Rise and kill first : the secret history of Israel's targeted assassinations /
The Talmud says: "If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first." This instinct to take every measure, even the most aggressive, to defend the Jewish people is hardwired into Israel's DNA. From the very beginning of its statehood in 1948, protecting the nation from harm has...
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New York :
Random House,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- In blood and fire
- A secret world is born
- The bureau for arranging meetings with God
- The entire Supreme Command, with one blow
- "As if the sky were falling on our heads"
- A series of catastrophes
- "Armed struggle is the only way to liberate Palestine"
- Meir Dagan and his expertise
- The PLO goes international
- "I have no problem with anyone that I've killed"
- "Wrong identification of a target is not a failure. It's a mistake."
- Hubris
- Death in the toothpaste
- A pack of wild dogs
- "Abu Nidal, abu shmidal"
- Black flag
- The Shin Bet coup
- Then came a spark
- Intifada
- Nebuchadnezzar
- Green storm rising
- The age of the drone
- Mughniyeh's revenge
- "Just one switch, off and on"
- "Bring us the head of Ayyash"
- "Sly as a snake, naïve as a little child"
- A low point
- All-out war
- "More suicide bombers than explosive vests"
- "The target has been eliminated, but the operation failed"
- The rebellion in Unit 8200
- Picking anemones
- The radical front
- Killing Maurice
- Impressive tactical success, disastrous strategic failure.
