Author: Ronan Bergman
Translator: Gong Ping, Gao Lijie
Publisher: Shanghai Translation Publishing House
Publication date: June 1, 2023


The head of Mossad in IsraelLegendary Spy and KillerMeier DaganWalking into the room with a cane.
Dagan is hereOn the afternoon of January 8th, 2011The conference room I walked into isMossad Academy(the Mossad Academy) It is locatedNorth of Tel AvivFor the first time in history,The head of a spy agencyMeet with journalists in the heart of one of Israel's most heavily guarded and secretive facilities.
Dagan has no favorable impression of the media. I have long said that the media are insatiable demons, "he later told me," so there is no need to maintain a relationship with the media. "However, three days before the conference, I and some other journalists received a confidential invitation letter. This surprised me a lot. For 10 years, I have been sharply criticizing Mossad, especially Dagan, which has made him very angry. What do you think about this?
Mossad spared no effort to create an atmosphere of espionage in this matterWe were told to gather at the parking lot of the cinema, which is not far from Mossad's headquarters, and then everything had to be left in the car except for laptops and writing utensils. You will be carefully searched, and we hope to avoid any unpleasantness, "the person escorting us said to us. From there, we took a bus with black painted windows to the Mossad headquarters building. We passed through one electric door on the left and one electric door on the right, passing by one electronic warning sign after another, with text reminding people entering the door of what things to do and what things are strictly prohibited. Then, we passed through a scanner with a metal detector and underwent a thorough inspection to ensure that we did not carry any recording or recording equipment. We entered the conference room and a few minutes later Dagan arrived. He walked around the room shaking hands with everyone. When he came up to me, he grabbed my hand and smiled, saying, "You're really a bandit Have you tried this before? Share your story!
Then he sat down, accompanied on his left and right sides bySpokesperson for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Chief of Military Review, as well as a female Brigadier GeneralMossad is a subordinate unit of the Prime Minister's OfficeAccording to national laws, any coverage of the organization's activities must be subject to censorshipBoth officials believe that Dagan's convening of this meeting is only a formal farewell to those who have reported on his tenure, and will not mention any substantive content. Have you tried this before? Share your story!
They were wrong. When Dagan opened the conversation box, the spokesperson for the Prime Minister showed a surprised expression and widened his eyes. Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
There are many benefits to a back injury, "Dagan began his speech." You have a doctor's certificate, which proves that you are not without a spine. "As Dagan launched a fierce attack on the Israeli Prime Minister, we soon realized that he was not just joking. Dagan claimed that, Don't forget to share your experience!Benjamin NetanyahuHis actions are irresponsible, and out of personal selfishness, he is leading the country into disaster. One of the sarcastic remarks he often makes is, 'The chosen person doesn't necessarily mean they're smart.'. Don't forget to share your experience!
That was Dagan's last day as the director of Mossad. Netanyahu is waiting for him to leave, andDagan's lifelong dream is to hold the position of representing Israel's top spy in his handsHe doesn't plan on copying hands and standing aside. The serious crisis of trust between these two individuals erupted around two issues, and What do you think about this?Both of these questions are closely related to Mr. Dagan's chosen weapon - assassination.
8 years ago,Ariel Sharon Appoint Dagan as the head of Mossad and let himResponsible for disrupting Iran's nuclear weapons programBoth believe that the project poses a threat to Israel's survival. Dagan tried every means possible to complete this task.Dagan believes that the most difficult and effective way is to identify Iran's key nuclear and missile scientists, locate their positions, and then eliminate them Don't forget to share your experience!Mossad accurately identified 15 such targets and eliminated 6 of them, mostly because a motorcyclist fixed a bomb with a short-term fuse to their car and died on the morning commute. In addition, a general of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps responsible for the missile project and 17 of his subordinates were killed in the bombing at the headquarters. Don't forget to share your experience!
These actions, as well as many others initiated by Mossad, some of which are in cooperation with the United StatesThey all achieved success, butNetanyahu and his Defense Minister Ehud BarakI started to feel that the effectiveness of these actions was diminishing. They believe that if secret measures cannot effectively delay Iran's nuclear program any longer, Don't forget to share your experience!Only large-scale aerial bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities can successfully prevent its process of acquiring nuclear weapons.
