Two Jordanians On Trial For Plot to Attack Israeli Embassy

[Mosby]

Jordan put two brothers, accused of planning to blow up Israel's embassy in Amman, on trial Thursday. The two are part of a terror gang arrested during the summer, at the height of protests in Jordan against Israel during Operation Protective Edge.

A total of eight suspects, including a Syrian fugitive, were charged with plotting to attack US soldiers and blow up Israel's embassy in the Hashemite kingdom, as well as trying to recruit people to join the Lebanese-based terror group Hezbollah.

The brothers, 53 and 37, were accused of preparing a car bomb and getting ready to ram it into the Israeli Embassy in Amman. They are being tried on charges of terrorism, using illegal explosives, illegal possession of weapons, and conspiracy. The car and the weapons were stored in the garage of one of the brothers, the indictment said.

Police said they caught the two before they were able to carry out their plot because of a “work accident,” with some of their explosives blowing up while in storage. The explosion prompted a police investigation, which resulted in the arrest of the brothers, as well as the other suspects.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/188534#.VIt6UHsRSFo

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[Scootaloo]

1. Good.

Not only are criminals being tried in a court of law, but, as far as I can tell, Jordan is not blowing up their mothers' houses.

[oberliner]

2. Punitive Israeli house demolitions a ‘war crime’ — HRW

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Human Rights Watch called on Israel Saturday to stop razing the homes of Palestinians accused of attacking Israelis, saying the practice can constitute a war crime.

“Israel should impose an immediate moratorium on its policy of demolishing the family homes of Palestinians suspected of carrying out attacks on Israelis,” the New York-based group said, as the fate of three houses slated for demolition awaits a court ruling.

“The policy, which Israeli officials claim is a deterrent, deliberately and unlawfully punishes people not accused of any wrongdoing. When carried out in occupied territory, including East Jerusalem, it amounts to collective punishment, a war crime.”

The East Jerusalem families of Muataz Hijazi, and of cousins Uday and Ghassan Abu Jamal, killed by Israeli forces after two separate attacks in West Jerusalem, have been served demolition orders on their homes but have appealed.

http://jordantimes.com/punitive-israeli-house-demolitions-a-war-crime-----hrw