The State Prosecution filed a request to revoke the citizenship of two security prisoners convicted of aiding Hamas, at the request of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and with the approval of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, Channel 12 reports.
At 12:25 Jerusalem, the State Prosecution, at the specific request of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and with the approval of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, filed a motion to revoke the citizenship of two security prisoners convicted of aiding Hamas. The request, now confirmed by Channel 12, invokes the legal clause for breach of loyalty to the state.
The story broke earlier today at 11:01 Jerusalem, when journalist Toviya Yigelnik first reported the unprecedented citizenship revocation request. Within the same hour, The Zioneer published details identifying the prisoners as former Cellcom employees Rani Uf and Shadi Aidi, who were convicted of passing sensitive communication infrastructure information to Hamas and planning to disable the Cellcom network during wartime. The official motion describes their actions as 'acts of treason' and cites an extreme breach of trust.
The move is the first of its kind under the criminal track of the Citizenship Law, filed by the State Prosecutor's Office. The court will now consider the request.
The prisoners' identities and the specific nature of their offenses have been confirmed by the prosecution's filing, but the court's decision on the revocation remains pending.
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