A still image shows two members from anti-Israel group Palestine Action smashing a display case to steal busts from the University of Manchester on Nov. 2, 2024.Photo by Palestine Action

Anti-Israel activists stole what they believed were two busts of first Israeli president. One of them wasn't

The activists posted a video of the incident on X, showing two people smashing open a display case with hammers while wearing masks and hoods to cover their faces

by · National Post

Members of anti-Israeli activist group Palestine Action, based in the United Kingdom, stole what they believed were two busts of Israel’s first president, Chaim Weizmann, from the University of Manchester over the weekend. However, it was revealed Wednesday that one of the busts was not Weizmann.

Rather, it was British chemist and professor Harold Baily Dixon, British publications Daily Mail, GB News and Manchester Evening News reported.

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