Anti-Israel group's website reportedly offers bounties on heads of Israeli academics worldwide: 'nutcases'
An anti-Israel group's website is offering bounties of up to for the murder of Israeli academics according to reports The Punishment for Justice Movement not only named specific targets and prices on their heads but also published personal information like home addresses emails and phone numbers the Jerusalem Post revealed The academics who were targeted work at universities like Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Hebrew University in Jerusalem Tel Aviv University the Technion inhabitants research university in Haifa and even Harvard and Oxford universities and the European Organization for Nuclear Research UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY PROFESSOR SUES AFTER BEING BARRED FROM LAW SCHOOL AFTER CALLING FOR AN 'END' TO ISRAELAlong with offering for the killing of special targets was being offered for the murder of other targets as well as to set fire to their homes or car for information about a target and to put protest signs outside their homes The website created last summer and appears to have originated in the Netherlands briefly went down Friday night but was back up on Saturday the outlet stated The website is written in English according to the Times of Israel and accuses its targets of being criminals and collaborators with the occupation army referring to the war in Gaza It also accuses the targets of being distributors of weapons of mass destruction to the Israeli army who are involved in the murder of Palestinian children the Jerusalem Post released The organization claimed to have warned the targets to abandon criminal activity and stop working with the Israeli Defense Forces but claimed they ignored the warnings so they are now legitimate targets for the movement according to the Times Two targeted academics recounted the Post they received no warning and several of those targeted at the European Organization for Nuclear Research reported they hadn t worked on military projects but the website creators seemed to be mixed up by the word nuclear One targeted academic communicated the Post The competent cabinet agencies should suggest more comprehensive solutions than just taking down the website because walking around with targets on our heads puts at menace not only us but also our families However Michael Bronstein who teaches computer science at Oxford advised the Post he didn t give a damn about the bounty on his life calling those threatening him nutcases I was profoundly disturbed and shocked that my head was valued so cheaply considering my standing in the academic area I find anything below a seven-figure highly offensive he reported the Post I am however consoled that I am at least in a good company Fox News Digital has reached out to the Anti-Defamation League for comment
