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Article: Gideon's* Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad
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- The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
- Article date:
- May 31, 1999
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Gideon's* Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad
Binyamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington, DC on Jan. 19, 1998 for what was expected to be a showdown with U.S. President Bill Clinton over the Israeli prime minister's refusal to implement land-for-peace provisions of the Oslo accords. Netanyahu had vowed to "set Washington on fire." To emphasize his determination to confront Clinton, he proceeded directly from the airport to a downtown rally with a bitter Clinton foe, American Zionist televangelist Jerry Falwell, who distributes a videotape accusing Clinton of complicity in drug-related murders.
The next morning, Jan. 20, The Washington Post reported that President Clinton was having a ...