Last Tuesday, a Moroccan attacker holding an American green card carried out a stabbing attack in Tel Aviv. Despite security officials at the airport trying to block his entry, the Shin Bet ultimately approved his admission into Israel.
Kaddi Abd al-Aziz, a Muslim Moroccan tourist holding a U.S. green card, perpetrated the stabbing attack in Tel Aviv's Nahalat Binyamin area. The terrorist stabbed four individuals, two of whom sustained moderate injuries, before being neutralized by an armed civilian on the scene. One of the injured victims, a soldier who had previously lost part of his hand in Gaza, heroically attempted to subdue the assailant despite his injuries.
Upon the attacker’s arrival in Israel, Population and Immigration Authority personnel flagged him as a potential security risk and attempted to deny him entry into Israel, handing him over to the Shin Bet. However, the Shin Bet then approved his admission without conducting even a basic background check, which would have easily revealed his overt terrorist sympathies.
One concerned citizen conducted a cursory internet search and quickly found the attacker’s Facebook profile. "It took me only 15 seconds to find this Moroccan-American terrorist’s
profile and see the kind of content he writes and shares in order to understand that this is someone who should never even have been allowed near a flight to Israel," the user wrote.
Interior Minister’s Reaction:
Interior Minister Moshe Arbel praised the Population and Immigration Authority officers for their diligence in identifying the threat at Ben Gurion Airport. “They correctly identified [the threat] in real time and attempted to block the terrorist’s entry upon his arrival at Ben Gurion airport on January 18, 2025, referring him to security officials for further questioning. Unfortunately, the same security officials decided to admit him into Israel,” Arbel stated, calling on Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar to immediately investigate the grave incident and apply critical lessons learned.
Shin Bet’s Response:
“At the time of the individual’s entry into Israel, a security assessment was conducted, including questioning and additional checks, which concluded that there was no basis to deny him entry for security reasons. The incident will be investigated,” a Shin Bet spokesperson said.
This is not the first case of a critical lapse in Shin Bet’s security procedures.
About a month ago, Ibrahim Shalahoub, a former Shin Bet informant, brutally murdered 83 -year-old Holocaust survivor Ludmila Lipovsky on Kedoshei Hashoah St. in Herzliya, as she stepped outside the assisted living facility where she resided. Shalahoub stabbed her repeatedly and mercilessly, and was ultimately shot down by Postal Guard Unit security personnel who were nearby.
Following the murder, the Shin Bet stated that Shalahoub had previously worked with them as an informant in the Tul Karm area, helping to expose the activities of terrorists there, including the “Lion’s Den” terrorist cell, and was allowed into Israel as part of a “rehabilitation” program after it was revealed that he had cooperated with the Shin Bet.
According to media reports, Shalahoub had undergone a polygraph test by Israeli security only two weeks prior to the attack.
Three months ago, HaKol HaYehudi reported that European activists posing as tourists in Israel had come to Judea and Samaria under the guise of supporting “human rights,” and participated in a pro-Hezbollah rally in central Ramallah.
In a video procured by HaKol HaYehudi from the rally, four foreign activists are seen flanking a well-known inciter of terrorism, Hesham Abu Raya, nicknamed “Abu Salah.” His speech at the rally left no room for doubt as to his intentions, openly supporting Hezbollah attacks and the Gazan massacre on Israeli towns, while urging the audience to commit further acts of violence against Israel.
At the start of the war, our investigation into the ISM (International Solidarity Movement) uncovered that its members attended Hamas demonstrations in Hebron and even maintained ties to known terrorists. Following the exposé, one activist was deported, while others fled to Ramallah.
One prominent Israeli activist, Neta Golan, even changed her Facebook profile picture to the Gazan bulldozer that breached the border fence leading up to the massacre. A member of the IWPS (International Women’s Peace Service), about which we published a separate investigation, publicly endorsed Syrian terrorist bombing attacks on Israel. The same IWPS sends activists to Samaria every year during the olive harvest, where they clean the gravesites of mass-murdering terrorists in Balata and disseminate anti-Israel propaganda, as detailed in our investigative reports.
Even veteran left-wing activist and reform rabbi Arik Ascherman, who has been active for years in Judea and Samaria, openly stated in an interview with HaKol HaYehudi that he works hand in hand with ISM activists and would continue to assist Hamas members supporters, even after the October massacre.
