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… Nechemia Cohen, the officer I’d joined in our failed attempt to defuse the booby-trap in the Sinai before the war, entered Gaza on the first day in his new role as deputy commander of Amsalem’s paratroop unit. Amsalem was killed early on, so Nechemia took command. He was shot an...

…ident Asad seemed thoughtful and even conciliatory. He did not look like a leader battling for survival. No doubt, the credits outweigh the debits in his personal profit-and-loss account. He knows that he need fear no foreign military intervention: After Libya, no Western power w...

…sing would come down to how our message, our ability to forge alliances, and my own personal and political appeal, measured up against Bibi. The new system of separate elections for party and Prime Minister meant that in order to win a majority, I would need the support of voter...

…in the Aleppo understanding, which outlined Syria’s military withdrawal from Lebanon with specific timelines. Assad honored his word, and ended twenty-nine years of Syrian military presence in Lebanon consistent with Resolution 1559. What is often forgotten in the recurrent doom...

…May 2008 Hezbollah militants take control of areas of Beirut. 21 May 2008 Doha agreement between Lebanese leaders brokered by Qatar. 21 May 2008 Israel and Syria announce holding indirect talks through Turkish mediation. 30 July 2008 Prime Minister Olmert announces he is not s...

…g test that day at the processing station. Rather, he admitted on an application form that he had smoked marijuana “hundreds of times.” He didn’ t know that the military has an official maximum of times you can admit to smoking pot. A journalist | know acknowledges that he tried...

In his new book, Bob Woodward writes about Colin Powell’ s status as an adviser to you. Referring to his previous book, Plan of Attack, the New York Times then reported that “Secretary of State Colin Powell disputed Woodward’ s account....He said that he had an excellent relation...

…: You ok? I became friendly with shirley maclaine last year and went to her ranch in sante fe. I may go back and remembered you own half the ranch land there or something. Do you still like it there? From: Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacationagmail.com> To: Bill Siegel Sent: Fri Feb 08 1...

…he pressure on Bibi to move forward. In fact, I announced that if Bibi did go ahead and finalize the terms for our Oslo redeployment, Labor would once again provide the extra Knesset votes needed for him to get it approved. Early in 1998, he sent word that he wanted to talk. The...

to adapt on the ground. And obviously pleased that we’d found a way to make the operation work. The Sinai mission marked a transition not just for me, but for others in Sayeret Matkal as well. Avraham Aranan finally left the unit he’d imagined, created and built. He became the h...

Jonathan Levin — Prof and Chair of Dept of Economics, Stanford. 2011 Winner of the John Bates Clark Medal. Ann Lewis - President, NoLimits. Fmr Director of Communications to the U.S. President (1997-2000). Rob LoCasio — CEO, LivePerson (NASDAQ: LSPN). Jeremy Liew — GP, LightSpee...

…into Syria. Fortunately, he didn’t ask whether I was sure we’d succeed. If he had, I would have said, yes, we were prepared. But there was no way we could be certain. Still, he must have got what he wanted. When we reached the edge of Netanya, he shook my hand, wished me luck and...

…roup (TPG). Founding Partner, Newbridge Capital. Boards: Continental Airlines, Bowe Bell & Howell, Ducati Motorcycles, Credicom Asia, National Education Corp, Beringer Wine, Carr Reality, Virgin Cinemas, CoStar Group, GemAlto, RyanAir Holdings, Wilderness Society, World Wildlife...

…cuments that outline the Muslim Brotherhood’s goals and plans underlying the Civilization Jihad. The former was discovered in Europe and extends globally. The 1991 Explanatory Memorandum emerged in 2008 from the Holy Land Foundation trial and describes the Brotherhood’s work in...

…d positioning and backbiting of the academic world. I think what finally changed my mind, however, was a feeling, nurtured on the kibbutz but solidified by that many nights I’d spent leading sayeret operations across our borders, that I would find my true purpose in life trying...