Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations

AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR

‘A gripping investigation of Israel’s assassination policy’ Sunday Times

‘Remarkable’ Observer

‘Riveting’ Daily Mail

‘Compelling’ John le Carre

Shortlisted for the Airey Neave Memorial Book Prize

From the very beginning of its statehood in
1948, the instinct to take every measure to defend the Jewish people has been
hardwired into Israel’s DNA. This is the riveting inside account of the
targeted assassinations that have been used countless times, on enemies large
and small, sometimes in response to attacks against the Israeli people and
sometimes pre-emptively.

RISE AND KILL FIRST counts their successes, failures and the
moral and political price exacted on those who carried out the missions which
have shaped the Israeli nation, the Middle East and the entire world.

‘Exciting, sometimes moving and always
considered … a stunning feat of research and a riveting read’ Dominic
Sandbrook, Sunday Times