Former Balad MK faces year jail time over visit to enemy agent in Syria 2007

 

Said Nafa, 61, sentenced to a year in prison for visiting an enemy state & meeting with a foreign enemy agent.

• In 2007, Nafa made an unapproved trip to Syria where he met with Talal Naji, the deputy secretary-general of the PFLP-GC terrorist group.

By Danny Brenner and Israel Hayom Staff

 

Former Balad MK Said Nafa was sentenced on Thursday by the Nazareth District Court to one year in prison after being convicted in April for visiting an enemy state and contacting a foreign agent.

Former Balad MK Said Nafa – Photo: Dudi Vaaknin

In 2007, Nafa visited Syria, even though the Interior Ministry had not approved the trip. In Syria, Nafa met with Talal Naji, the deputy secretary-general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine — General Command.

Nafa, 61, is from the Druze village of Beit Jann in northern Israel.

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