Irish government retaliates over use of forged Irish passports by alleged Mossad spies in Dubai assassination.
By Ora Coren
[haaretz.com] Ireland is seeking to stop a European Union initiative that would enable Israel to receive sensitive information about European citizens, due to concerns about the use that Israel would make of this information, the Irish minister for justice said over the weekend.
In what may be another blow to Israel’s international status, Dermott Ahern said that since Israel allegedly used forged Irish passports to carry out the hit on Hamas official Mohammed al-Mabhouh in Dubai, Israel should not be allowed access to this data. Israel has not admitted to a role in the assassination.
Under a plan put forward at the beginning of the year, the European organizations for protecting individuals‘ privacy agreed that Israeli companies and European companies should be able to exchange information about customers. (more on haaretz.com)
