Far-left activists who were arrested while allegedly plotting a mass bombing campaign in California repeatedly discussed violence toward Israel and identified with the Hamas terrorist group, according to a Tuesday indictment.

Earlier this month, US federal authorities announced the foiled plot by an activist group called the Turtle Island Liberation Front.

Turtle Island is a term used by some indigenous groups to describe North America.

The group is a far-left, anti-Israel, anti-government and anti-capitalist network that participated in a vitriolic protest against a Los Angeles synagogue earlier this month, while some of its members were allegedly planning their bombing campaign.

Four activists have been charged in the bombing plot — Audrey Illeene Carroll, Zachary Aaron Page, Dante Gaffield and Tina Lai. They range in age from 24 to 41.

The indictment, filed on Tuesday in a federal court in California, said the four were part of a radical faction of the Turtle Island Liberation Front, called Order of the Black Lotus.

Carroll created a document, titled “Operation Midnight Sun,” that outlined a mass bombing campaign across Southern California on New Year’s Eve, the indictment said.

The goal of the plot was to........

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