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November 17, 2020

The Assassination of al-Qaeda’s Second-in-Command Was a Message to Iran

And a testament to U.S.-Israel cooperation.

Over the weekend, the news broke that on August 7, Mohammad al-Masri—the al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri’s number two—was gunned-down on the streets of Tehran alongside Osama bin Laden’s daughter-in-law. According to multiple unnamed U.S. officials, he was assassinated by Israeli agents operating at Washington’s behest. Masri had organized the 1998 attack on the American embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, which left a total of 224 people dead; in 2002 he orchestrated a botched attack on Israeli targets in Mombasa, Kenya, that left thirteen dead. Yoav Limor seeks to explain both the reasons for the strike on Masri, and for the decision to leak the details:

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November 17, 2020

  1. The Assassination of al-Qaeda’s Second-in-Command Was a Message to Iran

    And a testament to U.S.-Israel cooperation.

  2. No, Benjamin Netanyahu Isn’t Flummoxed by Joe Biden’s Electoral Victory

    The New York Times gets it wrong again.

  3. The Pentagon Should Put Israel on Its Middle East Map

    Time for CENTCOM to take over.

  4. Roald Dahl’s Protocols

    Who doesn’t love a good conspiracy theory?

  5. A Hidden Mikveh in Brazil

    Evidence of Jewish perseverance at the height of the Inquisition.