In light of verified Israeli accounts openly tweeting that a symbolic bomb in Washington could “restore national honor,” it’s worth revisiting the precedent. Because this isn’t the first time Israel has operated inside U.S. borders with strategic ambiguity, and no consequences.

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Thomas Keith

@iwasnevrhere_

In light of verified Israeli accounts openly tweeting that a symbolic bomb in Washington could “restore national honor,” it’s worth revisiting the precedent. Because this isn’t the first time Israel has operated inside U.S. borders with strategic ambiguity, and no consequences. 1999-2001, across 30+ U.S. cities, dozens of young Israeli nationals posing as art students began appearing uninvited at DEA, ATF, and even military offices across the U.S. According to a leaked DEA memo, they attempted to map floor plans, visit federal residences, and probe security layouts, behavior wildly inconsistent with any legitimate art initiative. Many had backgrounds in Israeli military intelligence, signal interception, and ordnance. Some were detained, none were charged, most were quietly sent home, and the story was buried. Summer 2000, an Austrian “art collective” called Gelitin gained access to the 91st floor of the North Tower under an artist residency. They removed a window, installed a temporary balcony, and photographed it via helicopter. Their work, titled The B-Thing, was celebrated post-9/11 as avant-garde. But it also meant they had precise knowledge of structural access points in the months before the attacks. Then came Urban Moving Systems. On September 11, 2001, 5 Israeli nationals, employees of that firm, were detained after being seen filming, cheering, and “high-fiving” as the Towers fell. They failed parts of their polygraphs, showed deception regarding Israeli intelligence ties, and were quietly deported. The company’s owner fled. No charges, no trials, just silence. What ties all this together is not coincidence, but doctrine: logistical cover operations, embedded reconnaissance under cultural or commercial fronts, and physical access vectors disguised as art. Not one resulted in prosecution, despite surveillance, confessions, or intelligence flags. Nobody was ever punished, only repatriated. So when someone from within that same national framework now posts that a bomb on U.S. soil might serve as symbolic leverage, it shouldn’t be dismissed as rhetoric, it’s precedent. America’s post-9/11 wars all aligned with Israeli strategic goals. And history shows: when the match is lit, the fingerprints are always scrubbed. Today’s broadcast isn’t new. It’s the same signal, just louder.