Chapter 1
1 Meir Tujeman, “Mechasel Ha’Mechablim Ha’No’az Yefaked Al Mishteret Rechovot, Mista’ar Al Ha’Mishtara,” Yediot Aharonot, December 27, 2013.
2 Oz Almog, The Sabra; The Creation of the New Jew, University of California Press, 2000, p. 198.
3 Esther Tomer, “Ha’Machlaka Ha’Aravit Shel Ha’Pal’mach” (http://www.misham.co.il/uploads/Magazines/Magazine9/magazine9_44_46.pdf).
4 Oz Almog, The Sabra, p. 199.
5 Tzvika Dror, Ha’Mista’aravim Shel Ha’Pal’mach, Israel Ministry of Defense Publishing House/Ha’Kibbutz Ha’Meuchad Publishers, Tel Aviv, 1986, p. 13.
6 Yossi Melman, “I’m Not Your Husband Ahmed, I’m Yossi from the Shin Bet,” Ha’aretz, January 10, 1998.
7 Wael R. Ennab, Population and Demographic Developments in the West Bank and Gaza Strip Until 1990, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, June 28, 1994, p. 12.
8 http://www.gvura.org/a4839-%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%9F-%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A8-%D7%93%D7%92%D7%9F-%D7%94%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%9F.
9 Interview, Tel Aviv, January 4, 2014.
10 Amir Rappaport, “Ha’Ragish Ve’Hanechush,” Ma’ariv, September 16, 2005.
11 Documentary film, Abir 21, Nano 10, May 4, 2014.
12 Ibid.
13 Moshe Givati, Abir 21: The Story of Eli Avram, Commander of the Undercover Unit, Eli Avram Memorial Foundation/Hemed Publishing, Jerusalem, 2003, p. 91.
14 The account was quoted in the book Suicide Terror: Understanding and Confronting the Threat (John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, 2009, p. 113), edited by Ophir Falk and Henry Morgenstern, as quoted originally by Yossi Kupperwasser, Israeli Institute for Democracy on October 31, 2004, in Dan Meridor and Haim Pass, eds., 21st Battle—Democracies Fight Terror (Hebrew), the Israeli Institute for Democracy, Jerusalem, 2006, p. 251.
15 Amir Buhbut, “Kach Po’alim Mista’arvei Magav: Mi’Yerushalayim ve’ad Ha’Negev,” Ma’ariv NRG, October 4, 2008.
16 See Moshe Givati, Abir 21, p. 155.
17 Ibid., p. 171.
18 Doron Me’iri, “Hasifa Rishona: Ha’Mista’aravim Shel Magav Chislu 50 Mechablim,” Yediot Aharonot, November 4, 1994, p. 3.
