The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel

Marwan eluded Egypt's ruthless secret services for many years until somebody talked. As the son-in-law of Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser and a close advisor to his successor, Anwar Sadat, Ashraf Marwan had access to the deepest secrets of the country's government. Under the codename "The Angel", Marwan turned Egypt into an open book for the Israeli intelligence services and, by alerting the Mossad in advance of the joint Egyptian-Syrian attack on Yom Kippur, saved Israel from a devastating defeat. Police suspected he had been thrown from his fifth-floor balcony, and thanks to explosive new evidence, Bar-Joseph can finally re

"When reality beats fiction.a must read" according to Roni Hefetz. The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel.The Angel is a remarkable book -- the result of deep research into one of the most fascinating spy stories ever.reads like a thriller. Bar Joseph story telling ability - extracted from interviews and documents - is outstanding. As someone who actually participated in the Yom Kippur war, I could not stop reading. Many lessons to be learnt from both historical accounts as. Mal Warwick said The chilling tale of a remarkable episode in Israeli history. The history of the state of Israel is one of continuous war punctuated by intermittent stretches of peace. The open military conflicts the young nation has experienced have always threatened its continuing existence, but none more so than the Yom Kippur War in 197The chilling tale of a remarkable episode in Israeli history The history of the state of Israel is one of continuous war punctuated by intermittent stretches of peace. The open military conflicts the young nation has experienced have always threatened its continuing existence, but none more so than the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Never before and never since has Israel come closer to annihilation.In The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel, the Israeli political scientist U. . Never before and never since has Israel come closer to annihilation.In The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel, the Israeli political scientist U. TRULY A GREAT BOOK! WHAT THIS STORY SHOWS IS THAT ISRAEL TRULY A GREAT BOOK! WHAT THIS STORY SHOWS IS THAT ISRAEL CHIEF OF MILITART INTELLIGENCE AT THE TIME : I BELIEVE HIS NAME IS : ELI ZEIRA WAS TRULLY A REAL "BUM" & REALLY AT FAULT! HE SHOULD BE LOCKED UP FOR EXPOSING THE BEST SPY ISRAEL HAD! ELI ZEIRA MORE THAN ANYONE IS RESPONSIBLE! IT IS SHOCKING THAT EVEN TODAY HE REFUSES TO ACCEPT HIS MISTAKES! THIS BOOK IS EXCELLENT & I HIGHLY RECCOMEND TO ALL!