The Mossad’s Nazi
In 1962 Der Spiegel published a cover story about German rocket scientists who went to work in Egypt, or so it was suspected, to help Nasser build weapons with which
In 1962 Der Spiegel published a cover story about German rocket scientists who went to work in Egypt, or so it was suspected, to help Nasser build weapons with which
My new book, Rise and Kill First, is being published in Germany this week (January 23) and in the United States next week (January 30). I am certainly quite excited.
Why Did Israel Let Mengele Go? For decades, Israel’s espionage agency, the Mossad, kept a file on Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor responsible for, among other atrocities, selecting which new
Following the footsteps of Mossad’s “Warrior 88” Today is Israel’s Memorial Day. A week ago I had my last field-study trip, this time to the Golan Heights, before completing work
A heated debate between the Shin Bet and the Mossad: Whose cyber puzzle is harder? It used to be very easy for the Mossad and the Shin Bet (Israel’s domestic
“I was sure if we didn’t strike Syria’s nuclear reactor, Israel would” In a recent meeting we had in Washington DC, General Michael Hayden recounted one of the most dramatic
Part one of our KGB Middle East Files Series included a list of agents that—according to the Mitrokhin documents—operated in Israel, among them Knesset members, media personalities, senior engineers working
Under tight security the leaders of the Arab world, along with their military commanders and intelligence chiefs, convened at a luxurious hotel in Casablanca, Morocco in September 1965 to discuss
Ron Arad, and Israeli Air Force navigator bailed out of his burning aircraft over Lebanon in October 1986, and has been missing since then. Losing an airman in hostile territory, to
This morning, January 6, Yossi Cohen replaced Tamir Pardo as head of the Mossad, one of the most important, influential and sought-after posts in the Israeli government, and without doubt the