19 Ibid.
20 Yossi Klein Halevi, “I Have Two Nightmares About a Palestinian State,” New Republic, August 27, 2014.
Chapter 2
1 Interview with Uzi Levy, Lod, March 27, 2014.
2 Ibid.
3 Dalia Shechori, “Cabinet Approves Dichter to Be the Shin Bet’s Next Chief,” Ha’aretz, May 8, 2000.
4 Peter Ford, “US Is Expected to Push Israel on Its Deportees,” Christian Science Monitor, February 22, 1993.
5 Yoav Ze’evi and Yanki Galanti, “Onat Ha’Duvdevnim Mesarevet Le’Higamer,” Bamachne, December 1, 1994, p. 23.
6 Ra’anan Ben-Tzur, Avi Tal, and Eli Senior, “Hashavti She’hu Yihiye Batuach Be’Duvdevan,” Yediot/Ynet, August 27, 2000.
7 Yehudit Yechezkeli, “Hizharnu She’yikre Ason,” Yediot Aharonot, August 29, 2000, p. 2.
8 Amos Harel, “Despite Failure, There Is Still No Substitute for Duvdevan,” Ha’varetz, September 1, 2000.
9 Arieh O’Sullivan, “Inquiry: Duvdevan Raid Fatally Compromised,” Jerusalem Post, September 8, 2000.
10 Interview, Ronen Goresh, Lod, February 6, 2014.
Chapter 3
1 Interview, Yaakov Berman, Rechovot, March 19, 2014.
2 Ze’ev Schiff, “Learning from the Disturbances,” Jerusalem Post, October 27, 2000.
3 Ze’ev Schiff, “Analysis: Looking Back After Two Years,” Jerusalem Post, September 29, 2002.
4 Zohar Palti and Matthew Levitt, “Assessing Hezbollah’s West Bank Foothold,” Policy Watch #463, June 18, 2004.
5 Anthony Cordesman, Palestinian Forces: Palestinian Authority and Militant Forces, Center for Strategic and International Studies, February 2006, p. 8.
6 Ibid.
7 Yoram Schweitzer, “The Rise and Fall of Suicide Bombings in the Second Intifada,” Strategic Assessment, Volume 13, No. 3, October 2010.
8 “Husal Ha’Mevukash Mispar Echad Be’Hamas,” Ma’ariv, November 24, 2001.
9 “Powell Says U.S. Opposes Targeted Israeli Killings,” Reuters, July 5, 2001.
10 Interview, Tel Aviv area, March 18, 2014.
11 Margot Dudkevitch, “Soldiers Kill Dov Drieben’s Murderer,” Jerusalem Post, November 8, 2001.
12 Interview with Uzi Levy, Lod, March 27, 2014.
13 Amir Oren, “IDF Sending Crack Units into W. Bank,” Ha’aretz, May 31, 2001.
14 Amos Harel, “Elite Duvdevan Unit Commander Killed in W. Bank Operation,” Ha’aretz, February 15, 2002.
15 Interview, central Israel, February 11, 2014.
Chapter 4
1 Roni Shaked, “Ha’Sukariot Shel Mister Sataneli Me’Ha’CIA,” Yediot Aharonot Ha’Mosaf Le’Shabbat, pp. 20–21.
2 Matthew Levitt, Hamas: Politics, Charity, and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad, Yale University Press/Washington Institute for Near East Policy, New Haven/Washington, D.C., 2006, p. 4.
3 Official declassified Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) account of the Park Hotel bombing.
4 Interview, Yuri, February 9, 2014.
5 INP Border Guard film honoring Superintendent Patrick Pereg.
6 Death announcement, Israel National Police (“One Family Fund: Helping Israeli Victims of Terror”), April 2002.
7 Interview, Kfar Saba, March 19, 2014.
8 Avi Issacharoff and Amos Harel, “Recollections of Israel’s Operation Defensive Shield, Ten Years Later,” Ha’aretz, March 30, 2012.
9 Hanan Shlain and Yossi Levy, “Ha’Mevukash Mispar Ehad Be’Hebron Husal Be’Makom She’Bo Ratzach Yisraelim,” Ma’ariv, June 30, 1995, p. 4.
10 Interview, Uzi Levy, Lod, March 27, 2014.
11 Amos Harel, “Slain Colonel Was Destined for Greatness,” Ha’aretz, November 17, 2002.
12 Amir Buchbut, “Tamid Amarta: Tov La’Mut Be’ad Artzeinu,” Ma’ariv, April 11, 2002.
13 Memorial Web Page for Border Police Superintendent Patrick Pereg, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, April 4, 2002.
