Israeli Journalist Uncovers 2,700 Plots by Israeli Intelligence Agencies to Murder Their Opponents
A new book, Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Killings, documents 2,700 state-sponsored murders by the Israeli Mossad, Shin Bet, and the Israeli military. A plot to mass murder an entire stadium full of people in Beirut was hatched in order to kill leaders of the Palestine Liberation Organization. The attack was called off at the last minute, and an officer recalled telling then-Prime Minister Menachem Begin that, if he followed through with the plan, the whole world would turn against them.