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 <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;Daily Mail&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14048895/Palestine-Action-stole-wrong-statue-university-raid-CBE-professor-FA-Cup-bust-Israels-president.html&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14048895/Palestine-Action-stole-wrong-statue-university-raid-CBE-professor-FA-Cup-bust-Israels-president.html" target="_blank">Daily Mail</a>, <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;GB News&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://www.gbnews.com/news/pro-palestine-activists-palestine-action-wrong-statue-manchester-university&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://www.gbnews.com/news/pro-palestine-activists-palestine-action-wrong-statue-manchester-university" target="_blank">GB News</a> and <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;Manchester Evening News reported&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/palestine-action-steals-wrong-sculpture-30308321&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/palestine-action-steals-wrong-sculpture-30308321" target="_blank">Manchester Evening News reported</a>.

The activists posted a video of the incident on X, showing two people smashing open a display case with hammers.{ai:summary}<p>Members of the UK-based anti-Israeli group Palestine Action stole two busts from the University of Manchester, believing them to be of Israel's first president, Chaim Weizmann. It was later confirmed that one bust was actually of British chemist Harold Baily Dixon.</p><p>The incident highlights ongoing tensions surrounding activism related to Israel and Palestine. #politics</p>

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

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