The virtual network has replaced the face-to-face meeting so that the virtual space is the new "recruitment arena" for the organization and its supporters, as the expert noted in his opinion. The organizational affinity is perfected through the consumption of materials and deep identification, which makes the individual "part of the organization's mass": "In arenas where the organization has no territorial foothold, the organizational affinity is built on the basis of intensive content consumption that creates in the individual a sense of collective belonging to the caliphate's enterprise."
The organization's intended goal (then and now) is to bring supporters closer to the organization "in private rooms", in an "independent statement" "among itself", and that this is not a "bug" in the organization's model, but rather its "feature".
Conclusion
From the evidentiary and legal summary that was placed before me, a clear and distinct picture emerges. The combination of the digital evidence pointing to the defendant's act of 'bi'a'a', together with the solid professional infrastructure regarding the 'inspiration model' and the change in the face of the institution of membership in the Islamic State, leads to the inevitable conclusion that the defendant tied his fate to the fate of the organization.
In these circumstances, the argument that the lack of direct contact with an external party detracts from the meaning of the oath is to be rejected. Such an interpretation would sin both the broad language of the law and its preventive purpose, and would ignore today's security and organizational reality.
Therefore, and since I am convinced that in his actions and intentions the defendant has demonstrated a substantial and binding organizational affiliation with the terrorist organization ISIS, I determine that he is 'a member' of the ranks of the organization as defined in the law, and convict him of the offense of membership in a terrorist organization, an offense under section 22(a) of the Counter-Terrorism Law, appeal to the Committee – 2016.