U.S. Officials Believed Israel Was Plotting to Kill Iranian Negotiators

“Plotting to”? I’m pretty sure they actually did kill a bunch of them already.

Because they have in the past? Also they’ve admitted it I think.

One of the most believable things I’ve heard about this war.

Plotting? Plotting‽

They have a constant and persistent history of doing so.

I can see it.

Back in 1980, the US ambassador to Lebanon, John Gunther Dean, was trying to negotiate with the PLO and faced an assassination attempt where the weapons were found to be ones that the US sold to Israel in 1974:

https://www.wrmea.org/2002-november/american-ambassador-recalls-israeli-assassination-attempt-with-u.s.-weapons.html

“En route from his residence in Lebanon’s hills to the Beirut residence of the AUB president, Dean’s limousine and convoy took 21 rifle bullets. The automobile bearing the ambassador and Mrs. Dean was also struck by two light anti-tank weapons. The shot-out tires on the Deans’ bulletproof car automatically reinflated. The second car, however, carrying their daughter and her fiancé, did not have bulletproof tires and was momentarily stranded. The security guards in the convoy’s third car pushed the daughter and her fiancé into the Deans’ vehicle, and they sped away. Incredibly, none of the ambassador’s party or security guards were seriously wounded. Some shots struck where Dean was sitting, but bulletproof plastic windows saved his life.

Picked up by Lebanese security, the anti-tank canisters had made-in-America markings. After unanswered telegrams to the State Department and all but silent responses to his telephone inquiries, Dean eventually learned that the anti-tank weapons were sold and shipped to Israel in 1974. Dean apparently mused to himself on the irony of an American ambassador being subjected to an Israeli assassination attempt with American weapons supplied to Israel for defense.”

Israel dropped 10 missiles in Doha, Qatar in September 2025, targeting the senior political leadership of Hamas who were there to negotiate an end to the war in Gaza.

If I were speculating, the U.S. probably wanted the Swiss to host the Iranian negotiations (w/ Vance taking part) because they wanted reduce the likelihood that the Israelis would attempt to literally kill the negotiators–like they’ve done in basically every conflict in which they’ve been involved.

Iran has an obligation to defend itself.

How is Israel so fucking evil they make Iran seem reasonable and level headed?