Dagan strongly opposes this viewpoint. In fact, this goes against everything he believes in, which is that only when he is held to his throat with a sword can he publicly declare war, or as a last resort when there is no other choice. Don't forget to share your experience!Everything else can and should be handled through secret means.
“assassinationHe said, "It helps boost morale and has practical effects. I don't think many people can replace a president like Napoleon or Roosevelt, or a prime minister like Churchill. The personal aspect certainly played a role. Indeed, anyone can be replaced, but there is still a difference between a courageous replacement and some lifeless people Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
In addition,In Dagan's view, assassination is much more "moral" than launching a full-scale war.Removing a few key figures is enough to render the latter option unnecessary and save the lives of countless soldiers and civilians on both sides. Launching a large-scale attack on Iran could lead to large-scale conflicts throughout the Middle East, but even so, it may not cause enough damage to Iran's nuclear facilities. Don't forget to share your experience!
Finally, from Dagan's perspective, if Israel were to go to war with Iran, it would be a failure for his entire career. The history book will leave a record stating that he failed to complete the task assigned to him by the salon: Have you tried this before? Share your story!End Iran's attempt to acquire nuclear weapons through secret means, without resorting to public attacks.
Dagan's opposition, as well as similar heavy pressure from senior military and intelligence officials, has repeatedly delayed plans to attack Iran. Dagan even went so far as to Have you tried this before? Share your story!Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon PanettaIsrael's plan was announced (the Prime Minister claimed that he did so without approval), and soon after, President Obama also warned Netanyahu not to attack Iran. Don't forget to share your experience!
In 2010, after serving in Dagan for 7 years, the tense relationship between the two further escalated.Dagan sent an attack team consisting of 27 Mossad agents to Dubai to eradicate a senior official of the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas Have you tried this before? Share your story!They succeeded: the assassins injected him with a paralyzing drug in his hotel room and fled Dubai before his body was found. However, shortly after they left, they made a series of serious mistakes - forgetting to consider Dubai's countless surveillance cameras; The agents used the same fake passport they had previously used when entering Dubai to track the target; There is also a phone device that the local police can easily crack - the whole world soon saw video clips of their faces and complete records of their movements. Have you tried this before? Share your story!People have found that it was a Mossad operation that caused serious damage to the institution and left the Israeli government deeply embarrassed. The country has once again been arrested for its agents using fake passports from Western friendly countries Have you tried this before? Share your story!But you told me that this kind of thing is as easy as pie, and the risk of making mistakes is almost zero. "Netanyahu was furious with Dagan and ordered him to suspend many upcoming assassination plans and other operations in the near future, waiting for further notice. Have you tried this before? Share your story!
The confrontation between Dagan and Netanyahu became increasingly fierce, until Netanyahu (according to his own words) decided not to extend Dagan's term, or (in Dagan's words) "I was just fed up with him, so I decided to retire". Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
During the briefing at Mossad Academy and several interviews later conducted for this book, Dagan showed strong confidence,He firmly believes that under his leadership, Mossad could have prevented Iranians from developing nuclear weapons through assassination and other precision strike measures Have you tried this before? Share your story!——For example, working with the United States to prevent Iranians from importing critical components necessary for their nuclear program that they cannot produce themselves. If we try to prevent Iran from obtaining some components, it will seriously disrupt their plans. A car has an average of 25000 components. Imagine what would happen if 100 of them were lost. The car would be difficult to move Don't forget to share your experience!
On the other hand, "Dagan added with a smile, returning to his favorite technique," sometimes the most effective way is to kill the driver, it's that simple Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
Among all the measures taken by democratic countries to protect their own security, there is no one more worrying and controversial than "killing the driver" - assassination. Have you tried this before? Share your story!
Some people euphemistically call it "liquidation". For legal reasons, US intelligence agencies refer to it as "targeted killing"In practice, these terms have the same connotation: killing a specific person to achieve a specific goal - saving the life of the person the goal intends to kill, avoiding the dangerous behavior they are about to take, sometimes meaning eradicating a leader in order to change the course of history. Have you tried this before? Share your story!
