The Israeli-Palestinian blood feud has been around for so long, it’s become part of the world’s wallpaper. It rarely escapes the inside pages of newspaper front sections unless the scale of the bloodletting becomes especially heinous. At least here in America, the narrative has been frozen in stone since the 1967 war: doughty Israelis fighting…
Three Envelopes by Nir Hezroni delves into the twisted mind of a rogue agent in the Israeli intelligence agency and his mysterious plot for revenge. The secret to Three Envelopes by Nir Hezroni is: do not trust anyone. When Avner—a supervising agent for a group known only as the Organization—receives an envelope containing a notebook kept…
Like the Cold War, the endless Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the dramatist’s gift that keeps on giving. Nowhere else can an author, screenwriter or filmmaker find such a stew of moral ambiguity, seething hatreds, political misbehavior, skullduggery, conflicting loyalties, and flat-out bad behavior in which to marinate his or her stories. It’s nearly impossible to overcook…
Assassin's Game by Ward Larsen is the 2nd international thriller featuring David Slaton, a retired Israeli assassin who is forced back into duty to eliminate a man at the head of the nuclear tinderbox that is Iran (available August 26, 2014). David Slaton has a good life. He has a new wife and a house…
