The pagination of this electronic edition does not match the edition from which it was created. To locate a specific passage, please use your ebook reader’s search tools.
Abd el Hir, Hussein, 196, 197
Abrams, Elliott, 285
Abu Abed. See Al-Mabhouh, Mahmoud Abdel Rauf
Abu Al-Haul, Ashraf, 24–25
Abu Mussa organization, 263
Abu Seif, Muhammad, 2, 272–73
Adenauer, Konrad, 117, 124
Admoni, Nahum, 245, 249, 327–28
Adwan, Kamal, 200, 202
Aharoni, Zvi, 64–66, 68, 72, 75, 77, 83, 89
Ahituv, Avraham, 113, 126–27
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud, 9, 11, 23
Air Force, U.S.: exodus of Ethiopian Jews and, 329
Air France plane: Entebbe hijacking of, 260–61, 333–34
Aklum, Fereda, 320–21
Al-Ahram newspaper, 24–25, 237
Al-Din, Zaher, 146–47, 152, 154
Al-Jazeera, 305, 306
Al-Mabhouh, Mahmoud Abdel Rauf (“Plasma Screen”, “Abu Abed”): Al-Jazeera interview of, 306; filming of, 307–11, 314, 315; hunt for and killing of, 304–11, 312, 313; Iran and, 304; personal and professional background of, 305; reputation of, 305–6
Al Qaeda, x
“Al Quds” Brigades, 20–21, 298
Aliya Beth organization, 54
Allon, Emanuel (aka “Claudie”), 217, 219–21, 323
Aman (IDF intelligence service): German-Egyptian projects and, 128–29; Lavon Affair and, 132–33; Marwan intelligence and, 234, 237; reputation of, 42; Syrian nuclear program and, 281, 282, 284; Unit 131 of, 135–36, 148; Unit 8200 of, 225, 284; Yom Kippur War and, 225, 226–27. See also specific person
Amana, Ben, 205–7
American diplomats; assassination of, 199, 208
Amin, Iddi, 333
Amit, Meir: appointment as Mossad director of, 129, 158; code name for, 161; Cohen case and, 131, 148, 152; Cukurs case and, 173; Diamond Operation/Redfa and, 161, 163, 164, 165, 166–67, 169; German-Egyptian projects and, 128, 129; Head On by, 164; Iraqi Kurds and, 160–61; Lavon Affair prisoners and, 169–70; Little Isser and, 130, 157, 158; MiG–21s and, 168; Moroccans and, 158–60; personal and professional background of, 157–58; personality and character of, 157, 158; prisoner exchanges and, 169–70; reorganization of Aman and Mossad by, 148; Zamir as Mossad successor of, 187, 190
Amit (Slutzky), Ze’ev, 181–84, 185
Andora (ship): sinking of, 281
Angel. See Marwan, Ashraf
Angleton, James Jesus, 55
Arab Emirates, xi, 235. See also Dubai
Arab Industrial Union, 235
Arab Legion, 27
Arab Spring, x
Arab Winter, x, xi
Arafat, Yasser, 188, 197, 199, 208, 212, 213, 262, 266, 294
Arak nuclear plant (Iran), 14, 15, 18
Arctic Sea (ship): hijacking of, 18
Arens, Moshe, 280
Argentina: bombing of Israeli embassy in, 296–97; Cohen activities in, 139–40; Eichmann in, 60–79, 80–84; Mengele in, 88–90; Mughniyeh case and, 296–97
Arous (Mossad-Sudan resort), 322–23, 325, 326
Asgari, Ali Reza, 20, 21, 282
Assad, Bashar al-, 281, 286, 287, 291
Assad, Bassel al-, 287
Assad, Hafez Al-i, 215, 263, 280, 281, 287
atomic bomb: German-Egyptian projects and, 121
Austra Corporation, 120
Australia: Mossad expelled from, 314; Vanunu in, 242–43, 245
“Avengers” group, 68
Avni, Ze’ev (aka Wolf Goldstein), 38–40, 41, 42
Azar, Shmuel, 132, 134
Ba’ath Socialist Party, 145–46, 148, 150, 154
Bar-Hon, Meir, 80–81
Barak, Ehud, 6, 200, 201, 202, 285
Baranovski, Lucia, 50, 51, 52, 53, 56
Barzani, Mullah Mustafa, 160, 161
Bat-Galim (Israeli navy boat), 324–25
Batzri, Joseph, 35, 36
Bauer, Fritz, 59–61, 62, 64, 85
Beads, Barry (pseud.), 270, 271, 272–74
Bedell Smith, Walter, 55
Be’eri, Isser “Big Isser,” 26–28, 42
Begin, Menachem, 128, 209, 261, 319, 320
Beit Lid (Israel): suicide bombing in, 263, 265
Belgium: Ethiopian Jews exodus through, 328; Yossele case and, 99, 100
Ben-Barka, Mehdi, 159–60
Ben-David, Claude/Ariel (Ruth’s son), 99, 100, 102, 103, 105–6, 107, 110
Ben-David, Mishka, 268, 269–70, 274, 275, 276
Ben-David, Ruth (aka Madeleine Ferraille): arrest and interrogation of, 103–8; “daughter” of, 101, 106, 110–11; Little Isser meeting with, 106–8; personal and professional background of, 99–101; post-Yossele life of, 111; Yossele case and, 99–103, 106–8, 110–11
Ben-Gal, Joseph, 123–24, 125–26
Ben-Gurion, David: Amit appointment by, 129, 158; attempted assassination of, 195; Big Isser and, 27, 28; Egyptian-German weapons program and, 114, 116, 117, 124, 128, 129; Eichmann case and, 67, 76, 84–86, 90; German-Israeli relations and, 117, 124, 130; Khrushchev speech and, 54–55; Lavon Affair and, 134; Little Isser and, 42, 90, 124, 129; Manor appointed to Shabak by, 54; Mossad-CIA relations and, 55; Mossad founding and, 29–30; resignation/retirement of, 130, 132, 158; right-wing opposition to, 42; Shiloah and, 29, 42; Yossele case and, 91, 95, 109
Ben-Porat, Mordechai (aka Zaka Haviv) 32–35
Ben-Porat, Yeshayahu, 124–25
Ben-Simon, Daniel, 212–13
Ben-Tov, Cheryl (Hanin) (aka Cindy), 247–50, 251, 252–53
Ben-Uziel, David, 323, 324–25
Bergman, Ronen, 237, 268, 275, 304
Beta Israel. See Ethiopia: Jews from
Betzer, Muki, 202, 334
Big Isser. See Be’eri, Isser
bin Laden, Mohammed (Osama’s father), 149
bin Laden, Osama, 294
Bitar, Salah al-, 145, 148
Bitzur unit (Mossad), 319, 330
Black September (1970): Hussein massacre during, 187–88
