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Conference taveng::bagels

Title:	BAGELS and other things of Jewish interest
Notice:	1.0 policy, 280.0 directory, 32.0 registration
Moderator:	SMURF::FENSTER

Created:	Mon Feb 03 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1524
Total number of notes:	18709

1112.0. "Mossad Book " by AZUR::HALDANE (Typos to the Trade) Wed Oct 09 1991 13:17

	Has anyone read the book "Mossad: Israel's Most Secret Service", by
	Ronald Payne?

	This book is included in a catalogue from a London-based mail order
	book supplier, and they describe the author as "one of the more
	reputable commentators on secret affairs".

        I'd like to know if the book is worth reading, by which I mean
        interesting, objective, truthful (as far as anyone outside Mossad
        can tell) and, as far as possible, unbiased.

	Delia

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1112.1	"secret"	ERICG::ERICG	Eric Goldstein	`Wed Oct 09 1991 17:05`	5
	If the Mossad really is "Israel's Most Secret Service", I'd like to know what the less secret ones are. If Digital's products got mentioned in the press as often as the Mossad does, the company's sales probably would be a lot higher! I don't know anything about this book, but the title makes me suspicious.
1112.2	I didn't think much of "Israel's Most Secret Service"	MTWREV::GOYKHMAN		`Wed Oct 09 1991 17:09`	4
	I would suggest "Every Spy a Prince" as a more credible alternative. Better reading, too. DG
1112.3	How about another conspiracy theory?	TACT04::SID	Sid Gordon @ISO	`Tue Nov 05 1991 21:31`	7
	Robert Maxwell's body has just been identified. He apparently "fell overboard" from his yacht. Do you think the Mossad did it (the Maxwell-Mossad connection has been in the news a bit lately). Or maybe this should go in the note about South Africa? Sid
1112.4	another 'speculation'	PCOJCT::MILBERG	squeezed by the grapevine	`Fri Nov 08 1991 15:48`	11
	re .3 I just got back from London - met my wife on her way back from Israel (Kehilla II from New Jersey 500 strong!!!) - and one of the tabloids there had the speculation that the Arabs killed him for his involvement with Israel! Conspiracy theories and plotters will abound for years! -Barry-
1112.5	Hoax?	SUBWAY::STEINBERG	Anacronym: an outdated acronym	`Wed Nov 20 1991 01:31`	12
	Re: .3 > Do you think the Mossad did it (the Maxwell-Mossad connection > has been in the news a bit lately). I heard the tail-end of an item about Maxwell's reputed Mossad ties. Apparently, the whole story was a hoax. Does anyone know the details? Jem
1112.6		NOTIME::SACKS	Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085	`Wed Nov 20 1991 17:02`	5
	Seymour Hersh held a news conference a couple of weeks ago in which he said he had received additional information tying Maxwell to the Mossad. It turns out that the source of this additional information is a well-known hoaxer. Hersh admitted that he'd been had. As far as I know, this doesn't disprove the validity of his book.