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'Private Mossad' goes after pro-Palestinian leader in Slovenia by Eldar Mamedov

  Last Sunday, Slovenia held national elections, with Prime Minister Robert Golob’s liberal Freedom Movement   winning   by a hair’s breadth against the right-wing Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) led by former Prime Minister Janez JanÅ¡a: 28.54% to 28.17%. Weeks of tortuous negotiations to form a coalition out of a fragmented parliament likely beckon. However, the real story of these elections is different: it’s a tale of foreign interference in the democratic process, and the weaponization of private intelligence, in an apparent effort to punish a European country for its policies. And it is a test for the European Union that the bloc appears to be failing. The evidence appears compelling. According to  investigative journalists  in Slovenia and  Politico , Dan Zorella — the co-founder and CEO of Black Cube, a private Israeli intelligence firm often dubbed the "Private Mossad" — and Major General Giora Eiland — a former head of Israel's National Security C...

Schools, water, industry: What civilian targets have US, Israel, Iran hit?

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  By  Priyanka Shankar Published On 30 Mar 2026 30 Mar 2026 Since launching their military offensive on Iran on February 28, the United States and Israel have carried out thousands of strikes across the Middle East nation of about 90 million people, targeting military as well as civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, schools and residential buildings. Iran says more than 2,000 people have been killed in US-Israeli strikes on roughly 90,000 civilian sites, including the attack on a school in the city of Minab on the first day of the war, which has spread to Lebanon, where Israel has been accused of  extending its “Gaza playbook” . Israeli forces have killed more than 72,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including hundreds of medics and aid workers, during their genocidal war. Recommended Stories list of 3 items list 1 of 3 Iranian academic describes US-Israeli attacks on Iran’s universities list 2 of 3 IAEA says Iran’s Khondab heavy water reactor no longer operati...