Black September (terrorist organization): change in Mossad character and, 260; commanders of, 188; creation of, 188; early operations of, 188; end of, 203, 208, 212; hit teams for, 191–92; killing of leaders of, 192–211; Lillehamer fiasco and, 205–8; revenge attacks of, 197–98; Six-Day War and, 189; Sudan activities of, 199; Thailand activities of, 199; X Committee and, 191, 196; Yariv-Zamir proposal concerning, 189–91. See also specific person
Blau, Rabbi Amram, 111
BND (German intelligence agency), 312
Bodenheimer, Michael, 307, 312, 314
body in the sea, 43, 48, 49
Boudia, Mohammad, 204–5
Bourghalter, Edith, 203
Bourghalter, Pierre, 203
Boussard, Charles. See Molad, David
Brandner, Ferdinand, 114, 116
Brazil: Cukurs in, 174–84
Bregman, Ahron, 236–37
Brezhnev, Leonid, 233–34
Brooklyn, New York: Yossele case and, 108–9, 111
Buckley, William, 293
Bull, Gerald, 255–59, 260, 262
Bush, George H.W., 328–29
Bush, George W., 17, 24, 283, 284–85, 286
Bushehr nuclear plant (Iran), 8, 12, 16, 18
Bushiki, Ahmed, 207–8
“The Butcher of Riga.” See Cukurs, Herberts
“Caesarea” team, Mossad, 172, 191–92, 215, 245, 246, 260, 267, 268, 278, 299, 300, 330
Carmel, Yehuda, 80, 81, 82
Caroz, Yaacov, 76, 97–98, 101, 104–5, 106, 158
Chambers, Erika Mary “Penelope,” 210, 211, 212
“Champagne Spy.” See Gur-Arie, Ze’ev
Chaudhry, Iftikhar Khan, 14
Cheney, Richard, 285
China, 12, 13
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency): Asgari defection and, 282; Buckley murder and, 293; Bull assassination and, 259; Egyptian-German weapons program and, 119; Ethiopian Jews exodus and, 329; “False Flag” recruiting missions and, 336; Iranian nuclear program and, 12–13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21; Israeli operations in Iran and, 336; Israeli relations with, 12–13, 19, 29, 54, 55, 56, 336; Khrushchev speech and, 52, 55–56; Manor and, 54; Marwan (Angel) intelligence and, 235, 236; Mughniyeh case and, 296; Pollard affair and, 329; Salameh and, 208–9; supergun project and, 257, 258; Syrian nuclear program and, 281, 282
Cindy (pseud.). See Ben-Tov, Cheryl (Hanin)
Claudie. See Allon, Emanuel
Cleopatra (German-Egyptian project), 121
Clinton, Bill, 276
Cohen, Arye, 181–84
Cohen, Baruch (aka Moshe Hanan Ishai), 197
Cohen, Elie: Aman training of, 136–41; cover stories of, 138, 140–41; Egyptian activities of, 131–32, 133–34; equipment for, 141–42, 143, 144–45; execution of, 131, 155–56, 219; as hero, 156; immigration to Israel of, 134; Israeli attempts to save, 152–53, 154–55; Israeli recruitment of, 135; Lavon Affair and, 132; loneliness of, 144; Nadia letter from, 131, 149, 155; personal background of, 133, 135; personality and character of, 135, 139–40, 148, 156; reports of, 142, 144–45, 146–47, 156; sex parties of, 147; in South America, 139–40; Syrian activities of, 142–49; and Syrian attack on Israeli tractors, 148–49; Syrian discovery and execution of, 131, 149–56
Cohen, Haim, 64, 65
Cohen, Iris, 148, 149, 152, 154
Cohen, Maurice, 152, 154
Cohen, Nadia (Elie’s wife), 131, 135, 136, 137, 138, 140, 144, 148, 149, 152, 154, 155
Cohen, Shaul (Elie’s father), 133
Cohen, Shaul (Elie’s son), 148, 149, 152, 154
Cohen, Shula “the Pearl,” 170
Cohen, Sophie (Elie’s daughter), 137, 144, 149, 152, 154
Cohen, Victor, 102, 105, 106
Cold War, xi, 52
“comb” method, 246–47
The Committee (Ethiopian organization), 323–24
“conception” theory, 225–26
“Cosa Nostra,” 214–21
Credit Suisse Bank, 44, 171
Crossman, John. See Vanunu, Mordechai
Crossman, Richard, 134
Cukurs, Herberts: execution of, 181–84, 185; Sarid as “friend” of, 173–81
Cukurs, Milda, 178, 181, 185
Cyprus, x, 196, 281
Dagan, Meir (aka Meir Huberman): accomplishments of, 22–25; Al-Mabhouh case and, 305; appointments as head of Mossad of, 6, 7, 304, 334–35; awards and honors for, 4, 24–25; character and personality of, 2–3; criticisms of, 7; failures of, 24; Hadley discussions with, 284; injuries of, 3; Iran as high priority target of, 7; Iran nuclear project and, 10, 15, 16–24; Leshem interview of, 4–5; Levy reprimand of, 6; military career of, 2–7; motivations of, 5; Mughniyeh case and, 292, 299, 304; Netanyahu and, 304, 334, 335; Operation Chameleon and, 2–3; Pardo as Mossad successor to, 334; personal background of, 5, 6; reputation of, 4, 6, 7; resignation/retirement of, 6, 24, 334, 335; Sharon and, 3, 5; Suleiman killing and, 304; Syrian nuclear program and, 282–83, 284, 304
Daguto family, 63
Danny, Shalom, 68, 81, 83, 84
Darom, Shaul, 60, 61
Daveron, Kevin, 307, 308, 309, 310
Dayan, Moshe, 157, 170, 191, 223, 234, 319–20
de Gaulle, Charles, 160
Dialem nuclear plant (Iran), 16
Dimona (Israel) nuclear reactor: Egyptian weapons program and, 115; media discovery of, 115; Vanunu as employee at, 239, 240–42, 252; Vanunu films of, 241–42, 243–52
Dir Al-Zur nuclear facility (Syria), 280, 281, 282–83, 284, 285–86, 288, 290
Domb, Joseph, 101, 102
Dubai: Al-Mabhouh case and, 305, 306–11, 312–13, 315
“Dubi” (Marwan case officer), 222, 224, 232, 236
Dulles, Allen, 55
Eban, Abba, 69
