THAT visit to Ireland a couple of weeks ago by Israeli Prime Minister "Bibi" Netanyahu seemed to go very well - what with lots of photo opportunities for Bibi with Government ministers, and a visit for Mrs Netanyahu and Finola Bruton to the Dublin Jewish Museum.
But the Maring can reveal that at one stage, Bibi's visit turned into a security crisis for his Mossad minders. The Israeli embassy is on Pembroke Road - in the same building occupied by Goodbody Stockbrokers and the Japanese computer company Kao.
The Margin's moles tell him that at one stage during the visit, Bibi was on his way up in the lift to the embassy's offices on the fifth floor. Well it wasn't just Bibi - he was accompanied in a very small lift by no less than eight burly Mossad men.
Suddenly, the lift came to a halt between floors. Mossad men - fearing no doubt an aerial assault on Dublin 4 by Abu Nidal - went into overdrive, climbing out the roof to repel any attackers. After eight minutes at a standstill, panic over and the lift continued up to the fifth floor.
Rather than a terrorist assault on Dublin 4, it seems it was just a simple case of the eight Mossad men and Bibi overloading the lift.
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