Oops, turns out Arafat probably was murdered after all..

[regexcellent]

Jerusalem is not generally recognized as the Israeli capital.

Maybe not by some governments (officially), but by people with a sense of reality who don't have to play diplomatic word games it is.

[notyoueither]

The Israeli govt.

How would the govt have time to intervene in a sniper shot?

[Hauldren Collider]

In fairness to AH, the IDF headquarters is in Tel Aviv, I believe, though almost all other government offices are based in Jerusalem.

That said, Jerusalem is Israel's capital whether governments are too silly to recognize it or not. Since Apolyton's not an embassy, I don't see any reason to pretend.

[giblets]

lol you're so butthurt over someone on the internet not recognizing Israel's claim that Jerusalem is their capital.

[Aeson]

We should have a poll to determine exactly where Apolyton recognizes the capital of Israel is. Or at least elect someone to decide upon which person will decide where to recognize as the capital of Israel.

[Hauldren Collider]

lol you're so butthurt over someone on the internet not recognizing Israel's claim that Jerusalem is their capital.

Um, no...

[Ben Kenobi]

Hrm? I understood Tel Aviv to be a reference to Mossad which is Headquartered there.

[regexcellent]

I thought he was referring to some agency based in Tel Aviv that I wasn't aware of, which is why I was asking about it.

[Dr Strangelove]

Polonium is used commercially in anti-static devices, so obviously it's possible to buy it.

What did the Mossad have against Litvinenko? At the time Litvinenko died the Russkies were running around counselling everyone to not do anything hasty about the Iranian nuclear program. Obviously the intent was to pin Litvinenko's murder on a Russkie in order to embarrass Moscow.

[molly bloom]

So, who do you think poisoned him? Who would have had the most to gain?

Gillette.

[C0ckney]

"political opponents"

This man was a military opponent more than a political opponent...

are you denying that yasser arafat was a politicial oponent of israel?

[C0ckney]

Yeah the Israelis assassinate plenty of people...but it's in the same manner that we do, killing leaders of their enemies, usually via missile through the roof of a car/window of a building. Not really "political."

israel, mostly mossad, has in fact murdered, or tired to murder, people in a variety of different ways. they've used guns, bombs, missiles, poisons, even pushing a poor french prostitute under a car in paris.

[molly bloom]

even pushing a poor french prostitute under a car in paris.

Now you say this, but did the prostitute resemble a Palestinian terrorist in any way ? Moustache, keffiyeh, AK 47 in hand, nail bomb in a handbag, large neon arrow saying 'Leila Khaled' on the head ?

It's an easy mistake to make.

[C0ckney]

no doubt reg or hc will be along in a second to try to justify it by saying something like that.

if i recall correctly the prostitute in question was invovled with an egyptian nuclear scienist who mossad wanted to, and subsequently did, murder.

[Hauldren Collider]

Israel knocking off bad guys

I honestly don't see a problem with any of the things cockney described.