Go to The New York Times online homepage, and there, prominently displayed under "opinion" is "The Thread, Mission: Dubai, Will the assassination of a Hamas leader change the way Israel is seen by other nations?", which takes you to an item entitled "Mission: Impossible - Dubai", written by Tobin Harshaw.
Will the assassination of the terrorist, murderer and illegal arms procurer, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, change the way Israel is seen by other nations?" Answer: No. Regardless of what Israel does or does not do, it will be villified by the overwhelming majority of nations throughout the world.
You want proof? Look to Haiti. Following the earthquake that devastated much of this island nation, Israel immediately responded by sending rescue and medical teams. How did the world respond to this humane gesture by the "Zionist" state? The vile Baroness Tonge, for example, called for an investigation of whether the Israelis had sent their personnel to Haiti to harvest body organs (http://jgcaesarea.blogspot.com/2010/02/left-dishonourable-baroness-tonge-anti.html).
Was Israel behind the operation in Dubai? Were other nations involved? I don't know. I do know, however, that Israel is facing an imminent four-front war with Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and Hamas (http://jgcaesarea.blogspot.com/2010/01/will-iran-attack-israel-in-2010.html), and Iran is smuggling as many missiles as possible to its surrogates in anticipation of this confrontation. As acknowledged by Hezbollah's Nasrallah and Syria's foreign minister Waleed Mouallem (http://jgcaesarea.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-if-israel-threatened-syrian-cities.html), these missiles are targeting Israeli cities and pose an existential threat to Israel.
Whoever was responsible for the assassination of Mabhouh in Dubai was certainly aware of the surveillance cameras at the airport and the hotel. Next time you're at any international airport or luxury hotel, look up at the ceiling: the cameras are there for all to see. However, whoever was responsible for Mabhouh's assassination also engaged in a cost/benefit analysis: What is the importance of eliminating this terrorist responsible for acquiring advanced armaments for Hamas versus the risk of exposing the identities of the persons undertaking the operation.
Let the nations of the world continue to cry crocodile tears for Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. Notwithstanding the public displays of anguish and outrage, many of these same countries can now sleep more peacefully.
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I do not understand, why nobody cares when America kills Taliban (and some innocent civilians next to them), but everybody cares about this terrorist? Why is it OK to kill terrorists with drones, but not personally, in a hotel? Yet, Taliban makes much less danger for America, than Hamas to Israel and the world. How do people rationalize right to kill, which is assigned to some countries, but not another? Something is very perverse here.
ReplyDeleteGood point, Marina.
ReplyDeleteEh...did I miss something or was the riot (well, diplomatic rituals really) not about killing a rat but about the use of the unsuspecting subjects of other nation's passports to kill that rat? Interesting though that apparently Mossad (let's assume it was them)feels it's wise to use real identities rather than bogus ones. Clearly it's not easy to fool passport controls these days. Also interesting is the use of passports of Israeli olim with double nationalities. Does Mossad sign it's work these days? Might as well I suppose if leaving wall to wall CCTV coverage was unavoidable..
ReplyDeleteOne man's freedom fighter, another's terrorist, I suppose.
ReplyDeleteChris O:
ReplyDeleteIndeed, British Foreign Secretary said that " use of fake British passports in the assassination as an "outrage". But why is it an "outrage"?
The names were of the British, but the photos were different and the numbers were different. So, it does not make these people compromised in any ways. It does not make Britain compromised. Than, what is the "outrage" about?
I feel like the British public is in rage every time Israel is mentioned. It is deep seated "Israeli hate" rage, rather than something rational.
It turned out, Saudi prince murdered somebody in London hotel couple of days ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/20/world/europe/20briefs-Britain.html?ref=middleeast
Where is the British "outrage'? Imagine, what will happen if a prominent Israeli (or American) murdered somebody in a London hotel?
From NY Times:
ReplyDelete"Years ago, operatives could use fake passports that correlated to no real people, but now passports are checked against global databases for authenticity."
Whoever did this, could not do without real people names.
Marina: I agree. The whole thing pans out as just another excuse for Israel bashing.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous: maybe he was a freedom fighter maybe a terrorist but most of all he is dead. If G.d is about hate like this man apparently assumed he will be richly rewarded for his actions. The 70 virgins thing (or all you can eat grapes, apparently it depends on the interpretation of this particular passage of Koran). But if G.d is about love like many others assume...Well, not really my place to speculate I suppose, but I do feel that hate consumes the sole.
And I mean soul of course, sorry for the mistake.
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