Last October I wrote about how Israel’s Mossad had targetted Iranian general Qassem Soleimani for assassination. On January 3, President Trump did what Mossad–and President George W. Bush–had contemplated but always chosen not to do. Other intelligence services use assassination as a policy too. The Russian GRU sought to kill turncoat agent Sergey Skripal in...
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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...