Some Sierra Leoneans are calling for Mossad to capture Joseph Johannes Leijdekkers, also known as Jos, Bolle Jos, or Omar Sheriff


In January 2013, Tablet, an online magazine focused on Jewish news and culture, featured Sierra Leone's parliament, which was built with Israeli assistance.

The article, with the headline "The Al-Aqsa of Africa," paid homage to the building, symbolizing the long-standing relationship between Israel and the African continent.

Since Sierra Leone's Siaka Stevens severed diplomatic relations with Israel following the Yom Kippur War, Israel and Sierra Leone have gradually rebuilt their diplomatic ties, which date back to the 1960s.

Over the years, 657 Sierra Leoneans have benefited from various programs in agriculture, women's empowerment, education, health, community sustainability, and renewable energy, among others.

In 2017, this relationship deepened with the visit of then-president Ernest Bai Koroma, marking the first-ever visit of a Sierra Leonean president to Israel.


During the Ebola virus epidemic, Israel was also the first country to deliver humanitarian aid following the devastating mudslides, which claimed over 1,000 lives.

In 2020, Israel supported the Ministry of Health in its fight against the coronavirus by donating medical supplies, including face shields, disposable masks, coveralls, digital and infrared thermometers, and surgical gloves.

In February 2022, Ambassador H.E. Shlomit Sufa undertook a working visit to the Republic of Sierra Leone. During her visit, she presented her Letters of Credence to President Julius Mada Bio and made courtesy calls to various ministers of state while holding meetings with other development partners.

More recently, there has been chatter in several email groups suggesting that Israel should once again demonstrate its care and friendship for Sierra Leone.

In 2004, a Chinese company was commissioned to refurbish the Israeli-built parliament and repair corroded pipes. However, they struggled to identify specific aspects of the original engineering.

One director of public relations and protocol at Sierra Leone’s House of Representatives told a high-level Israeli diplomat that the building has been a blessing to Sierra Leone since its construction.

"It stands strong, stoic, solid. It seems as if it could withstand another five decades,” he said.


The Chinese removed the original chairs in the assembly hall, which had remained in excellent condition after nearly five decades, and sold them, replacing them with inferior ones.

This situation exemplifies the extent of Chinese influence operations in Sierra Leone. They are even unwilling to use their relationships to halt the flow of drug paraphernalia from China.

This May will mark 65 years since agents of Israel's Mossad captured Adolf Eichmann, also known as Otto Henninger or Ricardo Klement.


Now that The Hague, which is the global hub of international law and arbitration, has reportedly given up hope of ever bringing Joseph Johannes Leijdekkers, also known as Jos, Bolle Jos, or Omar Sheriff to justice, Sierra Leoneans are now questioning whether the Dutch Justice Minister David van Weel's extradition request for the European cocaine kingpin has stalled.

Sierra Leoneans are asking why the mighty Mossad can't step in to do the job.

Can the state of Israel bring Europe's most wanted fugitive from Sierra Leone?

Mossad, with determination and persistence, successfully captured Eichmann on May 11, 1960, despite high-level protection.


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