… a mile from the stone terrace, above the Western Wall of our ancient temple, where the golden Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa mosque stand. I knew Hussein had been there as a boy when his grandfather, King Abdullah, was shot and killed by a Palestinian amid rumors he was contem...
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Islamic Jihad and Fatah’s “Al-Aqsa Martyrs’
Islamic Jihad and Fatah’s “Al-Aqsa Martyrs’
This interlude instantly conferred on us the desert equivalent of street cred. The next morning, Talik agreed we could accompany the Seventh Brigade as it moved deeper into the Sinai, and peel off when we got closer to Gebel Libni to complete our “sayeret mission.” Given the earl...
This interlude instantly conferred on us the desert equivalent of street cred. The next morning, Talik agreed we could accompany the Seventh Brigade as it moved deeper into the Sinai, and peel off when we got closer to Gebel Libni to complete our “sayeret mission.” Given the earl...
line. In a stroke of good fortune, the brigade commander was Dovik Tamari, Avraham Arnan’s first successor as commander of the sayeret. While we waited our forward deployment, due in September, he included me in his discussions with his senior officers on tactics and planning. Th...
…to about half that number in 2003. But the suicide bombers who did get through — from Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Fatah’s “Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ 396 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028244
yards ahead. The missiles seemed to be pointed north, away from them. But the battalion commander was asking us for permission to open fire. “Do not open fire,” I was saying as Yanoush arrived. “I repeat: do not open fire.” When Yanoush asked me what was going on, I told him the...
There was silence, a grave look from Peled and Bren, the hint of a smile on Motta’s face, and the meeting was over. Several days later, I was notified of his verdict. I would indeed be named the commander of the 401st Armored Brigade in the Sinai, and promoted to full colonel. O...
…. 5 July 1950 Israel votes the Law of Return. 20 July 1951 King Abdullah I of Jordan in assassinated in the vicinity of al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem by a Palestinian gunman. 23 July 1952 Military coup in Egypt by the Free Officers Movement. 18 June 1953 The Revolutionary Command C...
information. But in talking with his wartime friends, he realized this kind of low-level intelligence could never address the real need for Israel: to ensure we had early warning if Syria or Lebanon, Jordan or Egypt, were preparing to go to war against us. He began toying with t...
each successive stage as we crossed the Galilee, I realized that it was also something that I was naturally good at. Still, the closest thing to real military activity remained my excurions with Ido and Moshe. Our ammunition trunks were stowed under our beds. But the final piece...
one of the battalions in Arik Sharon’s brigade
we convinced him to hold off. I ordered the brigade commander
he ordered the brigade and battalion commanders to pick