The Israeli-American who served seven years in an Israeli prison for targeting Jewish community centers and institutions in multiple countries with a wave of bomb threats in 2016 and 2017 was identified in Israel for the first time on Monday as Michael Kadar, age 27.

At the time of his conviction, Kadar’s lawyer said he had autism and was suffering from a brain tumor. He has been fighting for many months to avoid extradition to the US from Norway, where he is currently detained.

A minor at the time of some of his offenses, Kadar’s name had previously been under a gag order in Israel, though it was reported internationally and used publicly by the US Justice Department. The Ynet news site reported Monday that the Tel Aviv District Court had removed the local gag order and allowed the publication of details on Kadar’s medical condition.

Kadar’s lawyer, Nir Yaslovitzh, said the family wants his health information to be public knowledge, adding that Kadar is interested in being interviewed in the media about the “injustice” US prosecutors are trying to do to him.

The so-called “hacker from Ashkelon” admitted in court to making some 2,000 fake bomb threat calls to hospitals, airlines, schools and various Jewish institutions in the US and beyond out of boredom.

He was found guilty in June 2018 of........

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