Israeli’s targeted assassination of scientists across the Middle East appears to be ongoing. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, once called out by name in one of Netanyahu’s news conferences, was killed outside of Tehran on Friday https://apnews.com/article/dubai-iran-united-arab-emirates-nuclear-weapons-israel-28d7c6e4abec1b82f2d2f3ad649bbe01
Iran scientist linked to military nuclear program killed

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian scientist named by Israel as the leader of the Islamic Republic's disbanded military nuclear program was killed Friday in an ambush on the outskirts...

https://apnews.com/article/dubai-iran-united-arab-emirates-nuclear-weapons-israel-28d7c6e4abec1b82f2d2f3ad649bbe01
“Under Israeli law, the prime minister alone is authorized to approve an assassination operation, euphemistically known as ‘negative treatment’ within the Mossad.” More detail on the practice (despite anonymous sourcing & loaded language)👇 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/06/world/middleeast/syrian-rocket-scientist-mossad-assassination.html
A Top Syrian Scientist Is Killed, and Fingers Point at Israel (Published 2018)

The car bombing was said to be at least the fourth Israeli assassination attempt against an enemy weapons engineer on foreign soil in the last three years.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/06/world/middleeast/syrian-rocket-scientist-mossad-assassination.html
UN Charter, Article 2(4) states: “All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations”
Nations that engage in “targeted killing” have used sophistry to get around what would otherwise be considered a grave violation of the UN Charter https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/10/targeted-killing-assassination-extrajudicial-execution-targeted-killing-illegal-trump-iran-suleimani/
Important thread https://twitter.com/zachjcarter/status/1332362298841845760
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