12.07.2015 Views

By Way of Deception

By Way of Deception

By Way of Deception

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS
  • No tags were found...

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

104 BY WAY OF DECEPTIONGate" (named after my one-time sergeant major), then crossedthrough the traffic to a kiosk where I bought a Danish and gazoz,flavored soda water.Standing there, I could see the car slowly approaching. Suddenly Irealized that the driver was Dov L. Finishing my snack, I walkedup to the car — by now hopelessly stalled in traffic — and used itshood to hoist myself up onto the sidewalk before walking away. Icould hear Dov behind me honking in a beep-beep, pattern as if tosay, "All right. One for you. You got me."I was elated. It was really fun. Dov said to me later that nobodyhad ever nailed him so hard, and he was frankly embarrassed.After making sure I was clean, I took a cab to another part <strong>of</strong> TelAviv where I would do a route and be sure that it hadn't all been atrick just to make me relax. Then I went back to the Kur Building,and at the information desk said I had an appointment with MikeHarari. I was directed to the fourth floor, where a small sign readsomething like Import/Export Shipping.I had decided to go during the lunch break, because in Israel,management rarely stays in for lunch. All I wanted at this stagewas to talk to a secretary and get a phone number, plus a bit <strong>of</strong>information. If Harari was there, I'd have to play it by ear.Fortunately, there was only the secretary. She told me that thefirm handled its own products, mainly South American, but itsometimes took hitchhikers, or partial shipments from others, tocomplete a cargo.I told her I'd heard from the insurance company that Harariworked there."No, no," she said. "He's a partner, but he doesn't work here. He'sthe ambassador for Panama.""Excuse me," I said (a bad response, but I'd been caught <strong>of</strong>fguard), "I thought he was Israeli?""He is," she said. "He's also the honorary ambassador forPanama."And so I left, did my route, and wrote a complete report about theday's activities.

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!