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Ireland orders Israeli diplomat out of embassy over forged passports

Ireland today ordered the removal of an Israeli diplomat from the country’s embassy in Dublin in protest at the use of forged passports in the killing of a Hamas official in Dubai. The Irish decision was the latest sign of diplomatic fallout following the murder of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, described by Israeli sources as the Hamas [...]

A Perfectly Framed Assassination in Dubai

Fast forward 18 years to the assassination of Hamas military leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh on Jan. 20, and it is a graphic reminder of just how much the world has changed. Nearly the entire hit was recorded on closed-circuit TV cameras, from the time the team arrived at Dubai’s airport to the time the assassins entered [...]

A brief history of Israeli espionage scandals

Here are some previous international scandals involving Mossad and other Israeli intelligence agencies. * 1954 – Egypt cracks Israeli Military Intelligence cell of Egyptian Jews who firebombed sites frequented by Westerners to embarrass Cairo and stop it nationalizing the Suez Canal. Two are hanged, one commits suicide and six others are jailed. Israeli Defense Minister [...]