14 INP Border Guard film honoring Superintendent Patrick Pereg.
15 Interview, Uzi Levy, Lod, March 27, 2014.
16 Felix Frisch and Efrat Weiss, “Ko’ach Tzahal Harag Shnei Ktzinim Palestina’im,” Ma’ariv, May 14, 2002.
Chapter 5
1 Shlomo Tzezna and Yoav Limor, “Tevach Ha’Mishpacha,” Ma’ariv, June 21, 2002.
2 Peter Beaumont, “Children Shot Dead in Their Home,” Guardian, June 21, 2002.
3 Interview, Yaakov Berman, Rechovot, March 20, 2014.
4 Interview, Northern Israel, February 25, 2015.
5 Interview, Sa’ar Shine, Lod, February 4, 2014.
6 Internal Border Guard reconstruction of the events at Itamar on June 20, 2002.
7 Interview, Lod, February 25, 2015.
8 Interview, Lod, February 4, 2014.
9 Internal Border Guard reconstruction of the events at Itamar.
10 Interview, Lod, February 25, 2015.
11 Interview, Sa’ar Shine, Lod, February 4, 2014.
12 Ibid.
13 Internal Border Guard reconstruction of the events at Itamar.
14 Interview, Lod, February 4, 2014.
15 Interview, Rechovot, March 20, 2014.
16 Shlomo Tzezna and Yoav Limor, “Tevach Ha’Mishpacha.”
Chapter 6
1 As relayed in an interview with Chief Superintendent R., Lod, March 25, 2014.
2 Interview, Kfar Saba, May 30, 2014.
3 Amos Harel, “Tzevet Shel Duvdevan Nichnas Le’Toch Ha’Binyan: Barghouti Hisgir Et Atzmo Be’Heder Ha’Madregot,” Ha’aretz, April 16, 2002.
4 Isabel Kershner, “Barrier: The Seam of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,” New York, Palgrave MacMillan, 2005, p. 96.
5 “Ha’Eyin Shel Ha’Medina,” Makor Rishon, July 16, 2006.
6 “Ha’Mista’aravim Hitchapsu Le’Shotrei Ha’Reshut Ve’Chatfu Ish Hamas Be’Tulkarm,” Haaretz, September 5, 2002.
7 Yossi Yehoshua and Reuven Weiss, “Ha’Tzayad,” Yediot Aharonot, April 8, 2005.
8 Interview, Uzi Levy, Lod, February 4, 2014.
9 “Ha’Mista’aravim Hitchapsu Le’Shotrei Ha’Reshut Ve’Chatfu Ish Hamas Be’Tulkarm,” September 5, 2002.
10 “Ha’Eyin Shel Ha’Medina.”
11 Margot Dudkevitch, “Hamas Deputy Commander Grabbed in Tulkarm Raid,” Jerusalem Post, September 5, 2002.
12 Ehud Ya’ari, “Three Cheers for the Spooks,” Jerusalem Report, May 20, 2002.
13 Amos Harel, “Ktzin Shayetet Ne’Herag Im Hitaklut Im Mevukash Le’Yad Tul Karem,” Ha’aretz, September 27, 2002.
14 Interview, Nasser, Lod, March 25, 2014.
15 Ehud Ya’ari, “Three Cheers for the Spooks.”
16 Interview, Ya’mas officer (anonymous), March 20, 2014.
17 Interview, Yaakov Berman, Rechovot, March 20, 2014.
18 Interview, Chief Superintendent Micah, Tel Aviv, March 27, 2014.
19 Interview, Yaakov Berman, March 20, 2014.
20 “Schem: Mista’arvei Magav Atzru Pa’il Fatah Be’Schem,” Nano 10 News, September 26, 2002.
21 Baruch Kara, “79 Palesteniyaim Ne’Hergu be’2002 Mi’yadei Ha’Yechidot Ha’Meyuchadot Shel Magav,” Ha’aretz, March 12, 2003.
Chapter 7
1 “Background: Abu-Hanoud,” Ha’aretz, November 24, 2001.
2 Mitch Ginsburg, “Saving Sergeant Netanyahu,” Times of Israel, October 25, 2012.
3 Interview, Kfar Qassem, March 19, 2014.
4 Interview, Kfar Saba, June 27, 2014.
5 Interview, Israel, Rechovot, March 20, 2014.
6 Ibid.
7 As per the document http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/foreignpolicy/iran/supportterror/pages/iranian%20activities%20in%20support%20of%20the%20palestinian%20i.aspx.
