Kill Khalid: The Failed Mossad Assassination of Khalid Mishal and the Rise of Hamas
by Paul McGeough
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"Meticulously researched ... This is the definitive chronicle of the Middle East crisis during the Clinton years and in the post-9/11 era" ( Publishers Weekly ). "Providing a fly-on-the-wall vantage of the rising diplomatic panic that sent shudders through world capitals, " Kill Khalid unfolds as a masterpiece of investigative journalism ( Toronto Star ). In 1997, the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad poisoned Hamas leader Khalid Mishal in broad daylight on the streets of Amman, Jordan. As show more the little-known Palestinian leader slipped into a coma, the Mossad agents' escape was bungled and the episode quickly spiraled into a diplomatic crisis. A series of high-stakes negotiations followed, which ultimately saved Mishal and set the stage for his phenomenal political ascendancy. In Kill Khalid, acclaimed reporter Paul McGeough reconstructs the history of Hamas through exclusive interviews with key players across the Middle East and in Washington, including unprecedented access to Mishal himself, who remains to this day one of the most powerful and enigmatic figures in the region. A "sobering reminder of how little has been achieved during 60 years of Israeli efforts in Palestine, " Kill Khalid tracks Hamas's political fortunes across a decade of suicide bombings, political infighting, and increasing public support, culminating in the battle for Gaza in 2007 and the current-day political stalemate ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review). "A pacey, riveting, and controversial book that has all the compulsion of a Le Carre novel." -John F.Burns, The New York Times "[A] gem of leave-no-stone-unturned reporting." - Foreign Affairs show lessTags
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What a story. A great writer. Brings out the nasty side of Middle Eastern politics, with no credits to all the parties involved.
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Paul McGeough is the chief correspondent for and a farmer editor of Australia's Sydney Morning Herald and the author of three books on the Middle East. He has twice been named Australian Journalist of the Year and in 2002 was awarded the Johns Hopkins University-based SAIS Novartis prize for excellence in international journalism.
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- Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 956.95 — History & geography History of Asia Middle East (Near East) The Levant Jordan
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- DS126.6 .M375 .M43 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Asia History of Asia Israel (Palestine). The Jews
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