Category: Israel

3 articles in this category

• "Every Israeli I ever knew" — John Kiriakou's account of the attitudes he encountered among Israelis he knew professionally and socially — that almost every one of them wanted the Palestinians killed or exiled — together with his description of a sensibility he says is palpable walking around Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, and his immediate self-correction when he overstated the claim.
• Israel and the fear of being held back — John Kiriakou's explanation of why an ally that receives almost everything it asks for still spies on the United States — that the Israelis are always afraid something is being withheld, and, having nowhere to be pushed except the Mediterranean, will do anything to be certain about their own security.
• The other five percent — John Kiriakou's account of Israeli intelligence operations inside the United States: that for decades Israeli officers have been spread across the country trying to penetrate American defence contractors and steal defence secrets — because, in his formulation, Washington gives Israel ninety-five per cent of what it has, and Israel wants the remaining five.