8 As per www.gvura.org.
9 Interview, Rechovot, March 20, 2014.
Chapter 8
1 Vered Levy-Barzilai, “Ticking Bombs,” Ha’aretz, October 13, 2003.
2 Ibid.
3 Interview, Rechovot, March 20, 2014.
4 Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, List of Victims of Terror (http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/ForeignPolicy/Terrorism/Victims/Pages/St-Sgt%20Liat%20Ben-Ami.aspx).
5 Interview, Tel Aviv, March 27, 2014.
6 Interview, Lod, February 4, 2014.
7 Interview, Tel Aviv, March 27, 2014.
8 Interview, Lod, March 26, 2014.
9 Yoni Fighel, “Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Female Suicide Bombers,” ICT, October 6, 2003.
10 Interview, Lod, March 26, 2014.
11 Vered Levy-Barzilai, “Ticking Bombs,” Ha’aretz, October 15, 2003.
12 Ibid.
13 Interview, Nasser, Lod, March 26, 2014.
14 Ibid.
15 Arnon Regular, “Mother of Two Becomes First Female Suicide Bomber for Hamas,” Ha’aretz, January 16, 2004.
16 Arnon Regular, “Female Bombers Show Shift in Thinking,” Ha’aretz, May 21, 2003.
17 According to noted terrorism expert Anat Berko, as quoted in the Israeli daily Ha’aretz, “When men become terrorists, the ideological motive is dominant. In contrast, women are pushed to carry out a terrorist attack and never choose to do so out of their own free will. There are always personal problems hidden in the background.” Avi Issacharoff, “Femme Fatale, Jihad Style,” Ha’aretz, April 5, 2010.
18 Yoni Fighel, “Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Female Suicide Bombers.”
19 Amos Harel, “Security Forces Trace Haifa Bomber’s Path,” Ha’aretz, October 7, 2003.
20 Yoram Schweitzer (ed.), “Female Suicide Bombers: Dying for Equality?” The Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies (JCSS), August 2006, p. 20.
21 Interview, Lod, March 26, 2014.
Chapter 9
1 Samuel M. Katz, Hunt for the Engineer: The Inside Story of How Israel’s Counterterrorist Forces Killed the Hamas Master Bomber, New York, Fromm, 2000.
2 Interview, Jerusalem, June 23, 2014.
3 Bruce Hoffman, “The Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” Atlantic Monthly, June 2003, p. 43.
4 Ra’anan Ben-Zur and Avner Cohen, “Ha’Pigu’a Be’Netanya: Hayal Niftza Kashe She’Nise La’atzor et Ha’Mechabel,” Ynet/Yediot Aharonot, March 30, 2003.
5 Arieh O’Sullivan and Margot Dudkevitch, “Hamas Vows Revenge for Killing of Bomb Mastermind,” Jerusalem Post, July 1, 2002.
6 Joel Leyden and Margot Dudkevitch, “Israeli Commando Killed in Nablus Raid,” Jerusalem Post, August 9, 2003.
7 Yossi Yehoshua and Reuven Weiss, “Ha’Tzayad,” Yediot Aharonot, April 8, 2005.
8 Ibid.
9 Interview, Beit Horon, Israel, March 25, 2014.
10 “Husal Bachir Ba’Jihad be’Tulkarm She’Tichnen Pigu’im; Nichsafa Meconit Tofet Be’Shchem,” Globus, October 2, 2003.
11 See “Ha’Tzayad.”
12 Interview, northern Israel, July 1, 2014.
13 Ibid.
14 Ibid.
15 Interview, March 25, 2014.
16 Hillel Frisch, “Motivation or Capabilities? Israeli Counterterrorism Against Palestinian Suicide Bombings and Violence,” The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University, Mideast Security and Policy Studies, No. 70, p. 4.
