[Ruba] Almaghtheh told officers she was watching news coverage of the Israel-Hamas war on television and decided to plan an attack on the building because she was offended by the “Hebrew Israelite” symbol on the front of the building.
Police said Almaghtheh passed by the building a couple times and called it the “Israel school.”
IMPD said she made reference to “her people back in Palestine” and told officers, “Yes. I did it on purpose.”
However, the Anti-Defamation League defines the Israelite School of Universal and Practical Knowledge as an “extreme and antisemitic” sect of the Black Hebrew Israelites. The Southern Poverty Law Center has designated the Black Hebrew Israelites as a hate group.
[This is a couple of days old but still worth noting. If stupidity were a crime, Almaghtheh would get the death penalty. As it is, a trial jury should really consider keeping Almaghtheh off the streets for at least a few years, because the next time she will pick her target better. Bet on it. — Ed]
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