In March 2018 while at the American Israel Public Affairs
Committee event held in Washington, the Isreali Prime Minister, Benjamin
Netanyahu, received what was described as a hero’s welcome. It was so inspiring
hearing him speak glowingly about the progress made by the Jewish State. For a
country surrounded by very belligerent neighbours and only came into existence
since 1948, the progress recorded is nothing short of phenomenal. He stated and
rightly so that Israel is a nation punching way above her weight.
The speech was vintage Bibi, strong in delivery,
compellingly persuasive and laced with a generous dose of arrogance. But who
can blame a nation that was born to fail but has not only survived but grew to
become the most advanced economy in the Middle East. A nation of about eight
million people that turned an arid desert into an arable land practicing the
most technologically innovative system of agriculture that is being copied
around the world. Am sure you are not unaware of the Isreali military might with
the impregnable iron dome and how she has maintained a comfortable lead in the
area of cyber security amongst world powers. Isreali has produced more Nobel
laureates than the whole continent of Africa and Latin America combined and her
footprints could be seen in almost every scientific innovation in the twenty
first century. And so Bibi is absolutely right.
If you a Christian faithful, you would argue that nothing
less is expected. After all the Jews are God’s chosen people. It doesn’t matter
that Judaism is a little different from Christianity and that the Jews haven’t
always followed the footsteps of Christ.
Recently an Isreali company was in the news following the
now infamous hacking of the phone of the world’s richest man by no less a
person than the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, allegedly. The hack was made
possible through the help of a technology developed by an Isreali
cyber-security firm, NSO called Pegasus. Pegasus sends people what is referred
to as “exploit link” which the malware uses surreptitiously to penetrate a
phone’s security features and gets installed without the victim knowing.
Even when you ignore that as just one Israeli company gone
rogue and working hard to line the pocket of her shareholders, you probably
didn’t know half the history of the Israel nuclear program. Isreali is the only
nuclear power in the Middle East, a charge that it has neither confirmed nor
denied and yet she declined to sign the treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapon. Her reactors tucked between the sand dunes of the Negev desert
remains one of the most closely guarded piece of real estate in the world.
The processed Uranium Ore referred to as yellowcake that
helped give the Israeli nuclear effort a boost was obtained through an infamous
covert operation by Mossad agents in 1968. And yes, Operation Plumbat involved
all kinds of criminal activities ranging from stealing to forgery and
impersonation.
And so whether it’s counterfeiting multiple foreign
passports or carrying out the most audacious dare-devil espionage activities
around the world, Israel traffics in sophisticated thuggery. Mossad the elite
intelligent agency takes no prisoners. The world has gotten familiar with those
pretty faces in the Israeli Defence Force elite unit slinging the lethal Uzi on
their shoulders like fashion-forward Louis Vuitton bags. Totally bad ass!
As eye popping as those action are, they are not unique to
the Jewish State. Covert measures are routinely employed by sovereign nations
to stay a little ahead of both friends and foes. In fact almost all nation
states have done same or will do so if the capabilities are available. The Jews
just happen to be way ahead of the game.
The problem is this is hardly the virtuous path you expected
from God’s own people.
Osmund Agbo MD, FCCP writes from Houston, Texas, United
States
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