17 Ibid.
Chapter 10
1 Interview, Superintendent Salah, Lod, March 25, 2014.
2 Interview, Lod, February 4, 2014.
3 Interview, Lod, March 25, 2014.
4 Interview, Rechovot, Israel, March 20, 2014.
5 Arnon Regular, “Koach Mista’aravim Harag Hamisha Pe’ilei Fatah Be’Jenin,” Ha’aretz, March 10, 2004.
6 “Jenin Birat Ha’Mitabdim,” Ha’Merkaz Le’Moreshet Ha’Mode’in erkaz Ha’Medida Le’Mode’in Ve’Terror.
7 Ibid.
8 Amit Navon, “Eich Po’el Mangenon Ha’Terror Shel Ha’Jihad Ha’Islami,” Ma’ariv Sof Shavu’a, June 14, 2002, p. 32.
9 “Ko’ach Mista’aravim Harag Mevukash Me’Ha’Tanzim,” Walla Hadashot, April 7, 2003.
10 Interview, northern Israel, March 22, 2014.
11 Interview, Rechovot, Israel, March 20, 2014.
12 Yossi Yehoshua and Reuven Veiss, “Ha’Tzayad,” Yediot Aharonot, April 8, 2005.
13 Uri Glickman and Marwan Ata’mna, “Husal Mefaked Ha’Jihad Be’Jenin,” NRG Ma’ariv, July 13, 2004.
Chapter 11
1 “Shkhem: Ko’ach Tzahal Harag Me’Vukash She’Patach Be’Yeri La’A’var Ha’Koach,” Nana 10, April 14, 2005.
2 Sarah Liebovitch-Dar, “Ha’Shikhrur Shel Rotzchei Ish Ha’Sha’bach Mas’ir Mishpachto,” NRG, August 2, 2013.
Chapter 12
1 Amira Hass and Amos Harel, “Hamas Holiday Attack Averted,” Ha’aretz, September 17, 2001.
2 Efrat Weiss, “16 Ma’asrei Olam Le’Mis’at Ha’Mechabel Shel Sbarro,” Ynet, October 23, 2003.
3 Interview with al-Quds TV, date unknown, following her release from Israeli prison in the Gilad Shalit prisoner deal in October 2011.
4 Interview, Jerusalem, March 26, 2014.
Chapter 13
1 Interview, Israeli counterterrorist officer, Tel Aviv, December 29, 2013, and Sharon Ben Ami-Halevi, “Har-Ha’Bayit Be’Yadeinu (2000),” Iton Yerushalayim, October 13, 2000, p. 38.
2 Samuel M. Katz, “The Sword of Gideon: Unit 33—The Israel National Police Special Intelligence Unit,” Special Operations Report, Vol. 17, Winter 2008, p. 34; as well as: http://mops.gov.il/Documents/Publications/InformationCenter/Innovation%20Exchange/Innovation%20Exchange%2014/New%20National%20Crime%20Unit%20Inaugurated.pdf; https://www.police.gov.il/gius/FullMainSubject.aspx?id=19; and http://www.mako.co.il/men-magazine/firepower/Article-fac944d91119231006.htm.
3 Amir Ben-David, “Chayav Shel Mista’arev,” Ma’ariv, October 20, 2000, p. 16.
4 Interview, central Israel, September 14, 2014.
5 Interview, northern Israel, July 1, 2014.
6 Serge Schmemann, “Bus Bombing Kills Five in Jerusalem; 100 Are Wounded,” New York Times, August 22, 1995.
7 Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Pronouncement by Moslem Religious Leaders Defending Suicide Attacks,” Communiqué, September 21, 1997.
