You will pardon me, but the whole story of the stolen identities and passports everyone is up in arms about seems to me a very tiny issue. I would use the Arabic expression – a big noise in a small teapot – but there are so many other issues here that the teapot metaphor doesn’t work. One issue is the fact that Dubai’s publication of all the security films of the assassins – something one doesn’t usually do in the middle of an investigation – indicates that they too have some kind of involvement in some kind of drama that has not quite played itself out. Another is the fact that Shahar Peled is planying winning tennis in Dubai. Maybe that’s not related. A third point is perhaps personal. Long ago a friend of mine in Washington was gunned down in front of his home. He may well have had something to do with the same profession of the recent victim in Dubai. His killers were never found. In other words, there are some jobs that are problematic and may lead to trouble. And now let’s get to the bigger issues, if Israel is responsible for the ‘assassination’ have we discussed the morality of it? Is it okay to kill a person if it prevents the killing of others? If so, who decides? And if it is decided….then what national borders…. ah, I don’t know enough, i’m not wise enough…
Somehow I’m reminded of the question put to the Rabbi by the woman whose chicken fell into the chamber pot. “Is it kosher?” she asked. “It’s kosher,” he answered, “But it stinks.”
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