Egypt: Al-Mabhouh arrest in, 305; Arab Industrial Union and, 235; Arab Spring and, x; British withdrawal from, 132–33; Cohen activities in, 132–33; El Gamal as double agent and, 126; elections in, x; ex-Nazis as Israeli spies in, 40; German scientists in, 114–30; Iranian-Israeli relations and, 335; Israel case and, 44–45, 47; Israeli prisoner exchange with, 169–70; Israeli relations with, x, 227; Jews escape from, 132; Lavon Affair and, 132–33, 169–70; Libya and, 234–35; missile and weapons programs of, 114–30; revolution in, x; Russian/Soviet relations with, 57, 225, 232, 233–34; Skorzeny activities in, 113; Syrian relations with, 141; United Arab Command and, 147; Yemen relations with, 122. See also Six-Day War; Yom Kippur War; specific person
Eichmann, Adolf: admits being himself, 75, 85; Argentina departure of, 80–84; Bauer and Herman knowledge about, 59–63; Carmel as double for, 80, 81; in hiding in Argentina, 60–66, 77–78; Israeli capture of, 48, 66–73, 89–90, 127, 172; Israeli identification of, 62–66, 77–78, 85; as Israeli prisoner, 73–86; Klement alias of, 64, 65–66, 69, 71; Knesset learns about capture of, 85–86, 90; Mengele case and, 89–90; secrecy about, 89–90; trial and execution of, 28, 86–87, 113, 172
Eichmann, Dieter, 65, 78
Eichmann, Nicolas “Nick,” 59, 60, 62–63, 64, 65
Eichmann, Sylvia, 60, 62, 63, 64
Eichmann, Vera de Liebl, 60, 61, 66, 77–78
Eini, Freddie, 222, 224
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 55
Eitan, Rafi: appointed head of Europe station, 172; Egyptian-German weapons program and, 116, 119, 126; Eichmann case and, 67, 72, 73, 74, 86–87, 89–90; Israel case and, 45–46, 47, 49; Lansky meeting with, 119; Mengele case and, 89; Morocco and, 158–59; Pollard affair and, 329; resignation of, 190;Skorzeny recruitment and, 113, 127; U.S. actions against, 329; Zamir’s Mossad appointment and, 190
El Al: Black September attempted bombing of, 193; Eichmann case and, 69, 80, 81, 82–84; Ethiopian Jews exodus and, 331; Palestinian terrorists Rome attack on, 234–35; Redfa and, 164, 167
El-Ard, Majeed Sheikh, 142, 144, 152, 154
El-Baradei, Mohamed, 14
El’azar, David (Dado), 201, 216, 228
Elian, Yona, 47–48, 68, 71, 72, 80–81, 82, 84
Elvinger, Peter, 308, 309, 310
Entebbe (Uganda): attack at, 24, 209, 260–61, 333–34
Erdogan, Tayyip, 286
Eshkol, Levi, 57, 158, 160, 170, 189, 223
Ethiopia: civil war in, 330–31; exodus of Jews from, 30, 317–32
Eurenco, 13
Factory 36 (Egypt), 114, 119
Factory 135 (Egypt), 114, 119
Factory 333 (Egypt), 115, 116, 118, 119, 122, 123
Fadlallah, Sheikh, 294, 297
Faisal (king of Iraq), 197–98
Fakhri Zadeh, Mohsen, 19–20, 21
Falasha. See Ethiopia: exodus of Jews from
“False Flag” recruiting missions, 336
Fatah, 4, 188, 189, 208, 209, 212, 234, 293–94. See also Black September (organization); specific person
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), 14, 108, 109, 292, 295
Ferraille, Madeleine. See Ben-David, Ruth
Flotilla 13, Israeli, 214–15, 218, 289, 290
Folliard, Gail, 307–8, 309, 310
Force Seventeen (Fatah), 208, 293–94
France: Ben-Barka case and, 160; Israeli relations with, 160. See also Air France
Frank, Rabbi, 93
French Secret Service, 102
Frenchwoman. See Ben-David, Ruth
Freyer, Rabbi (pseud.), 102
Gat, Yaacov, 68, 72
Gates, Robert, 283
Gaza: arms smuggling into, 304, 305, 306, 308, 315–16; Dagan military career in, 3; as Israeli possession following Six-Day War, 222; Mossad accomplishments and, 5; Palestinian-Israeli relations in, 1–3; refugee camps in, 3; suicide bombing in, 265
German terrorists: Entebbe attack and, 333–34
Germany: and German scientists in Egypt, 114–30; Israeli relations with, 117, 124, 125, 129; Munich massacre and, 186–87, 189–90, 208, 213; and statute of limitations on war crimes, 172–73, 185. See also BND; specific person
Gertner family: Yossele case and, 108–9, 111
Gibli, Benyamin, 132–33, 134
girls, Jewish: rescue of, 214–21
Godiva chocolates: Haddad death and, 261–62, 268
Goerke, Heidi, 123, 126
Goerke, Paul, 115, 122–23
Golan Heights, 222–23, 227, 228
Gold, Henry, 322, 325
Goldstein, Wolf. See Avni, Ze’ev
Goren, Shmuel, 231–32
Grayevski, Victor, 50–58
Great Britain: Be’eri accusations against, 27; Hushi case and, 27; Iranian nuclear program and, 15, 16, 19; Iraq supergun project and, 259; Israeli relations with, 249, 251, 253; Jewish Commando Corps and, 29; Mossad expulsion from, 314; withdrawal from Egypt of, 132–33. See also London, England; MI6
Guerrero, Oscar, 243, 244, 245, 252
Gulf War (1991), 258, 280
Gur-Arie, Israel, 108–9
Gur-Arie, Ze’ev (aka Wolfgang Lutz) “Champagne Spy,” 118, 130, 170
Haaretz, 124, 278, 312
Habash, George, 198, 204
Hadar, Avraham “Pashosh” (Thrush), 106
Haddad, Wadie, 260–62, 268
Hadley, Steve, 283, 284, 285
Hafez, Amin el-, 140, 145–46, 148, 151, 153
Haganah, 2, 27, 45. See also specific person
Haidar, Nihad, 291, 300–301, 302, 303
Halek, Ahmed, 297–98
Halevy, Efraim, 7, 276–77, 278, 282
Hamas: Al-Mabhouh death and, 311; arms smuggling and, 304–5, 306, 315–16; Dagan and, 24, 25; functions of, 265; Iran and, 304–5, 315–16; Israeli drone attack on leaders of, 315; as Israeli target, 266–68; Mash’al reputation and, 277; Mossad failures and, 6; Palestinian Relief Bureau as cover for, 269; Shalit kidnapping and, 24. See also Al-Mabhouh, Mahmoud Abdel Rauf; Mash’al, Khaled