8 In Dror Moreh’s brilliant 2012 Academy Award–nominated documentary The Gatekeepers, Shin Bet director Ayalon emphatically explained how Jibril Rajoub told him that the Palestinians did not work for the Israelis when they arrested Hamas terrorists or key operatives for the PIJ because the Israelis told them to. They (the Palestinians) did so because it was in their best—and immediate—interests to do so.
9 Interview with a Ya’mas operator, Jerusalem, March 26, 2014.
10 Sharon Ben Ami-Halevi, “Har-Ha’Bayit Be’Yadeinu (2000),” Iton Yerushalayim, October 13, 2000, p. 38.
11 Interview, Jerusalem, March 26, 2014.
12 Amir Ben-David, “Chayav Shel Mista’arev,” p. 16.
13 Ibid, p. 38.
Chapter 14
1 Limor Shmuel, Eitan Glickman, Amir Rappaport, Joel Beno, and Tzvi Zinger, “Mirdafim Be’akvot Ptzatzot Mitaktekot,” Yediot Aharonot, August 30, 2001.
2 Gali Tivon and Anat Ro’e, “Nilkadu Havrei Ha’Huliya Be’Yerushalayim,” Ynet, August 31, 2001.
3 Interview, Gil Kleiman, Tel Aviv, March 20, 2014.
4 Interview, Inspector Mike, Jerusalem, March 25, 2015.
5 Amir Rappaport, “Ha’Mechablim Shel Ha’Yom Metuchkamim Yoter,” Israel Defense, November 27, 2002.
6 Interview, Shai, Jerusalem, March 25, 2014.
7 Efrat Weiss, “Toshav Mizrach Yerushalayim Hashud Be’Hasa’at Mechabel Le’Pigu’a,” Ynet, May 5, 2003.
8 James Bennett, “At Least 10 Killed in Suicide Bombing of Jerusalem Bus,” New York Times, November 21, 2002.
9 Haim Barvida and Amir Ben-David, “Sof Masa Ha’Retzach,” Yediot Aharonot, August 22, 2002, p. 2.
10 Yossi Levi, “Nilkadu Be’Derech Le’Pigu’a,” Ma’ariv, August 22, 2002, p. 5.
11 Interview, Shai, March 25, 2014.
12 Ibid.
13 Hanan Greenberg, “Me’Tchilat Ha’Shana Suklu 83 Pigu’ei Hitabdut,” Ynet, July 18, 2004.
Chapter 15
1 Etgar Lefkovitz, “Waiter Foils Jerusalem Café Bombing,” Jerusalem Post, March 8, 2002.
2 Efrat Weiss, “Mehabel Mitabed Higi’ia Le’Beit Ha’kafe ‘Kaffit’ Ve’Hitharet,” Ynet, July 18, 2004.
3 Interview, Western Africa, September 28, 2014.
4 Interview, New York City, August 19, 2014.
5 Interview, Jerusalem, March 26, 2014.
6 Interview, Jerusalem, March 26, 2014.
7 Ibid.
8 Efrat Weiss, “Mehabel Mitabed Higi’ia Le’Beit Ha’kafe ‘Kaffit’ Ve’Hitharet.”
9 John Ward Anderson and Molly Moore, “Suicide Bombings Kill 18 in Israel,” Washington Post, September 1, 2004.
10 Hanan Greenberg and Ali Wakd, “Hebron: Nilkad Ha’Ekhra’I Le’Pigu’a Be’Beer Sheva,” Ynet, October 13, 2004.
11 Amos Harel, “Mivtza Echad, Matarot Sotrot: Ha’Pe’ilot Neged Hamas ‘Alula Lifgo’a Be’Itur Ha’Hotfim,” Ha’aretz, June 20, 2014.
Chapter 16
1 Alan Cowell, “8 Killed and 17 Wounded in Raid on Bus of Israeli Tourists in Egypt,” New York Times, February 5, 1990.
2 Felix Frisch and Efrat Weiss, “12 Harugim, Be’Hem Mefaked Ha’Hativa, Be’Maarav Metuchkam,” Ynet/Yediot Aharonot, November 16, 2002.
