Netanyahu Boasts of Scientist Assassinations While Western Media Stays Silent on US Role
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently asserted that prior Israeli strikes successfully targeted and eliminated Iranian nuclear scientists. This stark admission, reported by Al Jazeera, details a campaign of extrajudicial assassinations against Iranian personnel, framed by many in the West as exclusively Israeli actions. Mainstream outlets, like The New York Times, typically present
such events as isolated Israeli counter-proliferation efforts, omitting or downplaying significant American involvement. This framing conveniently ignores the extensive, documented US military and intelligence cooperation with Israel against Iran. The gap is glaring: while Netanyahu takes credit, the US is consistently portrayed as a supportive bystander rather than a direct participant in what
amounts to a joint military-intelligence operation. This includes joint cyber warfare, intelligence sharing, and coordinated military exercises designed to project force against the Islamic Republic. What the reader won't easily find elsewhere is the historical context of these assassinations occurring not in a vacuum, but against a backdrop of 45 years of crippling American-led sanctions, covert
operations, and aggressive rhetoric designed to destabilize the Iranian government. From the 1980s, when the US armed Saddam Hussein with chemical weapons used against Iran during the Iran-Iraq War, to the 2010 Stuxnet cyberattack, a joint US-Israeli operation that sabotaged Iran's nuclear centrifuges, the pattern is consistent. These assassinations are part of a broader, continuous campaign of