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  1. 'Rise and Kill First' Shines Light on Israel's Hidden Assassinations

    The book's title comes from the Talmud: "If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first.". This is assassination defined as self-defense. But as Bergman shows, motives aren't ...

  2. Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted

    This time however, the magicians have decided to tell more of the truth in a book that is set to be the seminal 2018 release, beating out Steve Coll's Directorate S for the most hotly anticipated non fiction history book of this year. "Rise up and kill first". These are the words that the men who run Israel's paramilitary operations live and ...

  3. Learning From Israel's Political Assassination Program

    March 7, 2018. RISE AND KILL FIRST. The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations. By Ronen Bergman. Translated by Ronnie Hope. Illustrated. 753 pp. Random House. $35. One of the very ...

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    The author's youthfulness helps to assure the inevitable comparison with the Anne Frank diary although over and above the sphere of suffering shared, and in this case extended to the death march itself, there is no spiritual or emotional legacy here to offset any reader reluctance. 26. Pub Date: Jan. 16, 2006.

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    Rise and Kill First, by Ronen Bergman (Random House).This remarkable account of Israel's targeted-killing programs is the product of nearly eight years of research into what is arguably the most ...

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    The New York Times WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD IN HISTORY • ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Economist, The New York Times Book Review, BBC History Magazine, Mother Jones The Talmud says: "If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first." This ...

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    Rise and Kill First describes the targeted killings carried out by Israeli secret agencies and the personalities and the tactics used. The book's title is inspired by a statement in the Talmud: "If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first". [2] Based on a thousand interviews and thousands of documents, the book is the story of many political and intelligence figures [1] [2] such ...

  8. Ronen Bergman on Israel's Targeted Assassinations

    In The New York Times Book Review, Kenneth M. Pollack reviews Ronen Bergman's "Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations.". Pollack writes: America's ...

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    About Rise and Kill First. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first definitive history of Israel's targeted killing programs, which have shaped the Israeli nation, the Middle East, and the larger world—from the man hailed by David Remnick as "arguably [Israel's] best investigative reporter." "An exceptional work, a humane book about an incendiary subject . . . full of shocking ...

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    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF's targeted killing programs, hailed by The New York Times as "an exceptional work, a humane book about an incendiary subject."WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD IN HISTORYNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY JENNIFER SZALAI, THE NEW YORK TIMES NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE ...

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    Book Review, the BBC History Magazine, Mother Jones, and the Kirkus Reviews. I fully agree. It was gripping from the start to the finish ... Bergman R. Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations. New York, NY: Random House; 2018. Hardcover: 784 pages. ISBN-10: 1400069718, ISBN-13: 978-1400069712.

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  13. Book Review: Rise and Kill First

    Book Review: Rise and Kill First. Ahron Bregman commends a deadly investigation by Ronen Bergman. BY Ahron Bregman. September 14, 2018 09:33. Share via.

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    Rise And Kill First Order Now "An astonishing book on targeted assassination in the name of the state. Tremendous reporting and writing make this the definitive work on a secret and ceaseless war." Tim WeinerPulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA "Rise and Kill First is hands […]

  15. Rise And Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted

    These positive reviews, in addition to many more of Ronen Bergman's explosive revelations of Israel's best-kept secrets on the Mossad, Shin Bet and Aman, underline the significance of his book. Described as an acclaimed Israeli-based investigative reporter, Bergman is Yedioth Ahronoth's senior correspondent for military and intelligence ...

  16. Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted

    "Rise and Kill First," Ronen Bergman's revelatory and astonishing history of Israel's targeted assassinations, is a brilliant and prodigiously researched work. Readers will be riveted and amazed both by the scale of the killings carried out by the Israeli security services and by their tactical genius.

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    Book Reviews Ronen Bergman, Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations (New York, NY: Random House, 2018), 784 pp., US $35.00 [Hardcover], ISBN: 978-1-4000-6971-2. reviewed by Joshua Sinai Targeted killing is a term used for premeditated extrajudicial assassination by a state organization, usually

  18. Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Assassinations

    Rise and Kill First really shines in the first-hand accounts Bergman accesses through interviews. He did not just interview mid-level spies. Bergman interviewed former Mossad chiefs, low-level spies, and everything in between. This unparalleled access and interaction with former spies give extreme credibility to accounts given in the book.

  19. Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first definitive history of Israel's targeted killing programs, which have shaped the Israeli nation, the Middle East, and the larger world—from the man hailed by David Remnick as "arguably [Israel's] best investigative reporter." "An exceptional work, a humane book about an incendiary subject . . . full of shocking moments, surprising disturbances ...

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    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first definitive history of Israel's targeted killing programs, which have shaped the Israeli nation, the Middle East, and the larger world—from the man hailed by David Remnick as "arguably [Israel's] best investigative reporter." "An exceptional work, a humane book about an incendiary subject . . . full of shocking moments, surprising disturbances ...

  21. BOOK REVIEW: 'Rise and Kill First' by Ronen Bergman

    OPINION: RISE AND KILL FIRST: THE SECRET HISTORY OF ISRAEL'S TARGETED ASSASSINATIONS. By Ronen Bergman. Random House, $35, 784 pages. Targeted assassination is a type of premeditated killing of ...

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    AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A gripping investigation of Israel's assassination policy' Sunday Times 'Remarkable' Observer 'Riveting' Daily Mail 'Compelling' John le Carré Winner of 2018 National Jewish Book Award Rise and Kill First is the definitive book to read on Israel's military history. From the very beginning of its statehood in 1948, the instinct to take every measure to defend the ...

  23. Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF's targeted killing programs, hailed by The New York Times as "an exceptional work, a humane book about an incendiary subject." WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD IN HISTORY NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY JENNIFER SZALAI, THE NEW YORK TIMES NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF ...

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