1994 London Israeli Embassy attack

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Event.png Attack on the Israeli embassy in London (bombing,  False Flag attack) Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
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The attack site
Date26 July 1994
Coordinates51°30′10.44″N 0°11′20.76″W / 51.5029000°N 0.1891000°W / 51.5029000; -0.1891000
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Typecar bomb
Injured (non-fatal)20
Exposed byAnnie Machon, David Shayler
Interest ofPaul Foot
DescriptionA bombing on 26 July 1994, which was blamed by the authorities on Palestinian students, but which MI5 whistleblower Annie Machon states was a false flag attack by Mossad.

The Israeli Embassy in London was subjected to a bombing attack on 26 July 1994, eight days after the AMIA bombing in Argentina. A car bomb exploded outside the embassy, injuring 20 people. The bomb comprised about 20 to 30 pounds of explosive, and blew up minutes after the driver left it.

The Israeli Ambassador and British intelligence experts blamed pro-Iranian extremists, allegedly linked to Hezbollah. Thirteen hours later a similar car bomb exploded outside Balfour House, the headquarters of the main Zionist organisation in London, injuring six.

Five Palestinians were arrested in London in January 1995 in connection with the bombings. In December 1996, two of them, both Palestinian science graduates who were educated in the UK, Jawad Botmeh and Samar Alami, were convicted of "conspiracy to cause explosions". They were sentenced to 20 years in jail, and lost their appeal in 2001. Nobody has been convicted for the actual bombings.

Jawad Botmeh was released from prison on 5 August 2008. Samar Alami was released in June 2009 and deported to Lebanon. Both continue to protest their complete innocence of any crime. Their UK solicitor Gareth Pierce is also emphatic about their innocence and that their case represents a gross miscarriage of justice[1], as did campaigning journalist, the late Paul Foot.[2] Annie Machon, MI5 whistleblower states that the two were framed, probably by Mossad, as a means of stemming sympathy for the Palestinian cause.

 

Related Documents

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
File:InfiniteInjustice.pdfreportJuly 2002Editorial staffA detailed report on the background and status of the convictions of Jawad Botmeh and Samar Alami following the rejection of their appeal in November 2001.
File:Israeli Embassy Bomb Appeal book.pdfreportJanuary 2001Daniel GuedallaA case that Samar Alami and Jawad Botmeh were framed for the 1994 London Israeli Embassy bombings and that their trial was a cover-up of a false flag attack.
File:Israeli embassy case.pdfbook extract1 January 2005Annie MachonChapter 14 of Machon's "Spies, Lies and Whistleblowers" which focuses on the 1994 London Israeli Embassy attack
File:JusticeDenied.pdfreport1999Daniel GuedallaA report written in 1999 in the run up to the unsuccessful appeal by Samar and Jawad against their conspiracy convictions. Includes a preface by Paul Foot.

 

The Official Culprits

Name
Jawad Botmeh
Samar Alami
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References

  1. The Israeli Embassy Two - a gross miscarriage of justice - Annie Machon blog June 2011
  2. The Extraordinary Campaigner - The Guardian 12 October 2004. "The world will be a less just place without the tireless campaigning of Paul Foot"