An ultra—Orthodox Jewish extremist has been arrested on suspicion he murdered three Palestinians more than a decade ago.
Israel’s Shin Bet security service says 30—year—old Chaim Perlman is also suspected in a series of attacks on other Arabs in the late 1990s.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said on Thursday that Perlman faces charges of attempted murder and illegal possession of weapons.
Perlman is a well—known figure in the Israeli ultranationalist right. He has been linked to the extremist movement founded by U.S.—born Rabbi Meir Kahane who preached that Palestinians should be expelled from Israel and the West Bank.
Perlman’s lawyer Adi Keidar said his client is a former Shin Bet informant and was coerced into talking about the attacks.
