Prosecutors filed an indictment in the Central District Court against Prof. Shahar Nevo, 59, a mathematics lecturer at Bar-Ilan University, for preparing a terror act, extortion by threats and obstruction of justice.
The indictment says that from February 2023 until his arrest about two weeks earlier he worked on a plan he called by a Hebrew acronym meaning 'the people will carry out transfer', aiming to kill hundreds of Arab citizens, Bedouin, East Jerusalem residents and West Bank Palestinians and push others to flee.
According to the charges he meant to recruit 72 people into 12 armed cells. Prosecutors asked that he be held until the end of proceedings. He is presumed innocent.
- 72people he allegedly planned to recruit
- 12planned cells
- 3+ yearsof planning alleged
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