Bar Ilan Lecturer Indicted for Plotting Mass Attacks on Arab Israelis

A lecturer at Bar Ilan University, approximately 60 years old and residing in Petah Tikva, has been indicted for allegedly planning coordinated terrorist attacks against hundreds of Arab Israelis. The prosecution, which has requested his detention until the end of legal proceedings, attributes nationalistic-ideological motives to the suspect, citing his plan, codenamed "EIT" (an acronym for "The Nation Will Do Transfer"). The indictment details that the suspect, motivated by the "Guardian of the Walls" riots and the subsequent "Swords of Iron" war, devised a detailed plan to cause the deaths of numerous Arab citizens across Israel, including Bedouins, East Jerusalemites, and West Bank residents, with the ultimate goal of their permanent expulsion.

Over a period of more than three years, starting in February 2023, the suspect allegedly developed "EIT," which envisioned 72 Jewish attackers, many armed and licensed, divided into 12 cells. These cells were to carry out simultaneous mass attacks in mixed and Arab towns, with alleged planned support from elements within the IDF, including air and artillery strikes on Arab population centers. The plan, which the suspect referred to as "How to do EIT here and now," included instructions for "mass killing" and urged participants "not to pity even their cruel and disgusting women and children."

To advance his plan, the suspect reportedly attempted for about a year and a half to recruit supporters without success. He also conducted reconnaissance in the village of Tuba-Zangaria. In a particularly unusual turn, the indictment states the suspect attempted to recruit Moshe Feiglin, a candidate for the 26th Knesset, into his plot. When Feiglin did not cooperate, the suspect allegedly sent him a blackmail letter threatening to release it and cause him public damage before the elections, and later delivered copies of this letter, along with another threatening letter, to Feiglin's home and to the CEO of Feiglin's "Zehut" party.

The suspect allegedly took extensive measures to conceal his identity and activities, including writing documents by hand, using disguises like masks and sunglasses during meetings, using aliases, and employing payphones. The prosecution emphasized the suspect's dangerousness due to his extremist ideology and the detailed, multi-layered nature of his plan, which he sought to implement during a period of heightened security tensions.