…ably closer. In fact, when I’d taken over as Defense Minister under Olmert, I formally directed the new chief-of-staff, Gaby Ashknazi, to get to work on a plan to attack the most important facilities in the Iranians’ nuclear network, with the aim of pushing back the point at whic...
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…ary action, at least for a few months. Bibi, Lieberman and I withdrew into a side room to talk with the chief of staff, Gaby Ashkenazi, as well as the heads of military intelligence, the Mossad and and Shin Bet. We emphasized that no final decision on whether to attack had been t...
Sephardim resented about the Ashkenazi, Labor Zionist establishment. Begin, at his rally, played it like a virtuoso. “Did you hear what they called you?” he cried. Chachachim. He slightly mispronounced the word, as if he’d never heard, much less used, it before, and that even hav...
Sephardim resented about the Ashkenazi, Labor Zionist establishment. Begin, at his rally, played it like a virtuoso. “Did you hear what they called you?” he cried. Chachachim. He slightly mispronounced the word, as if he’d never heard, much less used, it before, and that even hav...
…ably closer. In fact, when I’d taken over as Defense Minister under Olmert, I formally directed the new chief-of-staff, Gaby Ashknazi, to get to work on a plan to attack the most important facilities in the Iranians’ nuclear network, with the aim of pushing back the point at whic...
Graydon Carter and Anna Scott Carter - Andre Balazs Philomena producers Gaby Tana and Tracey Seaward invited me to Steve Coogan’s home where music man Alexandre Desplat and Jon Hamm were having beers. Coogan captivated me with conversation of how he and the real Philomena Lee,...
/ BARAK / 135 Yet especially with my main points of contact in the administration — first Bob Gates and then his successor, Leon Panetta, as Secretary of Defense —our broadly shared views, mutual respect, and the strength of the US-Israeli alliance outweighed any of that. Neithe...
Yitzhak’s murder had acted like a kind lightning strike, freezing Israelis in a mix of disgust over what had occurred and awareness of the dangers this brand of hatred and extremism posed. I was concerned the moment would be allowed to pass. My hope was that we could seize the op...
/ BARAK / 32 At the start of my brief remarks at the hotel podium before going to Rabin Square, I had to call for quiet when I mentioned the phone call from Bibi. “No,” I said, raising my voice to be heard above the boos, “we will not boo an incumbent Prime Minister of Israel......
/ BARAK / 26 that he and others were convinced Bibi couldn’t win. A couple of weeks later, Yitzhik Mordechai seemed on the verge of becoming the latest of Bibi’s ministers to resign. He was openly flirting with the idea of joining a new centrist party that had been formed by Lik...
THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 10 OCTOBER 2010 NEWS | Business Help jobless homes, help the economy = The City Diary The Prince and the Another week, another meeting betw: BG Group (British Gas in old money) a Prince Andrew, our special representa international trade and investme...
We had just a few hours to adapt the original plan. Although we’d trained in close-quarters fighting for my plan to attack the officers’ club near Damascus, we'd never had to use that skill in a live mission. Nor had we ever used the Berettas. While we’d disguised ourselves as en...