Bar-Ilan University Lecturer Indicted for Planning Terror Attacks Against Arabs

A Bar-Ilan University lecturer, approximately 60 years old and from Petah Tikva, has been indicted for allegedly planning acts of terror against Arab citizens of Israel and Palestinians for years, with a nationalist-ideological motive. The indictment, filed in the Central District Court in Lod, accuses the lecturer of devising a "murderous plan" to kill hundreds of Arab civilians. The plan, codenamed "I.Y.T." (which stands for "with He will do transfer"), aimed to achieve the expulsion of Arabs from Israel and the territories.

The lecturer, whose name is under a publication ban, authored a detailed five-page document outlining his ideology and operational plan. He described Israeli Arabs and Bedouins as a "small army" that is "strangling our lines inward on the way to destruction" and urged readers to "hate them seven times more than they hate you." He also encouraged potential perpetrators, comparing them to IDF soldiers and stating that those arrested would be released quickly.

During the planning period, the lecturer reportedly took extreme measures to avoid detection, writing all his documents by hand, using a pseudonym, and wearing masks and sunglasses during meetings. He is charged with preparing for a terror act, extortion by threats, and obstruction of justice, with prosecutors requesting his detention until the end of proceedings due to his perceived immediate danger to the public.

According to the indictment, the lecturer attempted to recruit former Knesset member Moshe Feiglin to his cause, hoping to reach more activists through him during an election event. When Feiglin did not respond to initial overtures, the lecturer allegedly sent him threatening letters, including at his home and party stalls, demanding cooperation and threatening to expose the plan and cause him public damage.

Feiglin stated in an interview that he initially dismissed the letters as the ramblings of a "crazy person" and did not attach importance to them. However, after repeated letters and threats of extortion, his team recognized the severity and urged him to file a police complaint. Feiglin only learned the author was a mathematics professor during his police testimony and expressed surprise that someone with such a position would believe such "crazy" ideas.