3 Ibid.
4 Felix Frisch and Efrat Weiss, “4 Harugim Be’Hatkafa Al Ha’Yeshiva Be’Hitnahalut Otniel,” Ynet/Yediot Aharonot, December 28, 2002.
5 Efrat Weiss, “17 Maasrei Olam Le’Metchnen Ha’Pigu’a ‘Be’Tzir Ha’Mitplalelim’,” Ynet/Yediot Aharonot, December 8, 2003.
6 Interview, Jerusalem, March 26, 2014.
Chapter 18
1 Wael R. Ennab, “Population and Demographic Developments in the West Bank and Gaza Strip Until 1990,” study prepared for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 28 June 1994 (http://israelipalestinian.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000636).
2 Andrew Roberts, “From an Era of Refugee Millions, Only Palestinians Remain,” Wall Street Journal, November 21, 2014.
3 Shlomi Tzipori, Tzedek Mesu’arav, Tel Aviv, Agam Publishing, 2004, p. 51.
4 BBC 4 Dispatches, Profile of Samson unit, October 1991.
5 Robert Fisk, “Hamas Mourns Its Greatest Martyr: Robert Fisk in Marj al-Zohour, Southern Lebanon, Hears How a Palestinian Came to Die for the Islamic ‘Revolution’ in Israel,” Independent, November 29, 1993.
6 http://www.izkor.gov.il/HalalKorot.aspx?id=514720.
7 BBC 4 dispatches.
8 http://www.yehida.co.il/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=201.
9 Interview, Chief Superintendent Shimon, Lod, February 6, 2014.
10 Doug Struck and Dan Fesperman, “Arafat Returns in Victory,” Baltimore Sun, July 2, 1994.
11 David Hirst, “Sheikh Ahmed Yassin,” Guardian, March 22, 2004.
Chapter 19
1 Felix Frisch, “Shnei Harugim Be’Pigu’a Be’Elei Sinai,” Ynet/Yediot Aharonot, October 3, 2001.
2 Interview, Chief Superintendent O., Israel, Kfar Saba, March 6, 2014.
3 James Bennett, “Key Palestinian Security Posts Becoming Harder to Fill,” New York Times, June 2, 2002.
4 Inigo Gilmore and Philip Jacobson, “Five Killed as Israeli Tanks Go Deep into Gaza,” Telegraph, December 16, 2001.
5 Interview, Border Guard antiterrorism school, Israel, March 24, 2014.
6 Interview, Shimon, Lod, February 6, 2014.
7 Ibid.
8 James Bennett, “Seized Arms Would Have Vastly Extended Arafat Arsenal,” New York Times, January 12, 2002.
9 Ibid.
Chapter 20
1 Inigo Gilmore, “Israel Kills 10 in Raid to Root Out Militants,” Telegraph, December 7, 2002.
2 Ilan Goren, “Pigu’im Neged Shirion: Lo Ha’Pa’am Ha’Rishona,” Ma’ariv, May 11, 2004.
3 Interview, December 12, 2014.
4 Interview, Master Sergeant Vlad, March 24, 2014.
5 Chris McGreal, “Hamas Celebrates Victory of the Bomb as Power of Negotiation Falters,” Guardian, September 12, 2005.
6 Interview, Ze’ev, Beit Horon, March 24, 2014.
7 Interview, Shimon, Lod, February 4, 2014.
8 Interview, Vlad, Beit Horon, March 24, 2014.
9 Felix Frisch, “Khan Yunis: Pa’il Hamas Takaf Hayalim Ve’Nura LeMavet,” Ynet/Yediot Aharonot, December 10, 2002.
Chapter 21
1 Associated Press, “Israeli Army Conducts Major Anti-Guerrilla Sweep,” Times Daily, Sunday, December 3, 1989.
2 Associated Press, “Troops Kill 4 in West Bank’s ‘Black Panthers’ Gang,” Los Angeles Times, December 2, 1989.
3 Interview, Chief Superintendent A., New York, December 21, 2014.
4 Interview, Uri Bar-Lev, Tel Aviv, August 28, 2014.
5 Elhanan Miller, “Arafat Gave Us Arms for Second Intifada Attacks, Hamas Official Says,” Times of Israel, December 16, 2014.
