spies against armageddon

1087 Pages·2012·3.03 MB·English

SPIES
AGAINST
ARMAGEDDON
IS I W ’
NSEICDREETSRAAERLSS
ALSO BY DAN RAVIV AND YOSSI MELMAN:
Behind the Uprising:
Israelis, Jordanians and Palestinians
The Imperfect Spies:
The History of Israeli Intelligence
Every Spy a Prince:
The Complete History of Israel’s Intelligence
Community
Friends In Deed:
Inside the U.S.-Israel Alliance
ALSO BY DAN RAVIV:
Comic Wars:
How Two Tycoons Battled Over the Marvel Com-
ics Empire—and Both Lost
ALSO BY YOSSI MELMAN:
The Master Terrorist:
The True Story Behind Abu Nidal
The CIA Report on the Israeli Intelligence Com-
munity
The New Israelis:
An Intimate View of a Changing People
The Spies:
Israel’s Counter-Espionage Wars (in Hebrew,
with Eitan Haber)
The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran (with Meir
Javedanfar)
Autobiography of Running (in Hebrew)
SPIES
AGAINST
ARMAGEDDON
IS I W ’
NSEICDREETSRAAERLSS
by Dan Raviv and Yossi
Melman
LEVANT BOOKS
Sea Cliff, New York
Copyright © 2012 by Dan Raviv and Yossi Mel-
man
All rights reserved. No part of this
book may be used or reproduced in
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LEVANT BOOKS
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ISBN: 978-0-9854378-4-8
Cover photo credits:
Suspects in 2010 slaying of Mahmoud al-
Mabhouh (Dubai Police)
Israeli F-15 jets (IDF Spokesperson)
author photos by Emma Raviv and Haim
Taragan
Cover design:
Tanya Nuchols (TanyaNucholsDesign.com)
Layout and technical editor:
Paul Skolnick
TO THE MEMORY OF
BENJAMIN RAVIV
TO THE MEMORY OF
YITZHAK AND ANNA
MELMAN
TO CHERISHED DORI,
JONATHAN AND EMMA
TO BELOVED BILLIE,
YOTAM AND DARIA
CONTENTS
Prologue
1. Stopping Iran
2. Childhood Diseases
3. Strategic Alliance
4. From Warsaw With Love
5. Nuclear Maturity
6. Harel the Crusader
7. A Modern Mossad
8. Spying War on the Horizon
9. Meet the Neighbors
10. More than Vengeance
11. Forbidden Arms
12. Surprises of War and Peace