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Criminal Case (Be’er Sheva) 20958-08-24 State of Israel – F.M. v. Muhammad Azzam - part 22

April 30, 2026
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-        The Institution of Bi'a as a Binding Contract - Historically and culturally, expression is the point of no return.  In the eyes of the organization, from the moment the oath is taken, the individual subordinates his will to the leader of the organization and is considered a soldier waiting for an order.  The oath, combined with the consumption of operative content, the adoption of organizational terminology, close contact and dialogue with supporters and activists of the different Appeal - establishes "Functional affinity"Fullness between the individual and the organization.

  1. The dispute between the parties was indeed limited to the legal interpretation of the Section 2(a) in the Counter-Terrorism Law. However, the extreme changes in the defendant's version, along with an evidentiary basis that sheds light on the circumstances, motives, and the many years of assimilation that the defendant underwent until his decision to take the oath of office to the leader of a different appeal – constitute an inseparable layer for the purpose of discussing the main question in dispute.  From this, we must first apply the main evidentiary basis to prove the facts of the indictment, and then we will turn to the legal dispute between the parties, in which we will address the question of the meaning and validity of a training oath that the defendant performed between himself and himself.

The defendant's confession to the Shin Bet

  1. The defendant was arrested on 16 July 2024, during which he was interrogated by the General Security Services (P/9-P/17), and here it should be noted that the interrogations of the defendant by the ISA were carried out at convenient hours in the morning, afternoon or early evening.

Interrogations marked P/9 - P/12 and P/15 - 17 were submitted with the consent of the defense, without any objection and without cross-examination.

On the first day of his interrogation, 16 July 2024, the defendant was interrogated twice: in the first interrogation (P/9)) he told the interrogator known as "Regev" that he had already begun browsing different Dar'ar websites about 10 years ago, and admitted that he supported a different  appeal and their ideology (ibid., para. 20, para. 23).

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