Hamshari, Mahmoud, 195–96, 197
Hanin, Cindy. See Ben-Tov, Cheryl (Hanin) (aka Cindy)
Harari, Mike, 191–92, 196, 205–6, 215
Harel, Isser “Little Isser”: Amit compared with, 157; Amit as Mossad successor to, 148; Amit relationship with, 130, 158, 160; appointed head of Mossad and Shabak, 37, 42; Avni case and, 39–41; Ben-Barka case and, 160; Ben-Gal and Joklik case and, 123–24; Ben-Gurion relationship with, 90, 124; Egyptian-German weapons program and, 113–20, 123–24, 125, 128, 129; Eichmann case and, 59, 60–65, 67–73, 75, 76, 78–79, 80, 81–86, 90, 117; as Eshkol adviser, 158; German hostility of, 117, 124, 128; Israel case and, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49; as Israeli intelligence tsar, 42, 49; Khrushchev speech and, 55; “Kunzle” and, 185; Manor and, 54; Meir (Golda) relationship with, 124; Mengele case and, 88–89; Morocco-Israeli relations and, 158, 160; Paris party for, 109–10; personal and professional background of, 41–42, 157; personality and character of, 39, 41, 68, 97, 100, 157; power and authority of, 49, 95; reputation of, 39; resignations of, 128, 129, 130, 160; Yossele case and, 90–91, 95–103, 106–9, 111, 113–14
Harel, Rivka, 41, 95
Harman, Avraham, 108–9
Hassan (king of Morocco), 98, 158, 276
Hatechiya (Revival) party, 240
Hatum, Salim, 145, 147, 153–54
Haviv, Zaki. See Ben-Porat, Mordechai
Hermann, Lothar, 60, 61, 62–63
Hermann, Sylvia, 60, 62–63, 64
Hezbollah: arming of, 301; Dagan actions against, 25; founding of, 294; goal of, 294; Iranian relations with, 297; Mughniyeh and, 294, 295, 296, 298, 300, 301, 302, 303; as social organization, 265; Swiss arrest of Mossad agent and, 278; Syrian nuclear program and, 288. See also specific person
High Altitude Research Program (HARP) (Bull project), 255
Hindi, Amin al-, 234–35
Hitler, Adolf, 112–13, 125, 173
Hod, Mordechai (Motti), 166, 167–68
Hoffstetter, Efraim (aka Karl Huppert), 62, 63
Hofi, Yitzhak (Haka), 209, 227, 245, 261, 319, 320, 321, 327
Holocaust, 5, 86, 87, 117, 191
“honey trap”: Vanunu in, 248–49
Hosseinpour, Ardashir, 10
Hounam, Peter, 245, 248–49
Huberman, Meir. See Dagan, Meir
Huppert, Karl. See Hoffstetter, Efraim
Hushi, Abba, 27, 28
Hussein (king of Jordan), 187–88, 223, 235, 274–75, 276–77, 278
Hussein, Saddam, 12, 257, 259
Ibis (German-Egyptian project), 121
Idissis, Haim, 317–18
immigration, Israeli: functions of Mossad and, 30. See also Ethiopia: exodus of Jews from; girls, Jewish: rescue of
Ingleby, Jonathan, 196, 206
Institute 2 (Dimona nuclear reactor), 241–42, 244, 246, 252
Institute of Research on Jet Propulsion (Stuttgart, Germany), 115, 116, 125
intelligence community, Israeli, 42, 54, 133. See also Aman; Mossad; Shabak
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 14, 19, 336
Intra Corporation, 115, 117, 120, 125
Iran: Al-Mabhouh and, 304; arrest and execution of Israeli spies by, 21–22; attacks on Israelis by, 335; Bull assassination and, 259; Caroz and Israeli relations with, 98; China and, 12, 13; CIA activities and, 12–13; gun smuggling and, 304, 305, 315–16; Hamas and, 304–5, 315; Hezbollah and, 301; Iraq supergun project and, 258; Iraq war with, 12, 258; Israel as ally of, 11; Israeli covert war against, x, 335–37; Israeli obliteration as objective of, x, 11, 16, 337; missile program of, ix, 335; Mossad rescue of Jews in, 30; Mughniyeh case and, 292, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301–2; nuclear program in, x, 8–24, 335, 336–37; Pakistan and, 13, 14, 21; plane crash (2006) in, 16; resistance in, 19–20; revolution in, 11–12; Russian relations with, 12, 13, 17, 18; Syrian nuclear program and, 280, 281, 282, 288; UN sanctions on, 23; U.S. relations with, 336, 337
Iran-Contra Affair, 245
Iran-Iraq War, 12, 258
Iranian National Council of Resistance, 19–20
Iraq: Haddad’s death and, 262; Iran war with, 12, 258; Jewish community in, 32–36; Kurds in, 160–61, 163; Mossad’s first undercover operation in, 30, 31–37; nuclear program in, 11; supergun project in, 257–59; United Arab Command and, 147
Iraq War, 260
Ireland, 97, 314
Irgun group, 42, 45
Isfahan nuclear plant (Iran), 10, 14, 18
Ishai, Moshe Hanan. See Cohen, Baruch
Islamic Jihad: x, 25, 262, 263, 264–65. See also Shaqaqi, Fathi
Israel: discrimination of Ethiopian Jews in, 331; international image of, 315; secular and ultra-Orthodox Jewish relations in, 90–91; suicide bombings in, 263, 265, 266–67, 269. See also specific person, nation, or topic
Israel, Avner/Alexander, 43–49
Israel, Matilda, 43, 44, 48–49
Israel, Moshe, 48–49
Israeli Air Force, 168–69, 326–27, 331
Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), 129, 222–23, 227, 234, 331. See also Aman; Flotilla 13; specific person
Israeli Navy, 324
Italian secret service, 234, 235, 249, 251
Itzikel, Rabbi, 99
Ivor, Alexander. See Israel, Avner/Alexander
Izz Ad Din Al-Qassam Brigade (Hamas), 305
Jabalia camp (Palestinian refugee camp), 2
