Israel indicts U.S. citizen who planned terror attack on Holy sites

December 9, 2014

Israel indicts U.S. citizen suspected of planning attacks on Muslim holy sites

Adam Everett Livvix, a 30-year-old Texan Christian, cooperated with his roommate, an IDF soldier, to get 1.4 kilograms (3 pounds) of explosives, officials say.

Israel has indicted a 30-year-old American Christian from Texas for plotting to blow up Muslim holy places in Jerusalem, the Justice Ministry said on Tuesday.

In a statement, the ministry said a court had indicted Adam Everett Livvix in connection with the plot. It said that Livvix had cooperated with his roommate, a serving soldier in the Israeli military, to obtain 1.4 kilograms of explosive material to use to blow up the unidentified Jerusalem holy places.

The ministry said the plot was discovered by a police agent in October. It said that Livvix was indicted on Monday and is currently undergoing psychiatric evaluation.

Livvix's indictment comes at a time of rising tensions in Jerusalem, mostly over a disputed holy site that is holy both to Muslims and Jews.

In 1969, an Australian Christian started a fire at the complex in hopes that it would hasten the second coming of Jesus Christ. The man, Denis Michael Rohan, was subsequently committed to a mental institution.

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The Israel Police and Shin Bet Security Service released information on Tuesday regarding a Christian American citizen arrested on suspicion of planning terror attack on Muslim holy sites in Israel.

According to the Shin Bet, the individual, while residing in the Palestinian territories prior to his arrest, was approached about assassinating U.S. President Barack Obama while the latter was visiting Israel, though the suspect refused to take part in the plan.

According to Shin Bet and Israel Police reports, the suspect is Adam Everett Livvix, a 30-year-old from Texas. Livvix has previously been wanted in the U.S. on d--g charges. He was arrested in Israel on November 19, on suspicion of possession of illegal weapons and planning a terror attack.

Livvix came to Israel in 2013 and lived in the Palestinian cities of Hebron and Bethlehem. It was while living in Bethlehem that Livvix was approached by a Palestinian about assassinating Obama the with a sniper rifle. Livvix refused. After leaving Palestinian Authority territory, Livvix entered Israel illegally, and remained in the country illegally for roughly a year and a half.

Livvix became acquainted with Israelis and presented himself as a former U.S. Navy SEAL. During questioning, Livvix admitted to being involved in various fraud schemes, as well as the initial stages of planning terror attacks on sites holy to Islam in Israel.

He was apprehended in possession of various weapons and explosives that were stolen from the Israel Defense Forces. In October of this year Livvix asked his roommate, an IDF soldier, to procure weapons for him in exchange for pay. His roommate managed to bring him a 1.4 kilogram explosive device, for which Livvix paid part of the agreed upon sum.

The American Federal Bureau of Investigation was notified of the investigation by Israeli security services, and the Central District Prosecutor filed an indictment against Livix in the Netanya MagistrateÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Court. On Monday, the court ordered that Livix be held until the end of legal proceedings, and that he undergo psychiatric evaluation as per the request of his defense attorney.

The Israel Police and the Justice Ministry stated that the suspect attempted to flee when he was apprehended by police, by jumping out of his seventh-floor window onto a sixth-floor balcony.

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