Kill Khalid

The Failed Mossad Assassination of Khalid Mishal and the Rise of Hamas

By: Paul McGeough

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Hardcover | 16 April 2009 | Edition Number 1

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"[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.

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[...] This is the definitive chronicle of the Middle East crisis during the Clinton years and in the post-9/11 era. "More than just a thriller with endnotes. The author's accumulated contacts over the years have given him rare access to most of the individuals at the centre of the Hamas story." --The Times Literary Supplement "An incisive insider's history about one of the world's most intractable conflicts--and a ripping yarn to boot." --Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker "Suspense-filled." --Vanity Fair "McGeough's work reminds us what real journalism looks like. " --Firedoglake.com "[A] riveting account of Israel's botched poisoning of Mishal." --Library Journal

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Who's Who	p. xi
The Tourists	p. 1
Village of the Sheikhs	p. 4
The Tap Dancer from Amman	p. 17
The Education of a Terrorist	p. 30
"Have You Guys Lost Your Minds?"	p. 40
Arafat's Circus	p. 49
The Palestinian Project	p. 61
The Bearded Engineer in a New York Cell	p. 78
Violence Is the Only Weapon	p. 95
A Little Obscurity Is Good	p. 110
"They Used a Bizarre Instrument"	p. 129
Mishal Must Not Die	p. 144
"Who the Hell Is Khalid Mishal?"	p. 161
Pulling a Rabbit from the King's Threadbare Hat	p. 178
The Price Bibi Paid	p. 196
The Legendary Image of Mossad	p. 215
Brother Against Brother	p. 230
Handcuffed and Deported	p. 247
Dead Men Walking	p. 267
Follow the Money	p. 294
Government from the Trenches	p. 312
"No Gold Bars Left"	p. 336
Everything Is Not as It Seems	p. 349
An Eye for an Eye	p. 365
Taking the Holy Land to Court	p. 383
The Man Who Wouldn't Die	p. 396
Epilogue	p. 415
Chronology	p. 419
Notes	p. 425
Index	p. 457
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