After the assasination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, there has been much international finger pointing at Israel. If al-Mabhouh’s attempt to procure supplies for Iran in order to facilitate nuclear warfare is true, then his assasination is just another prevention measure against bringing rockets into Gaza. Essentially there is no problem with this. Hamas, Hizbullah, and Iran are all in cahoots together and the Massad is right in discovering how and where arms can be located. This is another battle of east vs. west. The question is how it can be resolved.
While some Jews rightly say that Arabs in the West Bank still refuse to acknowledge the formation of a Jewish state, and that their insurrection is the target of Mossad,
it is important to examine a perspective from another side.
A recent article entitled “Does Mossad Really Make Israel Safer?” printed in this week’s Economist, proposes an alternate vision. Meir Dagan seems to be leading Mossad more towards a totalitarian structure in his dismissal of younger subordinates to rise in the ranks, in his kill ‘em all campaign against Hamas, and the agency’s general arrogance cripple attempts at peace, the article argues.
The Economist is a centrist leaning international magazine, and so it is important to consider such an opinion in the aftermath of this news-making assasination. In noting that much depends on Mr. Dagan’s succession, a view of a more moderate Mossad is proposed.
