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Despite the various problems in the Middle East, I have always thought that Israel was overly aggressive in many of the things it does.
Such may have been the case recently when it is alleged that eleven agents of Israel’s Secret Service, Mossad, entered Dubai on false European passports and killed a Hamas commander in a luxury hotel.
The British, Irish, German and French governments are outraged by the use of the fake passports and have demanded explanations from the Israelis who, unsurprisingly, have so far neither confirmed nor denied their involvement. Meantime, Interpol has issued arrest warrants for the eleven suspects.
I know nothing about Middle East politics, though I have often observed how one act of aggression usually draws forth a retaliatory act. And so it goes on in a seemingly endless cycle of aggression.
What the answer is I do not know, but at some stage the parties have got to come to the table, unbend a bit and try to reach a workable agreement.
But, in all the fury and anger being expressed over a killing by men using false passports, I did have one thought.
If the killers were Mossad agents, did anyone really expect them to go into Dubai on their own genuine passports?
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Despite the various problems in the Middle East, I have always thought that Israel was overly aggressive in many of the things it does.
Such may have been the case recently when it is alleged that eleven agents of Israel’s Secret Service, Mossad, entered Dubai on false European passports and killed a Hamas commander in a luxury hotel.
The British, Irish, German and French governments are outraged by the use of the fake passports and have demanded explanations from the Israelis who, unsurprisingly, have so far neither confirmed nor denied their involvement. Meantime, Interpol has issued arrest warrants for the eleven suspects.
I know nothing about Middle East politics, though I have often observed how one act of aggression usually draws forth a retaliatory act. And so it goes on in a seemingly endless cycle of aggression.
What the answer is I do not know, but at some stage the parties have got to come to the table, unbend a bit and try to reach a workable agreement.
But, in all the fury and anger being expressed over a killing by men using false passports, I did have one thought.
If the killers were Mossad agents, did anyone really expect them to go into Dubai on their own genuine passports?
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