'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...