Israel Matzav

Sunday, February 08, 2015

Iranian 'diplomat' caught gathering intel on Israeli embassy flees Uruguay

An Iranian 'diplomat' who was caught gathering intelligence on the Israeli embassy in Uruguay has fled that country.

Ahmed Sabatgold, 32, a political consultant in the Iranian embassy in Montevideo, was suspected of being involved in placing an explosive device near the new Israeli embassy in early January, the Uruguayan El Observador newspaper reported Sunday.

Haaretz reported on Friday that the Uruguayan government had expelled an Iranian diplomat on suspicion of involvement in the attempted bomb attack on the Israeli embassy. The publication caused a great deal of embarrassment in Montevideo, where the government had tried to keep the affair quiet so as not to damage its relations with Tehran.

After hours of silence from Uruguayan President Jose Mujica and Foreign Minister Luis Almagro, the country’s foreign and interior ministries issued a joint statement that shed some more light on what looks like continued Iranian attempts to collect intelligence in preparation for an attack on the Israeli embassy in Montevideo.

Given the Uruguayans’ handling of the affair, Sabatgold had time to flee Uruguay before the Uruguayans expelled him, which allowed the ministries to note in their joint statement that the Iranian diplomat had not been expelled.

There's much more. Read the whole thing. What ought to be done is that Uruguay (which actually has a sizable Jewish community due to the beef industry) and other countries in which Iranian 'diplomats' and terrorists have attacked Israelis ought to shut their Iranian embassies. But they won't.

Labels: Iranian embassy, Islamic terrorism, Uruguay

Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Mofaz is too sanguine about a unilateral declaration of statehood

Kadima number 2 Shaul Mofaz was recently named the chairman of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. Here, he comments on the recent spate of recognitions of the imaginary state of 'Palestine' by Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.

Chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee MK Shaul Mofaz (Kadima) said that "The Palestinian leadership understands that a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state is dangerous".

In his first statements since he was appointed to the role of chairman of the committee, Mofaz addressed the announcements made by Brazil and Argentina in which they recognize an independent Palestinian state and said that "these are expressions of sympathy from a number of countries, and no more than that. The difference between these statements and UN recognition is immeasurable."

The recognition of 'Palestine' by Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay is a stepping stone on the way to UN recognition. The 'Palestinians' are well aware of that. Countries halfway around the world don't just recognize imaginary countries of their own initiative. Those sorts of moves are negotiated and promoted for months in advance, and were carried out at the request of and in coordination with the 'Palestinians.'

Mofaz is far too sanguine.

Labels: Argentina, Brazil, Shaul Mofaz, unilateral declaration of statehood, Uruguay