دانلود کتاب جنگ‌های پنهان اسرائیل: تاریخچه اطلاعاتی اسرائیل

Just off Israel’s Mediterranean coastal highway, a few miles north of Tel Aviv, a cluster of unremarkable grey-white concrete buildings can be made out through a line of dusty eucalyptus trees that runs roughly parallel to the main road. Turn left after the busy Glilot junction, past the soldiers waiting for lifts, and there, hidden in the centre of the cluster, yet clearly signposted for all the world to see, lies a fine public memorial to over 400 Israelis who died while serving in their country’s intelligence services. The monument, fittingly enough perhaps, is built in the form of a maze, an interlocking complex of smooth stone walls engraved with the names of the fallen, and by each name is the date of death. It is divided into five chronological sections, beginning in November 194 7-when the United Nations voted to partition British-ruled Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states-and ending (so far) in February 1989. The section covering the last fifteen years is entitled ‘the beginnings of peace’ but it still lists more than 200 names. More blank walls, backing on to a grassy outdoor amphitheatre, are available for future use. The monument should be a spycatcher’s dream. But the hand of official secrecy lies heavily even on the dead. Names and dates yes, but there are no ranks, no units, no places, no hints of the circumstances in which these unknown soldiers lost their lives. Some died naturally after long years in the shadows, yet most of these are still as anonymous as the many others who fell on active service.