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British consulate employees in Jerusalem charged for arms trafficking

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Israel has charged two Palestinian staff at British consulate in Jerusalem for arms trafficking.

According to The Telegraph, five Palestinians were arrested in November last year by Israel police for planning an attack on Teddy Stadium, home to the Beitar football team. However, details have only now emerged following Sunday’s court hearing.

Among the three Palestinians detained, two of them were maintenance men employed by the British Consulate General, and were arrested on suspicion of supplying them with guns.

The two men initially charged over the stadium plot, named as Mussa Hamada and Bassem Omari, were said to be members of Hamas, the militant group that controls the Gaza Strip and is in a state of war with Israel.

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