Reza Jabari
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An Iranian Muslim flight attendant for Iranian carrier Kish Air, hijacked a flight between Tehran and the Iranian resort island of Kish.
He diverted the airplane and its 174 passengers to Israel, where he told authorities that he had hijacked the plane because he was desperate to flee Iran and never had any intention of harming the passengers or crew.
Jabari was arrested and sentenced to eight years in prison, but was released after four-and-a-half years and settled among Iranian Jews in the Israeli Red Sea resort of Eilat.
He later converted to Judaism and feels completely Israeli.[1]