A country's use of assassination methods has touched upon two dilemmas.Firstly, is this approach effective? Can eliminating one or several people make the world safer? Secondly, is this behavior morally and legally reasonable? Is it ethical and legal for a country to resort to the most serious crime in any moral or legal code - the premeditated taking of a life - in order to protect its citizens? Don't forget to share your experience!
This book mainly discusses assassinations and targeted killings carried out by Mossad and other departments of the Israeli government during peacetime and wartime. In the first few chapters, it will also introduce such actions taken by underground militia organizations before the establishment of Israel, which became members of the country's military and intelligence agencies as soon as Israel was founded. Have you tried this before? Share your story!
Blood and Fire
On September 29, 1944, David Shommelen hid in the darkness of St. George's Street, not far from the Romanian Church in Jerusalem. This church building was used as a residence for military officers by the British authorities in Palestine, and Shomron is waiting for one of the officers to leave, named Tom Wilkin. Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
Wilkin was the commander of the Jewish branch of the Criminal Investigation Bureau in the British Mandate for Palestine, and his work was excellent, especially in the areas involving infiltration and disruption of Jewish underground activities. Wilkin is competitive, but also extremely patient, cunning, and fluent in Hebrew. After serving in Palestine for 13 years, he has a wide network of informants. Thanks to the information they provided, the underground fighters were arrested, the weapons caches were destroyed, and their action plan aimed at forcing the British to leave Palestine was defeated. Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
That's why Shawn came to kill him.
Shomulun and his partner that night, Yakov Barney (code name "Mazar", meaning "lucky"), were agents of Lehi, the most radical of the Zionist underground movement that fought against the British in the early 1940s. What do you think about this?
Although the word "Lehi" is the acronym of the Hebrew "Israeli Freedom Warrior", the British consider it a terrorist organization, and call it the "Stern Gang" in the name of its founder, romantic ultra nationalist Avrahan Stern. Stern and a small group of his followers launched a series of targeted assassination and bombing attacks, which, as stated by Lehi's chief of operations (later Israeli Prime Minister) Yitzhak Shamir, was a "personal terror" campaign. Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
Wilkin knew he was being targeted. About three years ago, Lehi had already attempted to take down him and his boss Jeffrey Morton in his first clumsy operation. On January 20, 1942, assassins placed bombs on the rooftop and inside of the building at 8 Yael Street in Tel Aviv. Unexpectedly, they finally killed three policemen - two Jews and one Englishman - who arrived before Wilkin and Morton and triggered the explosives. Later, Morton was injured in another assassination attempt to harm him and fled Palestine - that time in retaliation for Morton's shooting of Stern. Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
The number one wanted notice issued by the UK Department of Criminal Investigation is for Menachem Begin, the commander of Ilgon Don't forget to share your experience!
Ariel Sharon (center), Parachute Brigade Commander, August 1955 (Avraham Vered, Ministry of Defense Archives)
Alexander Israel
Alexander Israel's son Moses Zipper (right) first heard about his father's life from Lafayette Mitan (left) (Ronen Bergman)
Mossad team: Rafi Atan (second from right) and Zvi Aharoni (second from left) in S ã o Paulo, shortly before they saw Joseph Mengele, the "Angel of Death" of Auschwitz (Zvi Aharoni collection) Don't forget to share your experience!
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser (right) during missile tests with German and Egyptian scientists
Mossad member Oded captured Dr. Hans Kluge and brought him to Israel for trial
A photo taken during Mossad's surveillance of Dr. Hans Kluge
President Nasser and King Hussein of Jordan recorded their conversation at a summit held in Casablanca in 1965
Prime Minister Levi Eichkor (fourth from left, wearing a hat and tie), Mossad's Chief of Staff Meir Amit, Chief of Staff Yitzhak Rabin (in uniform), and Ethel Harel (third from right), 1965 (Moshe Milner, Government Information Office) Have you tried this before? Share your story!
Eli Cohen is hanging in Damascus
Meier Dagan's "chameleon" disguised as a guerrilla and returned by boat from Lebanon on its way to Gaza. From left to right: Dagan (operational commander), Meir Botnik, and Defense Force Bedouin officer Avigdor Erdan. The others are Palestinian agents Have you tried this before? Share your story!
