Mossad linked to 9/11 attacks

According to a recent Press TV article, there is new "proof" that Israel's Mossad was linked to the September 11th attacks on the US. In citing American Free Press, Press TV reports that the cousin of alleged 9/11 hijacker Ziad al-Jarrah was in fact working as a longtime Mossad agent, which according to Press TV "is proof that Israel had a hand in the terror attacks on US soil."

"Al-Jarrah reportedly admitted that he had been conducting covert espionage activities against Palestinian groups and the Lebanese Hezbollah since 1983."

"Israeli connections to 9/11, according to the New York Times, can be traced back to the five 'dancing Israelis' who were witnessed jumping and high-fiving with shouts of 'joy and mockery' as Flight 11 and Flight 175 slammed into the World Trade Center in New York."

I couldn't find such an article that talked about these "joyous Jews" but did find an NYT article from Sept. 13th that said the following;

The New York Times reported Thursday that a group of five men had set up video cameras aimed at the Twin Towers prior to the attack on Tuesday, and were seen congratulating one another afterwards.

I did, however, find a Harretz article to corroborated this claim. The Press TV article went on to say;

All the [intelligence services] of America and Europe ... now know well that the disastrous attack has been planned by the CIA and the Mossad in order to put under accusation the Arabic countries and in order to induce the western powers to take part ... in Iraq [and] Afghanistan," the Italian ex-premier was quoted by Corriere della Sera as saying.

"Jewish personnel working at the center were reportedly advised to skip work on September 11, 2001." (Press TV)

His argument was further strengthened by leaked reports that employees of Israeli telecom firm Odigo -- which provides instant messaging services -- received a warning two hours before the attacks on the World Trade Towers and forewarned Jews to stay away from work that day.

Accepting the fact that the CIA and Israel was behind the Sept. 11th attacks on the U.S. may seem like a far fetched idea to many westerners, but apparently this is not an uncommon belief in the Arab world. A recent study conducted by World Public Opinion.org demonstrates the prominence of this idea. In this study, respondents in Arab countries were asked “Who do you think was behind the 9/11 attacks?” and responded in open-ended fashion, without options being provided. The second most frequent answer was that the US government was behind the attacks: Turkey (36%), followed by the Palestinian territories (27%), Jordan (17%), Egypt (13%), Indonesia (11%) and Azerbaijan (5%). And the third most common answer was Israel, cited by Jordanians (31%), Palestinians (19%), Egyptians (17%), and small numbers of Azerbaijanis (6%), Pakistanis (4%), Indonesians (3%), and Turks (3%).

Among seven nations, only in Azerbaijan did the majority of respondents name al Qaeda or "Islamic extremists or militants" and many respondents did not give an answer to this question.