Kill khalid
Subtitle: the failed Mossad assassination of Khalid Mishal and the rise of Hamas
By: Paul McGeough.
Publisher: New Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 477
ISBN-13: 9781595583253
Subjects: Mashʻal, Khālid, -- 1956- -- Assassination attempt; Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmīyah; Politicians -- West Bank; Arab-Israeli conflict
Description: A leading international correspondent reconstructs the pivotal moment in the rise of Hamas--a page-turning narrative reminiscent of The Day of the Jackal. "[It was] all very James Bond. One country needs the antidote held by another, to treat an illness it doesn't understand. The clock's ticking ... so the king calls the White House."--Robert Malley, former senior Clinton administration adviser Little public notice was taken of a 1997 attempt on the life of the Hamas leader Khalid Mishal by Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency--even though the audacious hit took place in broad daylight in the streets of Amman, and even though the bungled poisoning immediately set into motion a flurry of international diplomacy, culminating in the direct intervention of then-U.S. President Bill Clinton. A series of tense, high-level negotiations saved Mishal's life, as the Israelis reluctantly handed over the antidote. But Hamas was saved as well. With his new lease on life, Khalid Mishal became--and remains--the architect of the Hamas organization's phenomenal ascendancy in the intervening decade. Mishal orchestrated the deadly bombings on targets in Israel and, from his bunker in exile in the Syrian capital of Damascus, continues to pull in donations and support from the Islamic world while directing Hamas's vital social welfare programs. In a headlong narrative--with high-speed car chases, negotiated prisoner exchanges, and an international scandal that threatened to destabilize the entire region--acclaimed reporter Paul McGeough uses unprecedented, extensive interviews with Khalid Mishal himself and the key players in Amman, Jerusalem, and Washington to tell the definitive, inside story of the rise of Hamas. -- Product Description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Canadian tourists; title: Village of the sheiks; title: The tap dancer from Amman; title: The education of a terrorist; title: "Have you guys lost your minds?"; title: Arafat's circus; title: The Palestinian project; title: The bearded engineer in a New York cell; title: Violence is the only weapon; title: A little obscurity is good; title: They used a bizarre instrument; title: Mishal must not die; title: "And who the hell is Khalid Mishal?"; title: Pulling a rabbit from the king's threadbare hat; title: The price Bibi paid; title: The legendary image of Mossad; title: Brother against brother; title: Handcuffed and deported; title: Dead men walking; title: Follow the money; title: Government from the trenches; title: "No gold bars left"; title: Everything is not as it seems; title: An eye for an eye; title: Taking the Holy Land to court; title: The man who wouldn't die.