Editing Irv Rubin (section)

==2001 conspiracy charges==
On December 12, 2001, Rubin and [[Earl Krugel]], a member of the JDL, were charged with conspiracy to bomb private and government property. The two allegedly were caught in the act of planning bomb attacks against the King Fahd [[Mosque]] in [[Culver City, California]], and on the office of [[U.S. Representative]] [[Darrell Issa]] (R-CA), who is a Christian of Lebanese and Czech descent. The two were arrested as part of a [[sting operation]] after an FBI informant named Danny Gillis delivered [[explosive]]s to Krugel's home in L.A.<ref>[http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=7861 JDL Head Arrested] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304141650/http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=7861 |date=2016-03-04 }}, JewishJournal.com, December 14, 2001.</ref>

The JDL claims that Danny Gillis struck a deal with the FBI to neutralize the JDL by infiltrating the organization and by arranging criminal charges of its leadership.<ref>Fern Sidman, [http://www.jdl.org/information/chairman/hero.shtml  Today We Lost a True Hero] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107064323/http://www.jdl.org/information/chairman/hero.shtml |date=2007-11-07 }}, Jewish Defense League web page, 2002.</ref> However, according to the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles, Gillis was a former JDL member who joined the organization due to conflicts with [[White power skinhead|white skinheads]].<ref>Mike Levy, [http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=8404 JDL Trial Set for October, Rubin, Krugel attorneys have been unable to speak with informant in bomb plot case] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204054343/http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=8404 |date=2012-02-04 }}, JewishJournal.com, April 12, 2002.</ref> According to journalist David Sheen, Rubin via his attorney Mark Werksman, offered one of Rubin's disgruntled criminal associates "Moshe V" $50,000 to kill Gillis.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sheen |first1=David |title=The El-Nakam Bombers |website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMqfS_mkMHM&ab_channel=DavidSheen |date=Aug 17, 2022}}</ref>

On February 4, 2003, [[Earl Krugel]], Rubin's first lieutenant, pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges stemming from the plot.  This plea was later withdrawn by the presiding Judge, and he was charged with additional crimes which, if convicted, could result in a 55-year imprisonment in a federal penitentiary. The plea bargain was apparently reinstated in late September 2005, and the 62-year-old Krugel was sentenced to 20 years in federal detention, after an initial plea agreement based on his revealing the names of those involved in the Alex Odeh bomb plot was withdrawn.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080408123916/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1109352,00.html Time Magazine Milestones]; Jim Crogan,[http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=14715 Krugel Gets 20 Years for Bomb Plot] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716221202/http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=14715 |date=2012-07-16 }}, September 30, 2005.</ref>  On November 4, 2005, he was killed after being transferred to a [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] federal prison. Another inmate struck Krugel on the head from behind with a cement block.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jdl-activist-killed-in-prison/ JDL Activist Killed In Prison] .</ref>

[[File:IRV RUBIN.jpg|thumb|Rubin's tombstone in [[Los Angeles]]]]