Bar Ilan University Lecturer Indicted for Plotting Mass Murder of Arabs

The Central District Attorney's Office has filed an indictment against a Bar Ilan University lecturer accused of planning "terrorist attacks to kill hundreds of Arab citizens and target Arab and Bedouin towns, including Toura al-Zangariya." The indictment, filed in the Lod District Court, alleges the lecturer, motivated by a "nationalist-ideological drive," spent over three years developing a detailed plan named "Ayit" (meaning "The People Will Carry Out the Transfer"). The plan, conceived during the "Swords of Iron" war, aimed to simultaneously murder hundreds of Arab citizens, including Bedouins and East Jerusalem and West Bank Palestinians, with the ultimate goal of forcing their permanent expulsion to Jordan, Lebanon, and Gaza.

The indictment details that the plot involved 72 Jewish perpetrators, divided into 12 terrorist cells, armed with various weapons. It also allegedly included plans for coordinated sabotage from within the Israeli military, potentially involving airstrikes and artillery fire on Arab population centers. The lecturer reportedly conducted reconnaissance in Toura al-Zangariya and attempted to recruit individuals for the attacks, though without success. He also allegedly tried to recruit Moshe Feiglin, leader of the Zehut party, to aid in the recruitment of additional activists, even resorting to blackmail when Feiglin did not cooperate.

Mohammed Heib, a candidate for the United Arab List, condemned the indictment, stating that such "murderous and expulsionist ideas" do not grow in a vacuum but are "fed by the incitement of figures within the government." He emphasized that the safety of their people is a "red line" and called for accountability for all involved in such plots. Bar Ilan University issued a statement expressing shock at the allegations, condemning the lecturer's alleged actions, and announcing his immediate suspension pending the legal proceedings. The university affirmed its zero-tolerance policy for such phenomena, which contradict Jewish, Israeli, and human values.