Michael Bar-Zohar > Quotes

“The dirtiest actions should be carried out by the most honest men.”
― Michael Bar-Zohar, Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

“To protect civilians, the state needs sometimes to do things that are contrary to democratic behavior. It is true that in units like ours the outer limits can become blurred. That's why you must be sure that your people are of the best quality. The dirtiest actions should be carried out by the most honest men.”
― Michael Bar-Zohar, Mossad

“Without stratagems would a people fall, and deliverance is in a wise counsel.”
― Michael Bar-Zohar, Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

“After a year in America, Amiri changed his mind and decided to go back to Iran. He supposedly couldn’t cope with the stress of his new life.”
― Michael Bar-Zohar, Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

“The concept of "purity of arms" was forged by the Haganah, meaning that combatants' weapons shouldn't be soiled by hurting civilians, women, children or unarmed enemy soldiers.”
― Michael Bar-Zohar, Commando

“In the summer of 2010, thousands of computers controlling the Iranian nuclear project were infected with the Stuxnet virus. Labeled one of the most sophisticated in the world, Stuxnet struck computers controlling the Natanz centrifuges and wreaked havoc.”
― Michael Bar-Zohar, Mossad

“But on May 15, 1967, the elite units of the Egyptian Army suddenly crossed the Sinai and reached the Israeli border while President Nasser expelled the United”
― Michael Bar-Zohar, Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

“For decades, large sections of the Zionist movement ignored the fact that there were Arabs living in Palestine.”
― Michael Bar-Zohar, Ben-Gurion: The New Millennium Edition

“The rescue of the hostages, so far away from home, is about to become legend. But it has exacted a price: three of the hostages have died in the firefight. As has one soldier, Lieutenant-Colonel Yoni Netanyahu, brother of future Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.”
― Michael Bar-Zohar, Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

“Except for carrying a sign that read I AM A SPY, Mordechai Vanunu seemed to have done all he could to expose his secret life.”
― Michael Bar-Zohar, Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

“Revolutionary Guards since the age of eighteen, his address—Shahid Mahallalti Street, Tehran—his passport numbers—0009228 and 4229533—and even his home phone number—021-2448413. Fakhri Zadeh specialized in the complex process of creating a critical mass inside the atomic device to trigger the chain reaction and the nuclear explosion. His team was also working on the miniaturization of the bomb, to fit it in the warhead of the Shehab missile. Following these revelations, Zadeh was denied entry into the United”
― Michael Bar-Zohar, Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

“combed the areas that he might visit, and were in place even before he arrived. And so, on September 24, Vanunu arrived at Leicester Square, a favorite site for tourists and visitors. By a newspaper stand, he saw a girl “that looked very much like Farrah Fawcett, the star of the TV show Charlie’s Angels.” She was a pretty blonde and to him she looked “beautiful and angelic.” He stared at her longingly while she stood in line in front of the newsstand. She turned her head”
― Michael Bar-Zohar, Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

“centers,”
― Michael Bar-Zohar, Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

“Shiloah's compulsive need to act under a thick cloak of secrecy became the source of myriad legends. His friends used to joke that once he hailed a taxi. "Where to?" the driver asked. Shiloah answered: "It's a state secret.”
― Michael Bar-Zohar, Mossad

“Isser formed the operational team. All of its twelve members were volunteers. Some were Holocaust survivors, with concentration camp numbers tattooed on their forearms. The core of the team was the operational unit of the security services. At its head were the two top agents of the Shabak. Rafi Eitan was appointed commander. At his side was Zvi Malkin,”
― Michael Bar-Zohar, Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

“the Sinai Peninsula”
― Michael Bar-Zohar, Mossad

“El Al Boeing 747 took on board 1,087 immigrants; but when it landed, it carried 1,088 people. A baby had been born during the flight.”
― Michael Bar-Zohar, Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

“To protect civilians, the state needs sometimes to do things that are contrary to democratic behavior. It is true that in units like ours the outer limits can become blurred. That’s why you must be sure that your people are of the best quality. The dirtiest actions should be carried out by the most honest men.”
― Michael Bar-Zohar, Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

“MOSSAD THE GREATEST MISSIONS OF THE ISRAELI SECRET SERVICE MICHAEL BAR-ZOHAR AND NISSIM MISHAL”
― Michael Bar-Zohar, Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

“To many, Shimon Peres was an enigma and remains one still. He was different from all the others who worked at his side. A son of Israel whose roots were in a faraway land; a master of the Hebrew language, yet with a foreign accent; the ultimate defense expert of Israel, who had never worn a uniform; a mediocre politician, yet a statesman of splendid vision; a kibbutznik without a formal education, yet abounding in culture; reserved and self-controlled, yet burning with an inner fire; romantic and ambitious, confident but shy, suspicious yet longing for love. A complex man of many faces and many contradictions.”
― Michael Bar-Zohar, Shimon Peres

“The dirtiest actions should be carried out by the most honest men.   D”
― Michael Bar-Zohar, Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

“He has reached the apex of success, and it seems that there is no door he can’t open.”
― Michael Bar-Zohar, Mossad: The Great Operations of Israel's Secret Service

“For heroes unsung For battles untold For books unwritten For secrets unspoken And for a dream of peace never abandoned, never forgotten —Michael Bar-Zohar   To”
― Michael Bar-Zohar, Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

“Israeli journalist Ronen Bergman, who watched a live television broadcast of an official ceremony in Egypt, saw President Hosni Mubarak warmly shaking the hand of Marwan, who accompanied him in laying a wreath on Nasser’s tomb. After”
― Michael Bar-Zohar, Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

“I just met history for a couple of hours, and then our ways parted.”
― Michael Bar-Zohar

“ISBN 978-0-06-212340-4”
― Michael Bar-Zohar, Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

“Lebanon War, he entered Beirut at the head of”
― Michael Bar-Zohar, Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service