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Message: <br /><br /> If you are having trouble reading this email, you may view this article online at: http://www.jweekly.com/2768/full/2768/israel-may-deport-american-tied-to-mosque-bomb-plot/ <br /><br /> <b>Israel may deport American tied to mosque bomb plot</b> <br /> Friday, March 15, 1996 | by <p>NAOMI SEGAL </p> <br /><br /><p>JERUSALEM—Israel's internal security service has requested that a U.S. citizen living in Jerusalem be deported because he was involved in a plot to blow up a mosque here.<br /><br /> The American, identified as 35-year-old David Ben-Ariel of Ohio, was reportedly detained for questioning recently by Shin Bet officials.<br /><br /> He was released several hours later, but his passport was confiscated and he was ordered to report regularly to police.<br /><br /> News reports indicated that Ben-Ariel—and several others who remained at large—allegedly planned to blow up Al-Aksa Mosque on the Temple Mount complex in Jerusalem's Old City.<br /><br /> Ben-Ariel strongly denied the allegations and said he was being unfairly treated.<br /><br /> Security sources reportedly preferred that he be deported, and not brought to trial because they lacked hard evidence to convict him.<br /><br /> Ben-Ariel reportedly belonged to the Temple Mount Faithful, a group that seeks to rebuild the Jewish temple at its original location, where two mosques, including Al-Aksa, stand.<br /><br /> Ben-Ariel is said to have arrived in Israel about nine months ago and recently applied for citizenship.</p> <p> </p>

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