Thirty-two residents of East Jerusalem who carry Israeli blue identity cards were arrested overnight Monday in a police operation, on suspicion that they had enlisted and served in the Palestinian Authority security forces.
כוחות של משטרת ישראל עצרו הלילה 32 תושבי מזרח ירושלים המחזיקים בתעודות זהות כחולות, החשודים בעבירות של שירות במנגנוני הביטחון הפלסטינים. כל העצורים הועברו לחקירה. בחיפוש בבתי החשודים נתפס ציוד צבאי, תחמושת, מדים ותעודות מינוי והסמכה של המשטרה הפלסטינית pic.twitter.com/aGdiI5eZ2F
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Some of the suspects served illegally in the PA security apparatus, while receiving allowances from the State of Israel.
Searches of their homes yielded weapons, tens of thousands of shekels, PA uniforms and documents.
The wave of arrests took place following a covert investigation conducted by the Jerusalem police.
The police said that they would continue to take harsh measures against Israeli residents and citizens who enlist in the Palestinian Authority.
Police stated that “the activity attributed to the suspects who live among residents of eastern Jerusalem directly harm those Israeli Arabs and their personal security.”
All the suspects were transferred for further investigation in the Central Unit of the Jerusalem district police, and will be brought before a court for a remand later on Monday.