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001 2015025459
003 DLC
005 20150716082846.0
008 150714t20162016nyu 000 0 eng
010 $a 2015025459
020 $a9781592409013 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aHV8242.2.A2$bK38 2016
082 00 $a363.325/16095694$223
084 $aHIS019000$aHIS027000$aPOL036000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aKatz, Samuel M.,$d1963-$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe ghost warriors :$binside Israel's undercover war against suicide terrorism /$cSamuel M. Katz.
263 $a1602
264 1 $aNew York :$bBerkley Caliber,$c[2016]
264 4 $c©2016
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"The untold story of the Ya'mas, Israel's special forces undercover team that infiltrated Palestinian terrorist strongholds during the Second Intifada. It was the deadliest terror campaign ever mounted against a nation in modern times: the al-Aqsa, or Second, Intifada. This is the untold story of how Israel fought back with an elite force of undercover operatives, drawn from the nation's diverse backgrounds and ethnicities--and united in their ability to walk among the enemy as no one else dared. Beginning in late 2000, as black smoke rose from burning tires and rioters threw rocks in the streets, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and Arafat's Palestinian Authority embarked on a strategy of sending their terrorists to slip undetected into Israel's towns and cities to set the country ablaze, unleashing suicide attacks at bus stops, discos, pizzerias--wherever people gathered. But Israel fielded some of the most capable and cunning special operations forces in the world. The Ya'mas, Israel National Police Border Guard undercover counterterrorists special operations units, became Israel's eyes-on-target response. Launched on intelligence provided by the Shin Bet, indigenous Arabic-speaking Dovrim, or "Speakers," operating in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and Gaza infiltrated the treacherous confines where the terrorists lived hidden in plain sight, and set the stage for the intrepid tactical specialists who often found themselves under fire and outnumbered in their effort to apprehend those responsible for the carnage inside Israel. This is their compelling true story: a tale of daring and deception that could happen only in the powder keg of the modern Middle East. INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAPS"--$cProvided by publisher.
610 20 $aMishṭeret Yiśraʼel.$bMishmar ha-gevul.$bYeḥidat ha-Mistaʻarvim.
650 0 $aCounterterrorism$zIsrael.
650 0 $aUndercover operations$zIsrael.
650 0 $aUndercover operations$zGaza Strip.
650 0 $aUndercover operations$zWest Bank.
650 0 $aSpecial forces (Military science)$zIsrael.
650 0 $aAl-Aqsa Intifada, 2000-
651 0 $aGaza Strip$xEthnic relations.
651 0 $aWest Bank$xEthnic relations.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Middle East / Israel.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Military / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Intelligence.$2bisacsh