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The Israeli Arab community must step up and stop the phenomenon of youths falling pray to ISIS indoctrination.
Monday's announcement that indictments were filed against residents of the Beduin village of Houra in the Negev on suspicion of membership in, and support for, the Islamic State terrorist organization should be cause for concern.
The development should concern not only the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), Israel Police and the other law enforcement authorities. To an even greater degree, it should set off warning lights for the Israeli Arab leadership: MKs, mayors, local councils, journalists and the intellectual community. ...
At this point it is still a small number, perhaps 100, of Israeli Arabs who fallen captive to Islamic State's ideology and cult of death. This is negligible in an Israeli Arab population that numbers some 1.5 million people. In order to prevent these isolated cases of bad apples from turning into a growing phenomenon, responsibility and a quick denunciation without stuttering or excuses is required from the pillars of the Israeli Arab community, as well as a serious public diplomacy and education effort.
The effectiveness of the Shin Bet, which is following Islamic State activity on social networks and deals mainly in foiling threats, will not suffice to prevent the slide down the slippery slope.
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