The General Security Services (Shabak) has begun investigating Internet forums associated with the political right wing following an attack on extreme-left professor Ze'ev Sternhell last week. The agency's interest in forums increased following an email which was sent to reporters and Members of Knesset over the weekend that included an apparent reference to the attack written on a right-wing forum.
The comment referred to in the anonymous email calls on forum members to take part in “revenge” on “a senior leftist political figure.” The time at which the comment first appeared is unknown, and it may have been written after the attack on Sternhell.