Jaafar Nimeiry, 327, 329
Jarrah, Ali, 302–3
Jewish Agency, 216, 328, 330
Jewish Commando Corps, 29
Jihad, Abu, 299
Joklik, Otto, 119–21, 123–24, 125–26, 128
Jordan: Black September operations against, 189; detainment of Mossad agents in, 276–78; Hussein’s September massacre in, 187–88; Israeli relations with, 267–68, 276–78; Mash’al “hit” and, 267–78; Six-Day War and, 57, 222; Western relations with, xi
Jordan River: Syrian-Israeli relations and, 136
“The Journey Song” (Idissis), 317–18, 331–32
Jundallah (Pakistani terrorist organization), 336
Justice Department, U.S., 292
Kahane, Rabbi, 240
Kamil, Hassan, 115, 116
Kassem, Abdul Karim, 36–37
Kassem, Ali: assassination of, 27, 28
Katz, Zelig, 53–54
Keitzner, Miriam, 174, 175
Kendall, Shawn (pseud.), 270, 271, 272–74
Kennedy, John F., 122
Kennedy, Robert, 108, 109
Kessim elders, 318
Kfar Sousa meeting, 301, 302
KGB, 28, 56–57, 91, 197
Khaddafi, Muammar, 234–35, 236
Khalil, Mahmoud, 114, 120–21, 130
Khan, Abdul Qadeer, 13, 14, 15
Khomeini, Ayatollah, 11, 12, 294
Khrushchev, Nikita: 1956 speech of, 51–58
Kidon (Massada team), 192, 199, 205–6, 268, 269, 270, 272, 277, 299, 300, 312
Kim Il-sung, 280
Kissinger, Henry, 235
Kleinwachter, Hans, 115, 122, 123
Klement, Ricardo. See Eichmann, Adolf
Knesset, 85–86, 90, 93, 95, 128, 328
Kol Israel radio, 56, 150, 164
Kolberg, Ronald. See Molad, David
Kroll, Gadi, 218, 324–25
Krug, Heinz, 115, 117–18, 120, 121
Krupp Industries, 255
Kubaissi, Basil al-, 197–99
Kunzle, Anton. See Sarid, Yitzhak
Kurds, Iraqi, 160–61, 163
Lakam organization, 329
Lansky, Meyer, 119
Latvia, 173–74
Lavi, Naftali, 124–25
Lavon Affair, 132–33, 169–70
Lavon, Pinhas, 132–33, 134
Lebanon: Black September and, 202; bombing of U.S. embassy in, 292; Israeli attacks on terrorist camps in, 202; Jordanian terrorists in, 188; Marwan (Angel) activities and, 236; Mossad accomplishments in, 7; Mossad agents’ arrests in, 302–3; Mughniyeh assassination attempts in, 297; U.S. Marine massacre in, x, 292, 294
Lebanon War (1982), 5–6, 240, 294
Lebanon War (2006), 7, 286, 288, 293, 298, 334
Lenin Medal, Grayevski’s, 57, 58
Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich, 52, 58
Leshem, Ron, 4–5
Libya: arms deals and, 236; Islamic fundamentalism in, xi; and Israeli shooting of civilian Libyan aircraft, 234; as Khan nuclear client, 13, 15; Marwan (Angel) intelligence and, 234–35; Palestinian terrorist organization conference in, 263–64; Sudanese civil war and, 329
Lillehammer, Norway: Salameh-Amana meeting in, 205–7
Limor, Danny, 320, 321, 323, 324, 325
Lipkin-Shahak, Amnon, 200, 331
Liron, Ze’ev (Londner), 163, 164, 165, 169
“Little Isser.” See Harel, Isser
Lod Airport: 1972 massacre at, 198
London Daily Telegraph, 10, 18, 311–12
London, England: Angel-Zamir meeting in, 223–24; closing of Mossad station in, 253; Marwan (Angel) activities and, 230–31, 232–33, 235, 236; Vanunu in, 245–52; Yossele case and, 94, 96–97, 101–2
London Independent: Mughniyeh story in, 299–300, 301
London Sunday Times: Al-Mabhouh case and, 305, 311; Hosseinpour assassination report in, 10; Mughniyeh story in, 296; Suleiman assassination story in, 289; Syrian nuclear program story in, 285; Vanunu Dimona film and, 244, 245–46, 247, 248–49, 250–51
London Times, 18, 21
Lorenz, Shlomo, 93–94
Lubrani, Uri, 330–31
Lutz, Wolfgang. See Gur-Arie, Ze’ev
Ma’ariv newspaper, 124, 184
Magen, Aliza, 267, 278
Mahmoud “Herr Doktor,” 120–21, 130
Malkin, Fruma, 67, 87
Malkin, Zvi, 67, 72, 73, 74, 76, 87, 89, 223, 246
Malta: Shaqaqi death in, 262–65
Mann, H., 123, 125–27
Manor, Amos, 44, 53–55, 56, 95, 106, 128, 129
Margalit, Dan, 229
Maria, Francine Adeleine. See Barges, Evelyne
Marines, U.S.: Beirut massacre of, x, 292, 294
Marwan, Ashraf (aka Angel): Bregman identification of, 236–37; death of, 238; as double agent, 228–29, 236, 237–38; identity of, 228–29; Israeli activities of, 232–36; Israeli recruitment of, 231–32; lifestyle of, 230; Nasser relationship with, 230–31, 237, 238; Nasser-Russian intelligence and, 232; personal background of, 229–30; retirement of, 236; Sadat and, 233–34, 235, 238; Yom Kippur War and, 222, 223–25, 226–27, 229; Zamir meeting with, 223–24, 229
Marwan, Moona Nasser, 229–30, 234
Mash’al, Khaled, 266–77, 334
Massada hit team, 204–5. See also Kidon
MB Gaash (ship), 200–201
MB Mivtah (ship), 200–201
MECO (Mechanical Corporation), 115–16
Medan, Raphael “Raphi,” 45, 126–27
Meidad, Yaacov (Mio), 70, 71
Meir (Antwerp Orthodox Jew): Yossele case and, 99
Meir, Golda: attempted assassination of, 198; Black September and, 189–91, 198, 199, 208, 212; Egyptian weapons/missile program and, 122, 124, 128; Hussein meeting with, 223; Kennedy meeting with, 122; Marwan (Angel) intelligence and, 234; Munich massacre and, 186, 187, 189–90; personality and character of, 223; rescue of Jewish girls in Syria and, 216, 221; retirement of, 209; warnings of Arab war with Israel and, 223
Meir, Meir, 232–33
Meizish, Rabbi, 93, 94, 100, 110
Mendelovitch, Arthur. See Manor, Amos
Mengele, Josef, 88–90
Mengistu Haile Mariam (Ethiopian ruler), 319–20, 330, 331
Mercier, Jacques, 153, 154
