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Mossad meeting in Italy was tracking unconventional weapons
Italian media reports that the shipwreck in which a Mossad agent was killed was part of a joint operation to track unconventional weapons.
June 3, 2023, 9:53 PM (GMT+3) – The Italian media outlet La Republica reports that the recent meeting between Israeli and Italian intelligence officials was intended to track unconventional weapons in hostile Middle East countries.
The meeting was held on a yacht in Italy, and ended in tragedy as the yacht sank, injuring several of those on board and killing a former Mossad agent who was part of the gathering.
According to Kan, Italian authorities have worked to recover the yacht in its entirety with the help of maritime salvage equipment. Italian media reports that the Italian officials were taken out of hospital care in secret to conceal their identities from the public and that the Israelis injured in the incident were returned to Israel on a private flight.
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The New York Times quoted a senior security official as saying that, contrary to the original report of the incident, the meeting was “neither a birthday party nor a vacation. Without going into details, it was related to his work, and it is very sad we lost such a man.” TheNew York Times further reported that the victim was responsible for connecting Israel to other intelligence services around the world.
Lake Maggiore boat accident: Questions remain over spy deaths By Sofia Bettiza, BBC News, Rome
June 2, 2023 – The story of a boat that sank on Lake Maggiore on 28 May has elements of a spy novel.
Four people tragically drowned on the picturesque and popular lake south of the Swiss Alps.
One was a former agent from Israel’s spy agency Mossad, two were Italian intelligence officers and the fourth victim was a Russian woman.
They were among 23 people aboard the small boat that set out to cruise the lake.
It is no doubt a traumatic event for the survivors and for the families who lost loved ones – but a number of facts about the case have prompted speculation about what exactly happened.
…’An apocalypse descended upon us’
There is huge interest in the accident and public prosecutor Carlo Nocerino has been tasked with finding out what happened. He says 13 of those on board were Italian agents and eight were Israeli agents. Only the captain, Claudio Carminati, and his Russian wife did not work in intelligence.
The cruise was planned to celebrate the birthday of someone on board. The 15-metre-long boat was an apt choice – it was called “Good…uria”, a play on words that means “pleasure”.
But this boat was suddenly hit by a fierce storm with gusts of over 70km (43m) per hour.
“In a matter of thirty seconds, an apocalypse descended upon us,” [Emphasis added]was how Mr Carminati described the incident, according to Italian newspaper il Corriere della Sera. “The boat immediately capsized, and we fell into the water.”
Mr Carminati told investigators that no bad weather had been forecast. [Emphasis added] The boat was still on the lake after the scheduled return time.
[Ed.: If no bad weather had been forecast, and “suddenly,” “In a matter of thirty seconds, an apocalypse descended upon us,” with 43 mph winds, my thinking goes toward weather terrorism. This boat was attacked. Since the intelligence personnel on the boat were involved in preventing Iran from getting nuclear weapons, who in the world would be interested in stopping them (besides Iran,) and who would have the technical capability of whipping up a storm in 30-seconds targeting a pinpoint on a map? (Rhetorical question!)
For further information read: CREATING STORMS]
Lake Maggiore, Italy
Tourist boat sinks on Lake Maggiore killing four By Francesca Gillett BBC News
May 31, 2023 – Four people have died after a boat carrying more than 20 passengers, including tourists, sank in strong winds on Lake Maggiore in northern Italy.
The boat overturned on Sunday evening between the towns of Sesto Calende and Arona, Italian media say.
Five people were rescued and taken to hospital.
Unconfirmed reports in Italian media say the victims are Italian, Israeli and Russian.
…According to Italian news outlets, the boat had been carrying about 25 people who were celebrating a birthday when a storm developed over the lake, later turning into a “small hurricane”. [Emphasis added] The boat capsized and sank soon afterwards.
…The area has seen poor weather over the last day, with Italy’s meteorological service issuing thunderstorm warnings.
[Ed.: Was the “small hurricane” geoengineered?]
Jews and the Land of Israel: Part XIII: Arab Leadership Vigorously Protested the Sale of Land to Jews By Alex Grobman PhD.
15 Sivan 5783 – June 4, 2023 – *Editor’s Note: This is the thirteenth installment in the most recent series of articles from Jewish Press Online contributor, Alex Grobman, PhD
It is not surprising Arabs fail to mention that prominent Arab leaders and nobility sold land to the Jews, while publicly opposing the sales. Historian Kenneth W. Stein found that although the Arab leadership vigorously protested selling land to Jews, large and small Arab landowners were constantly offering to sell their land before and after the British Mandate came into existence. [1] Arab protests against land sales were hypocritical according to Dr. Heinrich Wolff, the Nazi German consul in Jerusalem. In a cable sent to his Berlin office in 1933, he said, these nationalists “in daylight were crying out against Jewish immigration and in the darkness of the night were selling land to the Jews.” [2]
Arabs also acted as intermediaries. Even during the period when anti-Zionist and anti-British opinion had reached a feverish pitch, Palestinian Arabs were more preoccupied with their own individual concerns than the emerging Arab national movement. Arab society was split socially and politically, allowing the Zionists to procure land without serious opposition. Additionally, Palestine’s rural economy was “weak” before and during World War I and “purchasers knew about the perennial economic distress of the Arab fellaheen (peasants).” The Palestinian Arabs with small tracts were more inclined to alienate their land in the 1930s when their economic existence was their principal incentive. [3]
