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Ex-Mossad chief says Hamas cannot win
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Contributor | Penguin |
Last Edited | Penguin Oct 19, 2006 09:34pm |
Category | Interview |
News Date | Oct 14, 2006 09:00pm |
Description | fraim Halevy was head of the Mossad, Israel's intelligence and special operations agency, from 1998 to 2002. On leaving he assumed the role of national security adviser to Ariel Sharon, Israel's former prime minister, resigning a year later.
He played a significant role in negotiating Israel's peace deal with King Hussein of Jordan, the bringing of Ethiopian Jews to Israel and Israel's response to the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
In the second instalment of a two-part interview he discusses his views on Palestine, the Middle East road map, Hamas and Iran's nuclear programme.
Halevy is currently head of the Centre for Strategic and Policy Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His book Man in the Shadows: Inside the Middle East Crisis with a Man who led the Mossad was published in March 2006. |
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