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By Way of Deception

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BY WAY OF DECEPTION 81just in case something happened. That warning, <strong>of</strong> course, wouldlikely be lost among thousands <strong>of</strong> others.*These attitudes were engraved in our minds. We were to do whatwas good for us and screw everybody else, because they wouldn'tbe helping us. The further to the right you go in Israel, the moreyou hear that. In Israel, if you stay where you are politically, you'reautomatically shifting to the left, because now the whole countryseems to be rapidly heading right. You know what Israelis say: "Ifthey weren't burning us in World War II, they were helping, or ifthey weren't helping, they were ignoring it." Yet I don't rememberanybody in Israel going out to demonstrate when all those peoplewere being murdered in Cambodia. So why expect everybody toget involved just for us? Does the fact that Jews have suffered giveus the right to inflict pain and misery on others?As part <strong>of</strong> Tsomet, we were also taught how to brief an agent beingsent out to a target country. The basic agent — they are quitecommon — is called a "warning agent." Such an agent could be amale nurse in a hospital whose assignment is to notify the Mossadif they're preparing extra beds, or opening new wings, orstockpiling extra medication — anything that looks likepreparation for war. There are warning agents at the harbor whoreport if extra ships come in; agents at the fire department tonotice if certain preparations have begun; at the library, in casehalf the staff is suddenly recruited because their work is nonessential.War entails a lot <strong>of</strong> things, so you must be very specific when youbrief the agent. If the Syrian president threatens war — as he <strong>of</strong>tenhas — and nothing is happening, you don't worry too much. But ifhe's threatening war and all sorts <strong>of</strong> logistical things arehappening, you need to know, because chances are, he means itthis time.We were also taught by David Diamond, head <strong>of</strong> kasaht, latercalled neviot, how to evaluate and tackle a still object, or abuilding. This was all talk, no practice. He gave us a simulation.Suppose your subject was on the sixth floor <strong>of</strong> a building and hehad a document we needed to see. How to* See Chapter 17: BEIRUT

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