Messerschmitt, Willy, 114, 116, 130
MI6, British, 15, 19, 236, 258, 259
Michael, Sami, 135, 136, 137
MiG–21 (Diamond Operation), 161–70
Ministry of Defense, Israeli, 129, 240, 241, 244, 282, 329
Mohammadi, Masoud Ali, 9–10, 24
Molad, David (pseud.) (aka Charles Boussard and Ronald Kolberg): Black September operation and, 194–95, 198, 199, 200, 201, 206, 211, 212; change in Mossad character and, 260; exodus of Ethiopian Jews and, 329; rescue of Jewish girls from Syria and, 215; retirement of, 329; in Sudan, 329
Mordechai, Yitzhak, 244, 245–46, 247, 248, 250, 276
Morocco, 158–60
Moshe, Nissim, 31, 33
Mossad: accomplishments of, 7; change in character of, 260; CIA relations with, 12–13, 19, 55, 56; closing of London office of, 253; creation of, 25, 29–30; failures of, 6–7; impact on U.S. security of, ix; importance of, xi; Lillehammer fiasco and, 207–8; MI6 relations with, 19; Moroccan secret service and, 159; motto of, 30; recruitment for, 30; reputation/image of, xi, 7, 42, 56, 207–8, 277; solitude of agents of, 24; targets of, x; tasks/functions of, x, xi, 30, 37, 169–70, 217; uniqueness of, 30; worst mishaps in history of, 11, 266. See also specific person or case
MTP Corporation, 115–16
Mubarak, Hosni, 237
Mughniyeh, Fuad, 297–98
Mughniyeh, Imad: attempted assassinations on, 297–98; hunt for and killing of, x, 7, 291–304, 306; Iran and, 292, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301–2; as Israel’s most wanted man, 297; Palestinian terrorists and, 298; personal and professional background of, 293–94; personality of, 295–96; plastic surgeries of, 298–99; private life of, 291–92, 295, 300–301, 302, 303; Syria and, 288, 292, 299, 300–302; terrorist activities of, 292–95
Mujahedeen el Khalq (MEK), 15, 335–37
Mukhabarat, 149–51, 165, 169, 217, 219, 237
Munich Massacre, 186–87, 189–90, 208, 213
Murdoch, Rupert, 246
Musawi, Sheikh Abbas al-, 296, 297
Muslim Brotherhood, 305
Mussa, Said, 263–64
Nahmias, Joseph, 93–94, 95
Najad, Darioush Rezaei, 8
Nasrallah, Sheikh, 294, 298
Nasser, Gamal Abdel: death of, 223, 233; Egyptian missile/weapons programs and, 113, 114, 115; Hassan II fears about, 158; Marwan relationship with, 230–31, 237, 238; prisoner exchanges with Israel and, 170; Russian-Egyptian relations and, 232; Six-Day War and, 57, 225; tomb of, 237; UAR collapse and, 143; Yemen-Egypt war and, 226
Nasser, Kamal, 200, 202
Nasser, Moona. See Marwan, Moona Nasser
Natanz nuclear facility (Iran), 10, 14, 15, 17, 18, 22–23, 335
National Committee for the Return of Yossele, 94
National Council of Resistance, Iranian, 19
Nativ organization, 46
Nazi criminals: statute of limitations on war crimes for, 172–73, 185
Negev desert: development of, 117, 136
Netanyahu, Benjamin (Bibi): Al-Mabhouh case and, 305; Dagan and, 24, 304, 335; Entebbe and, 334; Hamas/Mash’al case and, 267, 268, 274–75, 276, 277; Iranian relations and, 337; Pardo appointment as head of Mossad and, 335; Syrian nuclear program and, 285, 287; U.S.-Israeli relations and, 337; and Yoni death, 334
Netanyahu, Yoni, 24, 333–34
Neturei Karta sect, 111
Neviot (Mossad department), 267, 334
New York Jewish Press: Ethiopian Jews story in, 328
New York Times, 18, 55–56
Nissiyahu, Yehudith, 68, 70, 71, 76, 78, 96–97, 105
North Korea: as Khan nuclear client, 13, 15; nuclear program of, 279–90; Syria’s relations with, 279–90
nuclear programs. See specific nation or facility
Obama, Barack, 337
Olmert, Ehud, 282, 283, 285, 286
Olympics (Munich, 1972): massacre at, 186–87, 189–90, 208, 213
Operation Brothers, 327
Operation Chameleon (Israeli), 1–3
Operation Cleopatra, 121
Operation Desert Storm, 280
Operation Diamond. See Redfa, Munir
Operation Engineer. See Israel, Avner/Alexander
Operation Ibis, 121
Operation Kaniuk. See Vanunu, Mordechai
Operation Moses, 327–29, 330
Operation “The Orchard.” See Dir Al-Zur nuclear facility
Operation Peace of Galilee. See Lebanon War (1982)
Operation Pygmalion. See Avni, Ze’ev
Operation Queen of Sheba, 329, 330
Operation “Smicha.” See girls, Jewish: rescue of
Operation Solomon, 330–31
Operation Spring of Youth. See Black September (terrorist organization)
Operation Tiger Cub. See Schuchmacher, Yossele
Operation Wrath of God. See Black September (terrorist organization)
Or, Theodore, 237, 238
Osiraq atomic reactor (Iraq), 11
Oslo Accords (1993), 266
Oufkir, Mohammad, 98, 159–60
Pahlavi, Reza, 11–12
Pakistan, 13, 14, 15, 21
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), 195, 208, 266, 293, 294
Palestinian Relief Bureau, 269
Palestinians: East Germany as refuge for, 261–62; Israeli peace with, 213; Libya conference of, 263–64; Mossad recruitment of, 298; Mughniyeh case and, 292, 298. See also specific person or organization
Palmach, 45
Panetta, Leon, 19
Parchin nuclear facility (Iran), 16–17
Pardo, Tamir, 24, 333, 334–35
Passover Affair, 203–4
Patwag, 115, 125
Paul VI (pope), 155
Pearlman, Moshe, 78
Peres, Shimon, 117, 128, 129, 130, 244, 245, 249, 328
Pfeiffer Vacuum Company, 18
Pilz, Wolfgang, 115, 116, 119, 121
“Plasma Screen” (code name). See Al-Mabhouh, Mahmoud Abdel Rauf
