Israel Accuses Iranian Leader Of Plotting Attacks On Jewish Sites As It Manufactures Case For New War

Quds Force commander Sardar Ammar as seen in a photo released by Mossad. Click to see full-size.

Israel’s Mossad spy agency on October 26 accused Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of orchestrating a string of recent attacks on Jewish sites in Western countries, in what appears to be an attempt to manufacture a cease for a new war with the Islamic Republic.

A statement by the agency named Sardar Ammar, a senior commander of the IRGC’s external operations branch known as the Quds Force, as the mastermind behind the attacks.

It said that the force intensified its efforts to attack Jewish and Israeli sites around the world since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, alleging that Ammar commands some 11,000 operatives in carrying out covert operations.

The Quds Force carried out, under the command of Ammar and others, vandalism and arson attacks against Jewish businesses and communal institutions, Mossad said, “aiming to intimidate communities and create conditions that could lead to more serious attacks.”

Sardar’s network also planned attacks against senior Jewish communal figures, the agency added, without providing any specific names.

The agency did, however, point out three specific attacks on Jewish sites, which were allegedly orchestrated by the Quds Force.

In July 2024, Greek anti-terrorism police arrested seven suspects, including two Iranians, for arson attacks on an Israeli-owned hotel and a synagogue in Athens. In July of this year, German prosecutors said Danish police detained a man for spying on Jewish sites in Berlin for Iranian intelligence, possibly to prepare “terrorist attacks”. Later in August, Australia accused Iran of orchestrating arson at a Melbourne synagogue and a Sydney kosher restaurant using criminal gangs. Tehran’s ambassador was expelled from the country, which also vowed to designate the IRGC a terrorist group.

Click to see full-size image. (Mossad)

The Israeli accusations are highly questionable. The plots described by Mossad do not fit the criteria of professional security operations. These amateurish attacks could be simply linked to global outrage over the war on the Gaza Strip, or even general criminal activities.

The agency’s statement should be, however, taken very seriously, as it appears to be part of wider efforts to manufacture a case for a new war on Iran. Israel is not making these efforts on its own.

A report released in July by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom said Iran is increasing its efforts to carry out attacks against Jewish targets in Europe. In the same month, the U.S. and 13 other countries, including the United Kingdom, France and Germany, issued a statement condemning what they called a surge in assassination, kidnapping, and harassment plots by Iran.

These accusations begin to surface directly after the Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear program in June, which spilled into a 12-day war with the U.S. also launching strikes against the Islamic Republic.

During the war, Israel assassinated many of Iran’s top military and intelligence commanders, including the highest ranks in the IRGC.

Israel made similar accusations against some of these commanders before the war. Thus, the statement released by Mossad can be seen as a direct threat to Ammar and other commanders in the Quds Force. Of course any assassination on such a level would provoke a response by Iran, which is exactly what Israel may be looking for to drag the U.S. into a more lengthy war with the Islamic Republic.

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