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BY WAY OF DECEPTION 38ground for a new identity. I chose the name Simon Lahay. Myfather's name is Simon, and I'd been told that the name Ostrovskyin Polish or Russian means a sharp blade. Lahav is blade inHebrew.I listed myself as a freelance graphic designer, using my own realexpertise in the field but not tying myself to anything too specific. Igave an address in Holon that I knew was an empty field.Arriving on schedule just before 7 a.m. on a rainy day in January1983, I found there were two women and eight other men in thegroup, plus three or four people I took to be instructors. Afterhanding in the envelopes containing their new identities, thegroup was taken by bus to a well-known apartment-hotel resortcalled the Country Club, outside Tel Aviv on the road to Haifa. Itboasts of having the most recreational facilities of any resort inIsrael.We were assigned in pairs to one-bedroom units, told to stow oursuitcases, and then gather in Unit 1.On a hill overlooking the Country Club sits the so-called primeminister's summer residence. In reality it is the Midrasha, theMossad training academy. I looked up at the hill that first day.Everyone in Israel knows that place has something to do with theMossad, and I wondered if after this, I'd end up there. I figuredthen that everyone else was there to test me. It may soundparanoid, but paranoia is a plus in this business.Unit 1 featured a huge entrance room, with a long table set up inthe middle all laid out for an elegant breakfast. There was anincredible buffet with more food on it than I'd ever seen, as well asa chef on duty waiting to take orders if anyone wanted somethingspecial.In addition to the 10 students, a dozen or so others were millingaround having breakfast. At about 10:30 the group moved into anadjoining room, also set up with a long table in the middle, wherethe students sat, and tables along the wall behind where theothers sat. Nobody rushed us. We'd had a leisurely breakfast andthere was coffee for us in the conference room — and as usual,everybody was smoking.Uzi Nakdimon addressed the group: "Welcome to the test.
BY WAY OF DECEPTION 39We'll be here for three days. Don't do anything you think you'reexpected to do. Use your own judgment in whatevercircumstances arise. We're looking for the kind of people we need.You've already passed quite a few tests. Now we want to makecertain you're right for us."Each of you will be assigned a guide/instructor," he went on."Each of you has taken a name and a profession as a cover. Youwill try to keep this cover, but at the same time it's your job to tryto uncover everybody else at this table."I didn't know it at the time, but this was the first test group toinclude women. There was some political pressure to have womenas katsas, so they decided to bring some in, supposedly to see ifthey could make it. Of course, they had no intention of allowingthat to happen. It was just a gesture. There are womencombatants, but they've never allowed women to be katsas.Women are more vulnerable, for one thing, but the Mossad's maintarget is men. Arab men. They can be lured by women, but noArabs would work for women. So they can't be recruited bywomen.We 10 recruits began by introducing ourselves and our coverstories. As each one of us did that, the other people being testedbegan asking questions. From time to time one of the testerssitting at the tables behind us would also ask questions.I was fairly loose with my story. I didn't want to say I worked forsuch-and-such a company, because somebody there might knowthat company. I said I had two children, although I made themboys since I was not allowed to reveal any factual details. But Iwanted to keep as close as I could to my real story. It was easy. Ididn't feel pressure. It was a game, one I enjoyed.The exercise lasted about three hours. At one point when I wasasking questions, a tester leaned over with his notebook and said,"Excuse me, what's your name?" Little things like that, checkingyour concentration and so on. You had to be constantly on guard.When the session ended, we were told to go back to our rooms anddress in street clothes. "You're going downtown." We were dividedinto groups of three students each and
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Page 4 and 5: By Wayof DeceptionVictor Ostrovsky
Page 6: Authors' ForewordREVEALING THE FACT
Page 9 and 10: x BY WAY OF DECEPTIONRichard J. Ker
Page 12 and 13: Prologue:Operation SphinxBUTRUS EBE
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6The Belgian TableIN APRIL 1984, th
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7HairpieceIT WAS OCTOBER 27, 1984.
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PART IIIBy Way of Deception
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