Experimental Weapons Used In Gaza by Israel - Part 2 - The Dagan Plan

Continuing - The Invasion of Gaza: "Operation Cast Lead", Part of a Broader Israeli Military-Intelligence Agenda This operation is also referred to as the "Dagan Plan", named after Meir Dagan who currently heads Mossad, Israel's intelligence agency. Reserve General Meir Dagan was Sharon's national security adviser during More.. the 2000 election campaign. The plan was apparently drawn up pri or to Sharons election as Prime Minister in February 2001. "According to Alex Fishman writing in Yediot Aharonot, the Dagan Plan consisted in destroying the Palestinian authority and putting Yasser Arafat 'out of the game'." (Ellis Shulman, "Operation Justified Vengeance": a Secret Plan to Destroy the Palestinian Authority, March 2001): "As reported in the Foreign Report and disclosed locally by Maariv, Israel's invasion plan — reportedly dubbed Justified Vengeance — would be launched immediately following the next high-casualty suicide bombing, would last about a month and is expected to result in the death of hundreds of Israelis and thousands of Palestinians. (Ibid, emphasis added) The Dagan plan also foresaw the so-called "cantonization" of the Palestinian territories whereby the West Bank and Gaza would be totally cut off from each other, with separate "governments" in each of the territories. Under this scenario, already envisaged in 2001, Israel: "will negotiate separately with Palestinian forces that are dominant in each territory-Palestinian forces responsible for security, intelligence, and even for the Tanzim (Fatah)." The plan thus closely resembles the idea of "cantonization" of Palestinian territories, put forth by a number of ministers." Sylvain Cypel, The infamous 'Dagan Plan' Sharon's plan for getting rid of Arafat, Le Monde, December 17, 2001) The Dagan Plan has established continuity, despite the changes in government. In the wake of the 2000 elections, Meir Dagan was assigned a key role. "He became Sharons "go-between" in security issues with Presidents Bushs special envoys Zinni and Mitchell." He was subsequently appointed Director of the Mossad by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in August 2002. He has remained head of Mossad and was reconfirmed in his position as Director of Israeli Intelligence by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in June 2008. Meir Dagan in coordination with his US counterparts, has been in charge of various military-intelligence operations including the assassination of Yaser Arafat in 2004. It is worth noting that Meir Dagan as a young Colonel had worked closely with defense minister Ariel Sharon in the raids on Palestinian settlements in Beirut in 1982. The 2008-2009 raids into Gaza, in many regards, bear a canny resemblance to the 1982 military operation. It is important to focus on a number of key events which have led up to the killings in Gaza under "Operation Cast Lead". by Michel Chossudovsky

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