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JERUSALEM - A pipe bomb exploded Thursday outside the home of a prominent Israeli scholar and outspoken critic of Jewish West Bank settlements, lightly wounding him in what police suspect was an attack by Jewish extremists.

Investigators found posters in Professor Zeev Sternhell's neighborhood offering a $320,000 prize to anyone who kills a member of Peace Now, a dovish Israeli group whose views Sternhell shares.
If extremists were behind the attack, it would be one of the worst instances of political violence inside Israel since an opponent of peace negotiations with the Palestinians murdered Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995.
Human rights groups say settlers have been increasingly using violence against Palestinians and Israeli soldiers, in what appears to be an attempt to deter Israeli authorities from making any attempt to evacuate settlements.
The settlement movement fervently opposes the peace talks and rejects the territorial withdrawal a deal would require.
A person close to Sternhell's family said, without elaborating, that the professor had received threats in the past. She spoke on condition of anonymity because of the incident's political sensitivity.
The bomb was planted on the doorstep of Sternhell's home in a quiet Jerusalem neighborhood, exploding when he opened the door, Jerusalem police spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby said. The assailants were not apprehended.
Sternhell had minor shrapnel wounds in one leg and will remain hospitalized at least until Friday, authorities said.
An internationally known scholar on fascism and a Holocaust survivor, he was awarded the country's highest honor, the Israel Prize, this year. The award drew criticism from settlers and their supporters.
National police spokesman Micky