Five Arrested On 9-11 Still Held In New York - 9/11

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 01:25:01 GMT

Five young Israelis are 'on the verge of collapse,' according to family members, as their incarceration in New York on charges relating to the Bin Laden attacks continues. They were arrested on Sept. 11, only hours after the World Trade Center attack, on charges of plotting to blow up a New York bridge. Katie Shmuel of the Galilee town of Yokne'am, southeast of Haifa, says that her son Yaron is in a very critical psychological situation, given that they are not allowed to have visitors and the difficult conditions in which they are being held. Even the Israeli Consul-General in New York was allowed to visit only after asking several times and receiving a special permit,