by Ken Follett
On Yom Kippur in 1974 Suza Dickstein went into labor. In accordance with the custom of this particular kibbutz, the baby was delivered by its father, with a midwife standing by to give advice and encouragement. The baby was small, like both parents. As soon as its head emerged it opened its mouth and cried. Dickstein's vision became watery and blurred. He held the baby's head, checked that the cord was not around its neck, and said, "Almost there, Suza." Suza gave one more heave, and the baby's shoulders were born, and after that it was all downhill. Dickstein tied the cord in two places and cut it, then-again in accordance with the local custom-he put the baby in the mother's arms. "Is it all rightr' she said. "Perfect," said the midwife, "What is itT' Dickstein said, "Oh, God, I didift even look . . . Ws a boy." A little later Suza said, "What shall we call him? Nathaniel?" "rd like to call him Towfik," Dickstein said. "Towfik? Isn't that an Arab name?" 'Yes. "Why? Why Towfik?" "Well," he said, "thatts a long story."
Postscript
From the London Daily Telegraph of May 7, 1977:
ISRAEL SUSPECTED OF HIJACKING SHIP WITH URANIUM by Henry Miller in New York
Israel is believed to have been behind the disappearance from the high seas nine years ago of a uranium shipment large enough to build 30 nuclear weapons, it was disclosed yesterday. Officials say that the incident was "a real James Bond affair" and that although intelligence agencies in four countries investigated the mystery, it was never determined what had actually happened to the 200 tons of uranium ore that vanished . . . -Quoted by permission of The Daily Telegraph, Ltd.
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