Poland, 50, 56, 314
Pollard (Jonathan) Affair, 245, 329
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), 1–3, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 204, 260–62, 268. See also specific person
Porat, Yehuda, 163–64
“Prime Ministers’ Club,” 244
Project Babylon (Iraq supergun project), 257–59
“Prosper.” See Yonatan
Qom nuclear facility (Iran), 14, 15, 18–19, 21
Rabin, Yitzhak, 3, 6, 209, 244, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268
Radio Damascus, 144, 146, 147
Rakah Party, 239
“Red Prince.” See Salameh, Ali Hassan
Redfa, Camille, 162, 165–66, 167, 169
Redfa, Munir “Diamond,” 162–67, 168, 169
Reuven (Berlin Mossad agent), 298, 299
Revolutionary Guards, Iranian, 10, 15, 16, 20–21, 22, 282, 294
Rice, Condoleezza, 283, 285
Rimon unit, Israeli, 2–5
Rizk, Georgina, 208, 209, 210
Rome, Italy: Black September hits in, 192–94; Palestinian terrorists attack on El Al plane in, 234–35; Vanunu in, 249–50, 251
Russell, Bertrand, 155
Russia/Soviet Union: Avni as agent for, 40–41; Black September relations with, 196; collapse of, 12; Egyptian relations with, 57, 225, 232, 233–34; Ethiopia and, 320; Grayevski case and, 50–58; Iran and, 12, 13, 17, 18; and Khrushchev 1956 speech, 51–58; Latvian relations with, 174; MiG–21 operation and, 161–70; Nativ help for Jews escaping from, 46; spy network in U.S. from, 315; Syria and, 225, 280; in World War II, 174; Yom Kippur War and, 225; Yossele case and, 91, 92
Sadat, Anwar, 223, 224–25, 233–34, 235, 236, 238
Salach, Shalom, 35, 36
Salameh, Ali Hassan “Red Prince”: Amana meeting with, 205–7; Arafat relationship with, 188, 208; Black September’s revenge and, 197; CIA and, 208–9; family background of, 188–89; Force 17 and, 294; Israeli hunt for, 199, 200–201, 202–3, 209–11; killing obsession of, 189; killing of, 211–12; lifestyle of, 209; in Lillehammer, 205–7; marriage of, 208; Munich Olympics and, 189
Salameh, Ali Hassan (son of “Red Prince”), 212–13
Salameh, Hassan (father of “Red Prince”), 188–89
Salehi, Ali Akbar, 9, 20
Salhun, Ismail, 31–32
Sänger, Eugen, 115, 116
Sarid, Yitzhak (aka Anton Kunzle): Cukurs case and, 171–83; letter to Cukurs from, 184–85; motivations of, 173
Satmar sect, 96–97, 101, 102, 108, 111
Saudi Arabia, 235, 322
Sayeret Matkal (Israeli commando unit), 3, 186, 200, 202, 209, 260, 267, 284, 333–34
Schmidt, Francisco, 63, 64
Schuchmacher, Ida and Alter, 91–93
Schuchmacher, Yossele: Ben-Gurion and Little Isser discussion about, 90–91; court decisions about, 92–93, 94; criticisms of Little Isser and, 113–14; in grandparents’ care, 91–93; Little Isser meeting with, 111; return of, 108–9; search for, 93–108, 110–11
scientists: and German-Egyptian projects, 114–30; Iranian nuclear project and, 8–10, 12, 14, 19–21; Israeli recruitment of Syrian, 282–83; killing of Iraqi nuclear, 11; Russian, 12. See also specific person
Scotland Yard, 238
Scud missiles, 258, 280
Sdeh Boker (Israeli kibbutz), 75–76, 132
security cameras: Al-Mabhouh case and, 307–11, 314, 315
Segev, Shmuel, 124–25
Seif, George Salem, 143–44, 152, 154
Selassie, Haile, 98, 319
September 11, 2001, 292
Shabak: Avni case and, 41; Black September and, 189; Eichmann case and, 67; founding of, 126; Grayevski and, 53, 58; Israel case and, 44, 45; Khrushchev speech and, 53; reputation of, 42; Vanunu and, 240–41, 246, 250; Yossele case and, 95, 101–2, 106. See also specific person
Shai: Be’eri as commander of, 26–28; Harel as member of, 42
Shaldag (Kingfisher) commando unit, Israeli, 285, 331, 334
Shalit, Gilad, 24
Shalom, Avraham (Avrum), 67–68, 72, 73, 89, 95, 96
Shamir, Shimon, 233, 244
Shamir, Yitzhak, 45, 244, 331
Shapira, Danny, 167–68
Shaqaqi, Fathi (aka Ibrahim Shawush), 262–65
Sharett, Moshe, 48, 132
Sharon, Ariel (Arik), 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 275, 276, 277
Shavit, Shabtai, 246, 260, 263, 264, 330
Shawush, Ibrahim. See Shaqaqi, Fathi
Shefa, Yonatan, 322–23
Sheffield Forge Masters, 259
Shemesh, Camille, 162, 167
Shemesh, Yossef, 162, 163, 164, 167
Shiloah, Reuven, 28–29, 30, 37, 42
Shirazi, Amir, 20–21
Shomron, David, 158–59
Shpilman, Victor. See Grayevski, Victor
Shtarkes, Ida. See Schuchmacher, Ida and Alter
Shtarkes, Nahman, 90, 91, 92–93, 94
Shtarkes, Ovadia, 91, 101
Shtarkes, Shalom, 91, 92, 94, 96, 101
Six-Day War (1967): Arab revenge for, 222, 223; Black September and, 189; Egypt-Yemen war and, 225–26; El Gamal spy activities and, 126; Gaza acquisition in, 3; as important to Israeli future, 337; Marwan recruitment and, 231; MiG–21 and, 166, 168; prisoner exchanges following, 169; Soviet-Egyptian relations and, 57
Skorzeny, Otto, 112–13, 126, 127–28, 130
Soviet Union. See Russia/Soviet Union
SS Astoria: Cohen transmissions and, 142
Stalin, Joseph: Khrushchev speech about, 51–53
Stanek, Otto. See Manor, Amos
Stasi (East German secret service), 298–99
State Department, U.S., 292, 303
Stern group, 42, 45
Stratfor think tank (Texas), 10, 11, 16
Strauss, Franz Josef, 117, 130
Stuxnet virus, 22–23
Sudan: arms smuggling and, 315–16; Black September activities in, 199, 208; civil war in, 327; exodus of Ethiopian Jews and, 320–29; Israeli drone attack in, 315–16; Israeli relations with, 320
