The Haifa District Court convicted Asaf Ben David, a Palestinian who converted to Judaism, of contact with a foreign agent and conspiring to aid the enemy.

The 39-year-old Ben David (originally Hussam Sawatmeh) was convicted of trying to help his brother Salah, an activist in Islamic Jihad, attain nitric acid for the purpose of preparing explosives.

Ben David was born in the West Bank town of Kfar Tuba. However, after converting to Judaism he married a Jewish woman and moved to the Haifa area. The youngest of his four children is currently serving in the Israel Defense Forces.



According to the court's ruling, Ben David was in contact with his brother regarding the supply of nitric acid between October 2006 and until his brother's death in December of 2006. Following his brother's death, Ben David apparently returned to Islam.

According to the verdict, while mourning his brother's death Ben David lamented the fact that he did not have a chance to supply him with the acid before he died.

In reading the sentencing, Justice Itzhak Amit showed remorse for the incident, saying that it was "a microcosm of the Israeli-Palestinian tragedy."

Ben David's two living brothers are in Israeli prisons for security reasons.

Comment:Islam is the religion of Allah and it's really hard to go to the darkeness when you lived in the light.