Israel Assassination Policy: Exporting 'Stability' to Lebanon
Al Jazeera notes the assassination of Hezbollah commander Haytman Ali Tabatabai as the 'most senior leader killed since 2024.' This isn't a new strategy for the Israeli state, which perfected its extraterritorial assassination program decades ago through organizations like Mossad. Their playbook, long before the current conflict, involves systematic incursions and killings in neighboring countries
like Lebanon and Syria, often under the guise of pre-emptive self-defense. (Meanwhile, the US Congress just passed HR 815, providing billions more in 'security assistance' to Israel, an act that consistently correlates with escalations, not peace.) One might wonder if these 'precision' operations ever lead to anything but more death, more instability, and more American taxpayer dollars flowing
into sophisticated weaponry that guarantees endless conflict. How many such 'targeted' assassinations have actually created 'security' for anyone in the region, rather than just fueling cycles of retaliation?