1/10
Why would Israel’s legendary Mossad wade into a New York short-seller battle?
Because the January 2023 Hindenburg broadside on Adani wasn’t just market gossip—it threatened a flagship of India’s economic rise.
This thread 🧵reveals the inside story of #OperationZeppelin. 🕵️
How a short-seller’s strike on Adani triggered one of the most sweeping, successful national-security counter-offensives ever mounted, as Israel moved to shield its all-weather ally, India.
🇮🇱 ❤️ 🇮🇳
Why would Israel’s legendary Mossad wade into a New York short-seller battle?
Because the January 2023 Hindenburg broadside on Adani wasn’t just market gossip—it threatened a flagship of India’s economic rise.
This thread 🧵reveals the inside story of #OperationZeppelin. 🕵️
How a short-seller’s strike on Adani triggered one of the most sweeping, successful national-security counter-offensives ever mounted, as Israel moved to shield its all-weather ally, India.
🇮🇱 ❤️ 🇮🇳
2/10
The Hindenburg report vaporised $150 billion in market cap within days.
It shook a conglomerate whose green-energy and port projects mirror India’s $ 5 trillion GDP ambition.
More: ndtv.com/world-news/mos…
The Hindenburg report vaporised $150 billion in market cap within days.
It shook a conglomerate whose green-energy and port projects mirror India’s $ 5 trillion GDP ambition.
More: ndtv.com/world-news/mos…
3/10
The timing was surgical.
It struck one week before Adani sealed a $1.2 bn deal for Israel’s Haifa Port, keystone of the IMEEC corridor that counters China’s BRI.
Source: reuters.com/markets/commod…
The timing was surgical.
It struck one week before Adani sealed a $1.2 bn deal for Israel’s Haifa Port, keystone of the IMEEC corridor that counters China’s BRI.
Source: reuters.com/markets/commod…
4/10
At Haifa, PM Netanyahu called the hit “an indirect strike on Israel”.
A assault on Adani would shake the corridor.
He ordered Operation Zeppelin.
More here: onlyfact.in/inside-operati…
At Haifa, PM Netanyahu called the hit “an indirect strike on Israel”.
A assault on Adani would shake the corridor.
He ordered Operation Zeppelin.
More here: onlyfact.in/inside-operati…
5/10
Mossad deployed Tzomet for human intelligence (HUMINT) and Keshet for cyber-ops.
Targets: Anderson’s NYC HQ, an Oakbrook Terrace hub, and encrypted hedge-fund links on five continents.
More here: openthemagazine.com/features/mossa…
Mossad deployed Tzomet for human intelligence (HUMINT) and Keshet for cyber-ops.
Targets: Anderson’s NYC HQ, an Oakbrook Terrace hub, and encrypted hedge-fund links on five continents.
More here: openthemagazine.com/features/mossa…
6/10
By Oct 2024, Mossad agents produced a 353-page Zeppelin Dossier.
It traced cash and comms via USAID, OCCRP, Soros NGOs and select Indian operatives.
The file called it “co-ordinated sabotage.”
By Oct 2024, Mossad agents produced a 353-page Zeppelin Dossier.
It traced cash and comms via USAID, OCCRP, Soros NGOs and select Indian operatives.
The file called it “co-ordinated sabotage.”
7/10
Mossad worked the shadows.
Adani fought in daylight—pre-paying debt, buying back shares, courting Gulf & US funds, and firing a NY lawsuit warning in Dec 2024.
Source: NDTV Profit (Youtube)
Mossad worked the shadows.
Adani fought in daylight—pre-paying debt, buying back shares, courting Gulf & US funds, and firing a NY lawsuit warning in Dec 2024.
Source: NDTV Profit (Youtube)
8/10
Dossier snippets leaked to Reuters, Bloomberg, and the Guardian.
Most spiked them; only Mediapart ran the story.
DOJ/SEC probes fizzled, and a prosecutor quit.
Message received.
Source: organiser.org/2025/04/24/288…
Dossier snippets leaked to Reuters, Bloomberg, and the Guardian.
Most spiked them; only Mediapart ran the story.
DOJ/SEC probes fizzled, and a prosecutor quit.
Message received.
Source: organiser.org/2025/04/24/288…
9/10
The big day arrives.
15 Jan 2025: Hindenburg announced it was closing shop.
Adani stock had already regained 60 % of its losses.
The Haifa handover stayed on track.
Source: reuters.com/business/hinde…
The big day arrives.
15 Jan 2025: Hindenburg announced it was closing shop.
Adani stock had already regained 60 % of its losses.
The Haifa handover stayed on track.
Source: reuters.com/business/hinde…
10/10
Take-away: 🇮🇳🤝🇮🇱
Capital-market hits on a nation’s crown jewel can trigger state-level counter-offensives, especially when trusted allies see their strategic arteries at stake.
In the era of geo-finance, shorts beware.
Take-away: 🇮🇳🤝🇮🇱
Capital-market hits on a nation’s crown jewel can trigger state-level counter-offensives, especially when trusted allies see their strategic arteries at stake.
In the era of geo-finance, shorts beware.
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