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Israel debate at Berkeley leads to Bomb Threat by Zionist

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2003-10-08 23:03 | User Profile

Telephone Bomb Threat Follows Campus Debate

Berkeley Daily October 7, 2003

Berkeley Police officers escorted Alison Weir, founder of If Americans Knew, into her organization’s South Berkeley office Monday afternoon, three days after a voicemail threat warning her to stay away from her office at 2 p.m. Monday or risk losing her life.

Weir was one of four panelists who spoke during a debate Thursday on the UC Berkeley campus where participants presented contrasting views of the Israeli/Palestinean crisis—with Weir as a representative of the Palestinian perspective.

She said If Americans Knew was created to inform and educate the American public about issues she says are unreported, underreported, or misreported in the American media.

The anonymous caller claimed to have attended the campus debate and expressed outrage at Weir, who he claimed was helping to “destroy Israel.” The voice on the message—which she replayed for reporters—sounded young, American, and intense, with long heavy breaths in between words.

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