6 Ibid.
7 Margot Dudkevitch, “IDF Tunnel Ops to Continue,” Jerusalem Post, October 13, 2003.
8 Interview, Chief Superintendent (Ret.) Yehonatan, New York, September 27, 2014.
9 Interview, Yaron, Lod, February 4, 2014.
10 Interview, September 28, 2014.
11 Ronen Bergman, The Secret War with Iran: The 30-Year Covert Struggle for Control of a “Rogue” State, London, One World Publications, 2008, p. 289.
12 Interview, Shimon, Lod, February 4, 2014.
13 Interview, Chief Superintendent Yehonatan.
14 Ibid.
15 Interview, Shimon, Lod, February 6, 2014.
16 Interview, Vlad, Beit Horon, March 24, 2014.
17 Interview, Chief Superintendent Yehonatan.
18 Ibid.
19 Ronen Bergman, The Secret War with Iran, pp. 287–288.
Chapter 22
1 Amir Buchbut, “Ha’Matara Shelanu Brura: Le’Hisha’er Bnei Adam,” Ma’ariv NRG Hadashot, December 4, 2004.
2 Interview, Chief Inspector Yaron, Israel, Lod, March 23, 2014.
3 http://www.izkor.mod.gov.il/HalalKorot.aspx?id=517054.
4 Hanan Greenberg, “Ha’Pe’ilut Be’Philadelphi: Ha’Makom Ha’Chi Mafhid Be’Shtahim,” Yediot Aharonot/Ynet, May 13, 2004.
5 Interview, Vlad, Beit Horon, March 24, 2014.
6 Interview, Yehonatan, September 28, 2014.
7 Interview, Yaron, March 23, 2014.
8 Interview, Yehonatan, December 24, 2014.
9 Interview, Yaron, Beit Horon, March 23, 2014.
10 Ibid.
11 Amir Buchbut, “Ha’Matara Shelanu Brura: Le’Hisha’er Bnei Adam.”
12 Interview, Superintendent, January 17, 2005.
Chapter 23
1 Jodi Rudoren, “To a Philosopher-General in Israel, Peace Is the Time to Prepare for War,” New York Times, November 15, 2013.
2 Interview, Kfar Saba, March 20, 2014.
3 Amir Buchbut, “Ha’Kelev Barry Neherag Be’At Milui Tafkido,” NRG Ma’ariv, December 21, 2005.
4 Interview, Yehonatan, Israel, December 30, 2014.
5 Interview, Lod, March 25, 2014.
6 Tal Yamin-Wolvovitz, Amir Buchbut, and Amit Cohen, “Ha’Echra’i Le’Nisayon Ha’Pigu’a Be’Tel Aviv Chusal Be’Jenin,” NRG Ma’ariv, February 21, 2007.
7 Avi Ashkenazi, “Ha’Tza’la’sh Ha’Hamishi Shel Ha’Mista’arev Ha’Bedui,” NRG Ma’ariv, September 13, 2009.
8 See Tal Yamin-Wolvovitz, Amir Buchbut, and Amit Cohen, “Ha’Echra’i Le’Nisayon Ha’Pigu’a.”
9 Yehonatan Lis, “Harag Arba’a Bechirei Jihad Ve’Kibel Itur,” Ha’aretz, April 25, 2007.
10 Ibid.
11 Interview, Israel, July 1, 2014.
12 Interview, Tel Aviv, December 30, 2014.