Bar-Ilan University Again Linked to Terror Plot 31 Years After Rabin's Assassination
Translated & summarized from Now 14 by baba
Bar-Ilan University is once again associated with a terror plot, this time involving Professor Shachar Nevo, accused of planning a mass attack against Arabs. This echoes the past, as Yigal Amir, who assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, was also a Bar-Ilan student. Nevo allegedly planned to recruit 72 attackers for simultaneous assaults. The university has suspended Nevo and condemned his alleged actions, stating they violate its values.
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- Bar-Ilan University lecturer Shachar Nevo is accused of planning a mass terror attack against Arabs.
- Nevo allegedly planned to recruit 72 attackers for simultaneous assaults in Israeli cities and towns.
- The university stated it has "zero tolerance" for such actions and suspended Nevo.
- The incident recalls Yigal Amir, Rabin's assassin, who was also a Bar-Ilan student.
- Nevo had completed advanced degrees and taught mathematics at Bar-Ilan before his arrest.
Professor Shachar Nevo, a mathematics lecturer at Bar-Ilan University, has been revealed as the individual accused of planning a mass terror attack targeting Arabs. His profile page was subsequently removed from the university's website. This incident draws a parallel to Yigal Amir, the assassin of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was also a student at Bar-Ilan approximately three decades prior.
According to the indictment, Nevo spent over three years devising a plan he called "Ayit, A People Will Do Transfer." The alleged plan involved recruiting 72 attackers, divided into 12 cells, intended to simultaneously carry out attacks in mixed Arab-Jewish cities and Arab towns. He is also accused of preparing for a terror act, extortion by threats, and obstruction of justice. The plan did not materialize, and his attempts to recruit accomplices failed.
Nevo was not only an employee but also a former student at Bar-Ilan, having completed his master's and doctoral degrees in mathematics there before becoming a tenured professor. He continued to teach students on campus until his arrest. Colleagues and students reportedly did not hear any political statements from him during classes.
Nearly 31 years ago, in November 1995, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by Yigal Amir, who was then a student at Bar-Ilan's law faculty and its high institute for Torah studies. The university's official website describes the assassination as a "low point" in its history. A subsequent investigation committee concluded that the campus atmosphere at the time did not suggest any possibility of violence or murder.
Bar-Ilan University issued a statement expressing its "condemnation and shock" regarding the accusations against Nevo, announcing his immediate suspension pending the outcome of legal proceedings. The university administration added that the alleged actions contradict its values and called for authorities to prosecute him severely if the charges are proven.
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