Sublime

In 1957, Harkabi decided to establish a new unit of Arabized operators within the HUMINT

On March 21, 1968, a unit from Sayeret Matkal, the elite IDF commando force, was flown by helicopter to a staging point in the desert near the Fatah base in Karameh. The commandos’ orders were simple and clear: “Attack in daylight, seize control, isolate and kill the terrorists.” At a cabinet meeting the night before, the chief of the general staff

ZIONISM HAD BECOME a series of unresolved debates. Some (Herzl) sought a state while others (Ahad

Jabotinsky and Trumpeldor worked with Patterson (who later described Trumpeldor as “the bravest man I ever knew”) to form the Zion Mule Corps.