The two suspects have been named as Ameer Makhoul, 42, head of Ittijah (the Union of Arab Community-Based Associations) - an umbrella group for Arab NGOs in Israel - of Haifa, and Omar Said Abdo, 40, of Kfar Kana, an activist for the Balad Arab political party.

Makhoul was arrested on May 6 and Abdo was taken into custody on April 24, security services said.

"They were arrested on suspicion of severe security offenses," police added. "The investigation, which is ongoing, is being coordinated with the attorney general [Yehuda Weinstein] and the Israel Police's Head of Investigations Branch, Cmdr. Yoav Seglovitch, as well as the state prosecution," police said...

• Website: www.ittijah.org 
• Established in 1985 and based in Haifa. Ittijah describes itself as "the network for Palestinian non-governmental organizations in Israel Ittijah strives to strengthen and empower the Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel by promoting the development of Palestinian civil society and advocating for political, economic and social change. Its mission is to coordinate the activities and strategies of member organizations while fostering the development of members' institutional and organizational capabilities." 
• Member organizations include Adalah, Galilee Society, Mada al-Carmel, I'lam Center, Al-Ahali, and Al-Anwar.
• Ittijah holds ECOSOC special consultative status in the UN.
• On May 6, 2010, Ittijah's head Amir Makhoul was arrested for allegedly spying on behalf of Hezbollah.  
• Updated funding information is not available due to lack of transparency. 
• Ittijah joined a number of Palestinian NGOs in rejecting anti-terror clauses in funding agreements, specifically from USAID and the Ford Foundation. 
• During the Gaza war, Ittijah claimed that "the IDF is turning Gaza to kind of an extermination camp, in the full sense of the word and with the full historical relativity" (email)...[More.]