Bar Ilan University Professor Indicted for Planning Mass Terror Attacks Against Arabs

Professor Shachar Navo, a 60-year-old mathematics lecturer at Bar Ilan University, has been indicted for planning mass terror attacks against hundreds of Arab citizens in Israel. The Central District Prosecutor's Office filed the indictment against Navo, a resident of Petah Tikva, who allegedly conceived and planned a violent scheme he called "Eit," an acronym for "The people will do the transfer." The plan, developed over several years, aimed to incite the permanent expulsion of Arab citizens from Israel. According to the indictment, Navo intended to recruit 72 Jewish terrorists, organized into 12 cells, to carry out simultaneous, large-scale attacks in mixed cities and Arab towns across the country, including in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. The goal was to cause the mass flight and permanent expulsion of Arab citizens to Jordan, Lebanon, and other Arab nations. The indictment charges Navo with preparing for acts of terror, extortion by threats, and obstruction of justice. The prosecution is seeking his detention until the end of legal proceedings. A gag order on his name was lifted, allowing publication that he is Professor Shachar Navo. The indictment states that Navo, motivated by nationalist-ideological reasons, decided to plan and execute numerous simultaneous terror acts, particularly in the wake of the "Guardian of the Walls" riots and the "Swords of Iron" war. He also allegedly planned to recruit collaborators from within the IDF, but these attempts, along with an attempt to extort Moshe Feiglin, failed. The investigation was conducted by the Central District of the Israel Police, which uncovered the plot. Following the indictment, Bar Ilan University removed Navo's picture from its faculty website, signaling a dissociation from the professor's alleged plans.