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Sunday Feb. 28, 2010 5:46 PM (EST+7)
OPINION: It is time for Israel's friends to condemn its acts of terrorism


Read more: terrorism, state-sponsored terrorism, Mossad, Dubai assassination, Israel

RAMALLAH,  FEB. 28 (JMCC) - Professor of Political science at the Australian National University, Amin Saikal, takes a look at Israel's intelligence policies in the wake of the assassinations in Dubai. He calls for a wider definition of terrorism and a serious critique by Israel's friends.

If it is proved beyond doubt that Mossad agents, using forged passports in the names of British, French, Irish, German and Australian citizens, perpetrated the act, the killing clearly underlines a very disturbing aspect of Israeli behaviour.

It constitutes a blatant act of state terrorism, which places Israel in a position parallel to the very forces that it has unfailingly condemned as terrorist groups or networks.

This is not the first time, and may not be the last time, that a state has engaged in such operations. In the case of Israel specifically, it has historically never shied away from targeting those it has regarded as either acting violently against it or violently threatening it. In this, it has never made a distinction between those perpetrating violence for the sake of violence and those who have sought to defend themselves against Israel or to free themselves from Israel's territorial-strategic expansion and physical subjugation...

Read more at The Sydney Morning Herald

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