I was reminded of the unsuccessful assassination attempt on Khalid Mishal recently with news of the alleged Mossad killing of another high-ranking Hamas official in Dubai.
Once more, the action was swift and orchestrated with the same precision as that on Khalid Mishal, but this time with deadly consequences.
This connection, and the similarities between the two cases, was not lost on the Blog from the Middle East. It reports:
‘When Mossad attempted to assassinate Hamas leader Khalid Mishal in 1997, its operatives used Canadian passports. The two had to take refuge in the Israeli embassy in Amman. It transpired that two Canadian Jews living in Israel had been approached and asked if their passport details could be “borrowed” by one of Israel’s security services, a process that has been described as “emotional blackmail” and a test of their “loyalty to Israel” by journalist Paul McGeough.’
Read the full piece here.
And for Paul McGeough’s fascinating book on the failed assassination of Khalid Mishal, click here.