Sudit (Sharon), Eliezer, 181–84
Suez War (1957), 134
suicide bombings: Shaqaqi as ideological father of, 265. See also specific bombing
Suleiman, Muhammad, 287–90, 301, 304
superguns: Bull development of, 255–59
Supreme Court, Israeli, 92–93
Swissair liner: midair explosion of, 195
Switzerland: arrest of Mossad agent in, 278; Ben-Gal and Joklik case and, 123–24, 125–26; Egyptian-German plants in, 115–16; Yossele case and, 96, 106, 110
Syria: Arab Winter in, xi; attack on Israeli tractors by, 148–49; Ba’ath Party in, 145–46, 148, 150, 154; Cohen as Aman agent in, 135–36, 142–56; Cohen execution in, 131, 155–56, 219; coups in, 141, 145; Egyptian relations with, 141; Hezbollah and, 301; Iran and, 280, 281, 282, 288; Israeli relations with, 136, 141, 170, 227, 263; Jordanian terrorists in, 188; Mossad accomplishments in, 7; Mughniyeh case and, x, 292, 299, 300–302; North Korea relations with, 279–90; nuclear program in, 7, 279–90, 302, 304; rescue of Jewish girls from, 214–21; Russian relations with, 225, 280; Six-Day War and, 57, 222; United Arab Command and, 147; U.S. relations with, 282, 283–85, 286. See also Yom Kippur War; specific person
Syrian Atomic Energy Commission, 280
Syrian Scientific Research Agency, 281, 288
Tabet, Kamal Amin. See Cohen, Elie
Taggar, Yehuda (aka Yudke Tadjer), 31–32, 33, 35–37
Talmor, Emmanuel (Emma), 45, 61
Tamim, Dhahi Khalfan, 312–13, 314, 315
Tamuz nuclear facility (Iraq), 257
Tapuz (ship), 250
Taussig, Oswald, 181–84
Tavor, Moshe, 68, 72
Tayara (Mukhabarat chief), 149–50
Teitelbaum, Rabbi Joel, 111
Tel Aviv: Black September suicide-plane attack on, 197–98
Tevel department, Israeli, 267, 319
Thailand, 199, 335
Thatcher, Margaret, 249, 253
Thomas, Gordon, 298, 311–12
Thunder Cross (Fascist organization), 174
Time magazine, 18, 19, 263
Tohar, Zvi, 69, 81
Tubiansky, Meir, 27–28
Tyre refugee camp (Lebanon), 2
Tzafririm unit (Mossad), 319
Tzomet (Mossad department), 231, 267
Uganda. See Entebbe
United Arab Command, 147
United Arab Republic, 141, 143
United Gunpowder Works, 257
United Nations, 17, 23, 226, 256, 257
United States: Ethiopian civil war and, 330; exodus of Ethiopian Jews and, 329, 331; and Hamas as Israeli target, 267; as Iranian missile target, ix; Iranian nuclear program and, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19, 23; Iranian relations with, 336, 337; Israeli relations with, 329, 337; MiG–21 and, 168; Mossad impact on security of, ix; Mughniyeh case and, 292–93, 296–97, 303; Sudanese civil war and, 327; Suleiman case and, 288; Syrian nuclear program and, 283–85, 286. See also CIA; FBI; specific person
Vanunu, Mordechai (aka John Crossman): in Australia, 242–43, 245; British-Israeli relations and, 249, 251, 253; as Dimona employee, 239, 240–42, 252; films of Dimona of, 241–42, 243–52; indictment and sentencing of, 251–52; lifestyle of, 240; in London, 245–49; London Sunday Times and, 244, 245–46, 247, 248–49, 250–51; motives of, 243–44; Operation Kaniuk and, 245–50, 252–53; personal and professional background of, 240; personality and character of, 240; political views of, 239–40, 241; public image of, 252; in Rome, 249–50, 251; sexual interests of, 246–49; views about Israel of, 252
Vardi, Rehavia, 161–62, 164, 231
von Braun, Wernher, 115, 130
War of Independence, Israeli, 26, 29–30, 32, 45, 67, 132, 337. See also Haganah; Shai; specific person
Weizman, Ezer, 11, 161, 168
Wiesel, Elie, 109
Wiesenthal, Simon, 126
World War I: supergun in, 254–55
World War II: Jewish Commando Corps during, 29; Rabbi Itzikel followers during, 99; superguns in, 255. See also specific person
X Committee, 191, 196
Yankele. See Schuchmacher, Yossele
Yariv, Aharon: Black September and, 189–91, 212
Yariv, Yoske, 172–73, 178, 181–84
Yatom, Danny, 3, 267, 268, 271, 274–75, 277–78
Yemen: Egyptian relations with, 122, 225–26
Yom Kippur War (1973), 5, 185, 190, 208, 222–29, 234, 235, 236
Yonatan “Prosper” (Israeli commando), 215, 217, 218, 220, 221
Yongbyon nuclear reactor (North Korea), 283–84, 286
Yossele. See Schuchmacher, Yossele
Yussef, Abu, 188, 200, 202, 203
Zablodovitch, Shlomo, 121, 127
Zagros Mountains: Iranian nuclear plant in, 19
Zalman (intelligence officer): Cohen activities and, 135, 137–38, 141, 144
Zamir, Zvi: as Amit successor at Mossad, 187, 190; Black September and, 189–91, 205, 206, 208; Boudia killing and, 205; El Al-Rome attack and, 235; Hofi as Mossad successor to, 227; Marwan (Angel) and, 222, 223–24, 226, 227–28, 229, 231, 234, 235, 237, 238; Munich massacre and, 187; personality and character of, 190; professional background of, 190; rescue of Jewish girls from Syria and, 215, 216–17; resignation/retirement of, 209, 227–28; Salameh killing and, 206; Yom Kippur War and, 222, 223–24, 225, 226, 227–28
Ze’evi, Beni, 161, 246
Zeira, Eli, 225, 226, 228–29, 237–38
Zelinger (intelligence officer): Cohen contacts with, 140, 141–42
Zichroni, Ze’ev. See Carmel, Yehuda
Zionists: recruitment of, 133
Zur, Zvi, 116–17
Zwaiter, Wael, 192–94, 197, 199