David Ben Gurion (sitting with glasses and holding a map), Yitzhak Bondak (left), and General Rehavam Zevi (standing with sunglasses)
In 2001, on the separation wall between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, a graffiti painted Palestinian terrorist and hijacker Laila Khalid Don't forget to share your experience!
Mike Harari, who was in charge of "Caesarea" for 15 years during the preparation process of the "Fountain of Youth" operation, had the greatest impact on Mossad's targeted clearance and sabotage operations Have you tried this before? Share your story!
Mike Harari was in Italy in 1977 to command a secret operation by Mossad
Commander Nishimi Meri, disguised as a beggar and wielding a bayonet
The "Spring of Youth Action" directive issued in 1973
A photo of the residential apartment building of Kamal Adwan, one of the top leaders of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, captured by Mossad member Yar Don't forget to share your experience!
The apartment where Adwan lived and his body after the targeted clearance operation
Photo taken by Mossad agent David from the aerial patrol team over the Entebbe terminal
Mossad is convinced that Ali Hassan Salem is the mastermind behind the killing of athletes in Munich
A few seconds after the explosion, Ali Salem, who was severely injured, was carried out of the car. Not long after, he passed away in the hospital Don't forget to share your experience!
Robert Hatem is a killer of the Lebanese Phalange Party, who admitted to killing hundreds of people in a 2005 interview with the author Have you tried this before? Share your story!
In June 1982, Israel occupied a Palestinian Liberation Organization outpost in southern Lebanon. Prime Minister Menachem Begin (third from left), Defense Minister Ariel Sharon (second from left), and Prime Minister's Military Secretary Brigadier Azriel Nevo (left) went to inspect (Defense Ministry Archives) Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
During the siege of Beirut, Arafat was interviewed by journalist Anat Saragusti
Arafat left Beirut. This photo was taken by a sniper from the General Staff Reconnaissance Battalion and handed over by Menachem Begin to American mediator Philip Habib to prove that Israel could kill Arafat if it wanted to (first published during Israel's Lebanon War) What do you think about this?
This photo was taken after the kidnapping of the 300 bus, revealing the illegal liquidation carried out by Simbert (Alex Levac) Have you tried this before? Share your story!
Amin Haji, also known as "Rummenigge", is a businessman with connections throughout the Middle East. He comes from a famous Shia family in Lebanon and is one of the most important Mossad agents in Lebanon (Elad Gershgorn) Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
The 18 month training program for the 13th Fleet of the Navy Assault Team is considered the most challenging for the Israeli Defense Forces. Since the late 1970s, this unit has participated in many targeted killing operations (Ziv Koren) Don't forget to share your experience!
Ehud Barak (sitting, left) and Iftah Lech (sitting with a phone in his hand) are in the command center of the targeted operation to eliminate the Abu Jihad organization Have you tried this before? Share your story!
Dr. Gerard Boull (left) inspects a giant cannon developed by Dr. Boull with former Quebec Prime Minister Jean Lesch
Project Director Emiram Levin (left) and Commander of the General Staff Reconnaissance Battalion Assault Team Shai Avital during a rehearsal for the assassination of Saddam Hussein Don't forget to share your experience!
Hezbollah founder Ali Abak Motashamib pointed with two fingers and said, 'This is the result of Mossad's targeted killings.'
Commander Yuri Sagi (left) and Prime Minister Nati Herniki (Government Information Office) of Oman
Cherry is conducting a drill to arrest or kill wanted criminals (photo by Uri Bar Lev)
The Israeli drone Heron TP can stay in the air for 36 hours, with a maximum flight speed of 230 miles per hour, and can carry over a ton of cameras and bombs (IAI) What do you think about this?
The practice known as' living widows' involves pulling armed Palestinians to an open space and allowing hidden snipers to shoot at them (Ronen Bergman) What do you think about this?
Hamas leader Yassin said at a press conference that he was responsible for the suicide bombing attack on Pailim Liahi (female) Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
Salon (right) appoints Meier Dagan as the head of Mossad (Saar Yakov, Government Information Office)