in Israel say they have broken up a gang neo-Nazis who stand accused of carrying out a string of attacks on foreigners, gays and religious Jews. |
| The eight suspects, aged 16-21, are all Israeli citizens from the former Soviet Union. They were arrested a month ago, but the news only emerged on Saturday. | The eight suspects, aged 16-21, are all Israeli citizens from the former Soviet Union. They were arrested a month ago, but the news only emerged on Saturday. |
| Police say searches of their homes yielded Nazi uniforms, portraits of Adolf Hitler, knives, guns and TNT. | Police say searches of their homes yielded Nazi uniforms, portraits of Adolf Hitler, knives, guns and TNT. |
| 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. |
| The arrests follow a year-long inquiry which began after a synagogue in Petah Tikva, a city east of Tel Aviv, was desecrated with graffiti of Nazi swastikas and the name of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. | The arrests follow a year-long inquiry which began after a synagogue in Petah Tikva, a city east of Tel Aviv, was desecrated with graffiti of Nazi swastikas and the name of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. |
| Video tapes | Video tapes |
| The eight accused, who include the group's alleged leader, are due to appear in Ramle later on Sunday. | The eight accused, who include the group's alleged leader, are due to appear in Ramle later on Sunday. |
| An estimated six million Jews were killed in the Nazi Holocaust"We want them to be charged with being involved in neo-Nazi activities," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP news agency. | |
| "We believe that this is the main gang working in the area... the main gang that exists [in Israel] that attempts to use Hitler's ideology," Mr Rosenfeld added. | "We believe that this is the main gang working in the area... the main gang that exists [in Israel] that attempts to use Hitler's ideology," Mr Rosenfeld added. |
| Police say the gang members would target homosexuals, Jews who wore a skull cap and drug addicts, often video taping their attacks. | Police say the gang members would target homosexuals, Jews who wore a skull cap and drug addicts, often video taping their attacks. |
| "It is difficult to believe that Nazi ideology sympathisers can exist in Israel, but it is a fact," Revital Almog, the police official who led the investigation, told Israeli public radio. | "It is difficult to believe that Nazi ideology sympathisers can exist in Israel, but it is a fact," Revital Almog, the police official who led the investigation, told Israeli public radio. |
| 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. |