▁whose ▁information ▁was ▁pres umably ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁Ira qi ▁official ▁investigation , ▁which ▁was ▁shared ▁with ▁the ▁US ▁emb ass y , ▁" In ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁port ray ▁the ▁Ira q is ▁as ▁anti - American ▁and ▁to ▁terror ize ▁the ▁Jews , ▁the ▁Z ion ists ▁plant ed ▁bomb s ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Information ▁Service ▁library ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁syn agog ues . ▁So on ▁leaf lets ▁began ▁to ▁appear ▁ur ging ▁Jews ▁to ▁fle e ▁to ▁Israel ... ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁world ▁believed ▁reports ▁that ▁Arab ▁terror ism ▁had ▁motiv ated ▁the ▁flight ▁of ▁the ▁Ira qi ▁Jews ▁whom ▁the ▁Z ion ists ▁had ▁' res cu ed ' ▁really ▁just ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁increase ▁Israel ’ s ▁Jewish ▁population ." ▁ ▁Sh imon ▁M endes ▁wrote ▁in ▁Ha ' aret z ▁that : ▁" Some one ▁had ▁to ▁act , ▁and ▁he ▁took ▁the ▁appropriate ▁action ▁at ▁the ▁right ▁time . ▁For ▁only ▁an ▁act ▁like ▁the ▁explos ions ▁would ▁have ▁brought ▁them ▁to ▁Israel . ▁Anyone ▁who ▁understood ▁politics ▁and ▁develop ments ▁in ▁Israel ▁was ▁long ▁aware ▁of ▁that ." ▁ ▁Ye h uda ▁T aj ar , ▁who ▁spent ▁ten ▁years ▁in ▁Ira qi ▁prison ▁for ▁his ▁alleg ed ▁invol vement ▁in ▁the ▁bomb ings , ▁was ▁interview ed ▁in ▁Arthur ▁N es len ' s ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁book ▁" Occ up ied ▁M inds ". ▁According ▁to ▁T aj ar , ▁the ▁wid ow ▁of ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁Jewish