other-side-of-deception-victor-ostrovsky

"We have done that for thousands of years." He smiled."And a lot of good it did us," I said, smirking."Let's go for a walk."His offer surprised me. He'd never before wanted to be seen withme outside-for good reason. But I wasn't about to question him; hewas the senior, and it was dark outside by now."Where are we going?""Just for a walk. You go first. I'll catch up to you." Several minuteslater, he was walking beside me. We passed the subway stationand stopped at a small greasy spoon, taking a booth at the end, wellhiddenby an overloaded and smelly coatrack."Shabtai and his Metsada team managed to kill the lordanian" "peace initiative and render Peres helpless. The man was made to looklike a fool; nobody else will touch this thing for a long time.""I could figure as much from listening to the news.""Up to that point, you could still call this a fair game. Some peoplebelieve we should have peace with the Palestinians and some thinkwe should just kick their butts, but what it comes down to is, Whatare our right-wingers willing to do to get what they want? As you wellknow, the people who do want peace are made to look like traitors,while the other side is made out to be the patriots.""Well, you have enough friends in the media. If you have an imageproblem, why don't you just use them?""We do, but it isn't enough, not for what they are planning now." Awaitress in a stained white apron took our order, chewing on a hugepiece of gum. We waited for her to finish pouring the coffee and serve thelarge slices of apple pie we'd ordered. She was conversing with someonein the back as she did so; before leaving, she forced a smile at us.I lit a cigarette and stared at Ephraim. He was keeping his voicedown, causing me to lean forward slightly."They want to force the 'Jordan is Palestine' thing.' They havepolitical support for this and an alliance with some right-wing radicals1. Many right-wing Israeli politicians realize that the Palestinian problem willnot go away just because they want it to. They also realize that the Palestiniansare in fact a nation with aspirations for a land they can call their own. Thesepoliticians have no problem with those aspirations becoming a reality-in fact,they believe that if that were to happen, all the problems of the region would besolved. But since they don't want to give up land to achieve that purpose, theypropose another solution: Since Jordan's population is almost 75 percent Palestinian,Jordan should be, and in fact is, Palestine. Thus, they neatly shove theproblem onto someone else's back.that would guarantee massive support from the Diaspora, especially inAmerica.""But that idea has been around for some time now. I mean, it wasshouted from the Knesset podium many times. What's the big deal?Where do we fit into this?""As long as it was political, it was fine, but now the Mossad isplunging headlong into this shit. They've decided that it's time todestabilize Jordan to the point of civil anarchy.""Destabilize? How?""A high influx of counterfeit currency, causing distrust in the market;arming religious fundamentalist elements similar to the Hamasand the Muslim Brotherhood; and assassinating leading figures whoare symbols of stability, causing riots in the universities and forcingthe government to respond with harsh measures and lose popularity.You know what I'm talking about; everything you learned about andmore. ""So what do you want me to do?""I want you to tell the Jordanians about it so that they can stop itbefore it's out of control. I know that the Office is planning to do thesame with Egypt to prove that a peace accord with an Arab country isnot really worth the paper it's written on, but I'm involved in that one,and we still have time before the plan is implemented.""I heard about that. Wasn't the Mossad running weapons to theEgyptian fundamentalists through Afghanistan or something?""That's right.""So you still didn't explain how the hell I'm going to tell the Jordaniansthis and have them believe me. Why don't you tell them? Youhave channels to the Jordanians.""That isn't good enough. This has to be an ongoing thing. Everytime they manage to stop one thing, our people will come up withanother. You will have to get them to recruit you. This time, it's notjust a short exercise; this is for real."I was speechless. This was far more serious than I had imagined: Iwas setting myself up for a hanging. No matter what might go wrongor whoever might catch me, the result would be the same."Is this your idea? Did you think this up yourself, or have you discussedit with someone?""I have, and we are in a consensus that this is the only way to go.I haven't told them who I will designate to do this, so as not to compromiseyou.""What other options do you have?""You're not the only one doing what you're doing."