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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
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nbsp; 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