Israel’s Mossad, one of the world’s most effective intelligence services, faces the embarrassment of the ultimate low-tech hack. A website, allegedly operating from Lebanon and attempting to lure visitors to collect their data, published personal details and pictures of the home and family of Mossad chief Yossi Cohen, Hadashot TV reported Thursday. Middle East news sites...
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Mossad Chief Reportedly Met With Saudi, UAE, and Egypt Intelligence Officials
Israeli press has been reporting for several months that flamboyant Mossad chief Eli Cohen has been cultivating Arab allies for Israel’s confronational stance toward Iran. Cohen has previously been linked to Israeli outreach efforts to Arab states, with Channel 10 news reporting in November that he played the lead role in contacts between Israel and...
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5 Easy Tweets: How Bolton Walked Back Trump’s Syria Withdrawal
President Trump’s plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria have been disrupted by his national security adviser John Bolton. After consulting with senior Israeli officials, Bolton announced Sunday that 2,200 U.S. troops will remain in the war zone for longer than the president announced on December 19. “The timetable flows from the policy decisions that...
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Slideshow: The Legacy of Mossad’s Targeted Assassinations
The New Arab, an independent London-based news site, has a vivid slideshow illustrated the targeted assassination policy of Mossad, the Israeli secret service. This is not a conspiracy theory but well-documented fact. Research by Ronen Bergman, an Israeli investigative journalist, reveals Israel is estimated to have carried out more than 2,700 assassination operations since the state’s founding in...
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Israeli Assassination Policy Triggers Hamas Rocket Retaliation
The assassination of a Hamas leader by an Israeli special forces team triggered a rocket barrage from the Islamist government of Gaza, and hastily arranged ceasefire. The exchange demonstrated the high priority that assassination holds in Israel’s strategy of occupation. A commando squad entered Gaza in civilian clothes and killed Nour Baraka, identified as senior...