The war underground | Aluf Benn | Comment is free | The Guardian
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/19/mossad-israel-assassinations-dubai-hamas
Assassinations have been an inseparable part of the Israeli-Arab conflict since pre-state days. Israel's security doctrine views the targeting of enemy operatives as an effective tactic. It's pointed, not too risky, and undermines the enemy's confidence. Critics cite the moral problem of extrajudicial killings, and warn that the successor might prove even worse – as happened after Israel killed Hezbollah leader Abbas Musawi in 1992, and got the more sophisticated Hassan Nasrallah in his place, in addition to the retaliatory bombing of the Israeli embassy in Argentina.
But despite the debate, Israel has never ceased to employ its assassination teams.
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