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Under army regulations, training recruits got a five-day leave every few months during fironut. My first one came a bit later than usual, due to Rotem. But in April 1960, shortly before the Passover holiday, I headed back to Mishmar Hasharon. Despite my minor triumph of desert na...

Middle East Affairs, and four years later the United Nations envoy, Count Folke Bernadotte. “Why are you so strident,” Shamir asked me, only half-jokingly, after ’'d insisted on joining a government discussion and pressing several intelligence matters. “It’s because I’ve read th...

Reluctant though I’d been to leave the 401" for the kirya, I had particularly enjoyed the last year. I was promoted to Shai Tamari’s job, in charge of the intelligence team for our military operations, when Shai left to command a tank brigade. My office was no longer on the third...