![]() ![]() The richness of these young men’s stories lies almost in their banality – the daily struggle with tension and boredom, the constant fear of discovery, their ingenuity in creating new identities and lifestyles in the heart of an enemy country. Readers hoping for undercover Jewish Jason Bournes will be disappointed, however: There are no great intelligence coups or history-turning assassinations. Books will be on sale for signing by the author.īased on firsthand interviews and previously classified documents from Israel’s most secret archives, Friedman recounts the real-life stories that read like spy fiction: concealed radios with antennas disguised as washing lines buried caches of weapons and explosives nighttime landings on enemy beaches sudden disappearances arrest torture and death. I will interview Matti Friedman about his new book at the Israel launch of “Spies of No Country” hosted in partnership with Beit Avi Chai in Jerusalem, on Wednesday, April 10. ![]() “Spies of No Country,” the new book from award-winning author Matti Friedman, recounts the extraordinary genesis of Israel’s pre-state clandestine security service, which laid the foundations for the modern-day Mossad.įollowing the adventures of a handful of young undercover agents in the Palmach’s ragtag Arab Section, Friedman accompanies them across enemy lines as they mingle with Arab refugees fleeing the War of Independence, establish their clandestine foothold in the bazaars and backstreets of Beirut, and try to infiltrate the Jordanian-held half of Jerusalem. ![]()
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