by Abdulkadir Selvi
First Netanyahu, the Butcher of Gaza, then the head of Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic intelligence, spoke, and finally the Wall Street Journal reported that the Mossad was tasked with assassinating Hamas leaders in Lebanon, Turkey and Qatar. Turkey issued two important warnings to Israel.
1. ERDOGAN WARNED
President Erdoğan said, “First of all, those who made this news obviously do not know Turkey. They do not know Turks. They do not know us. If they commit such a mistake, they should know that they will pay a very, very heavy price for it.”
Mossad knows best what Erdogan’s warning means on the ground.
2. INTELLIGENCE’S REACTION
Speaking to Anadolu Agency, intelligence officials recalled that various intelligence services had previously attempted to carry out illegal activities in the territory of the Republic of Turkey and emphasized that such operations by any service would not be tolerated.
3. MOSSAD WAS BUSTED
Mossad knows the warning of intelligence officials best. Because in 2021, 7 Mossad agents who were preparing to assassinate Palestinian activists were caught in Istanbul. Mossad’s safe houses were raided and their cells in Turkey were crushed. The agents are now serving their time in prison.
4. MOSSAD’S IMAGE SHAKEN
Hamas’ action on October 7 shook the image of the Mossad. It even made it a laughing stock. Netanyahu is making such statements to save himself and Mossad is making such statements to repair its damaged image, but the cost of this may be very heavy. Because neither Mossad is the old Mossad nor MIT is the old MIT.
5. MOSSAD APPLIED TO MINT
Unable to get intelligence about Hamas’ action on October 7, Mossad asked for MIT’s help in rescuing the hostages. MIT, which had been negotiating intensively with Qatar, Egypt and the US for the rescue of the hostages, ensured that Hamas released some of the hostages during the temporary ceasefire. Mossad thanked MIT for this.
6. ISRAELI TOURIST CARAVAN
In 2022, MİT and Istanbul Police conducted a joint operation to prevent an assassination attempt by Iranian intelligence against an Israeli tourist group. The Iranian agents were captured with their weapons, the Israeli tourist group was placed on a plane with MIT’s armored vehicles and sent to Israel without a bloody nose. Mossad thanked MIT very, very much for this.
LET THE MOSSAD THINK
That is to say, Israel knows Turkey, Turkey knows Israel, Mossad knows MIT, MIT knows Mossad. If MOSSAD tries to do something crazy despite this, it will suffer the consequences. Let Netanyahu and Mossad worry about the rest.
Auto translated from hurriyet.com.tr with deepl.com
