Anti-Israel group's website reportedly offers bounties on heads of Israeli academics worldwide: 'nutcases'

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An anti-Israel group's website is offering bounties of up to $100,000 for the execution of Israeli academics, according to reports.

"The Punishment for Justice Movement" not lone named circumstantial targets and prices connected their heads, but besides published idiosyncratic accusation similar location addresses, emails and telephone numbers, the Jerusalem Post reported.

The academics who were targeted enactment astatine universities similar Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Hebrew University successful Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University, the Technion nationalist probe assemblage successful Haifa, and adjacent Harvard and Oxford universities, and the European Organization for Nuclear Research.

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An anti-Israel website is offering bounties of up   to $100,000 for the execution  of Israeli academics, according to section  reports.

An anti-Israel website is offering bounties of up to $100,000 for the execution of Israeli academics, according to section reports. (AP Photo, File)

Along with offering $100,000 for the sidesplitting of "special targets," $50,000 was being offered for the execution of different targets, arsenic good arsenic $20,000 to acceptable occurrence to their homes oregon car, $5,000 for accusation astir a target, and $1,000 to enactment protestation signs extracurricular their homes.

The website, created past summertime and appears to person originated successful the Netherlands, concisely went down Friday night, but was backmost up connected Saturday, the outlet reported.

The website is written successful English, according to the Times of Israel, and accuses its targets of being "criminals and collaborators with the concern army," referring to the warfare successful Gaza.

It besides accuses the targets of being "distributors of weapons of wide demolition to the Israeli army," who are "involved successful the execution of Palestinian children," the Jerusalem Post reported.

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The Punishment for Justice Movement allegedly named circumstantial targets and prices. (James Sheppard/Future via Getty Images)

The enactment claimed to person warned the targets to "abandon transgression activity" and halt moving with the Israeli Defense Forces, but claimed they ignored the warnings truthful they are present "legitimate targets for the movement," according to the Times.

Two targeted academics told the Post they received nary informing and respective of those targeted astatine the European Organization for Nuclear Research said they hadn’t worked connected subject projects, but the website creators seemed to beryllium mixed up by the connection "nuclear."

One targeted world told the Post: "The competent authorities agencies should suggest much broad solutions" than conscionable taking down the website, "because walking astir with targets connected our heads puts astatine hazard not lone us, but besides our families."

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Harvard was 1 of the universities wherever academics were targeted connected the website.  ( Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

However, Michael Bronstein, who teaches machine subject astatine Oxford, told the Post helium didn’t "give a damn" astir the bounty connected his life, calling those threatening him "nutcases."

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"I was profoundly disturbed and shocked that my caput was valued truthful cheaply, considering my lasting successful the world community, I find thing beneath a seven-figure highly offensive," helium told the Post. "I am, however, consoled that I americium astatine slightest successful a bully company."

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the Anti-Defamation League for comment.

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