A Palestinian insurgent has used a Western-sponsored university as the base for his activities in the West Bank. Israeli security sources said an Islamic Jihad insurgent converted the Arab-American University in Zebabda into his base of operations. The sources said the insurgent planned suicide bombings inside Israel from the university's dormitories, located outside Jenin. The insurgent was identified as Ashraf Mahmoud Husseini Awidat, 19. Awidat was identified as the deputy to Jihad commander in Jenin, Iyad Abu Al Roub. Al Roub was captured in November 2005. The sources said Israeli intelligence agents and special troops raided the private university in Jenin in early December and arrested Awidat. They said Awidat had sought to conduct an imminent suicide attack against an Israeli target.