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Dancing Israelis 9/11 controversy

Five Israeli nationals employed by Urban Moving Systems were detained on September 11, 2001, and later deported on immigration grounds, sparking conspiracy theories about their possible foreknowledge of the 9/11 attacks

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Were 5 Israeli men arrested on 9/11 after being reported celebrating during the destruction of the WTC?

Yes — five i nationals were arrested on September 11, 2001, after witnesses reported seeing a group filming and behaving in what some described as celebratory ways while the burned; they were employee...

Feb 5, 2026

What did the FBI officially conclude about the five Israeli detainees after the Urban Moving Systems investigation?

The ’s public, documentary record on the five is detained after the arrests yields an equivocal official posture: field reports and searches noted suspicious behavior and that Urban Moving “may have b...