Our discussion with Israeli investigative journalist Ronen Bergman, author of a stunning book on the long secretive history of Israel’s extra-judicial killing program, Rise & Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations. It’s a book that Israeli Intelligence desperately tried to prevent Bergman from writing. Democracy Now! Youtube 19.13, 2018
Israel which has assassinated more people than any other country in the western world since World War II. ibid.
‘The hunt for the person who was codenamed The Head of the Fish, Yasser Arafat, was the most extensive and long term in the history of Israeli intelligence’. ibid. Rise & Kill First
‘Israel tried to kill Arafat numerous times … The peak of that was 1982.’ ibid. Bergman
[TV News]: A single bullet fired by a sniper at long range … The Day of the Jackal I
I’ve heard good things about you, Bianca. Don’t let me down. ibid. boss
Jackal: I have fuck all interest in why you want him dead.
Contract lady: A hundred million is a lot to ask. The Day of the Jackal II
Your operation is very much alive, Bianca. ibid. boss
Alison, what have you done? What the fuck have you done? The Day of the Jackal III, partner of Northern Ireland contact
3,816 metres. Do you know how far that is? The Day of the Jackal IV
It will be a great life for the three of us together. ibid. Jackal to wife
She was my asset. Sparrow. Alison. ibid. Bianca
I know you made the gun that killed Manfred Fest. The Day of the Jackal V, Bianca
We just found two bodies found on a farm ten kilometers away. The Day of the Jackal VI ***** Hungarian rozzer
You have a good man face. ibid. Laszlo to Jackal
This guy’s a fucking ghost. The Day of the Jackal VII, British Intelligence bloke
He had a British passport in the name of Peter Gibson. ibid. rozzer
Details are still murky on what appeared to be an assassination attempt on Ulle Dag Charles. The Day of the Jackal VIII
Where’s your report on Alexander Duggan? ibid. Bianca
Duggan was an outstanding sniper. The best. ibid. Bianca to board
It’s a fine line between being revered and spat on. The Day of the Jackal IX, River bloke
I’m closing the investigation. ibid. Isabel
Is any of this fucking real? ibid. her to him
You want to check the car? Yes, of course. The Day of the Jackal X ***** Jackal to Croatian rozzers
Let her [Bianca] deal with him. And let us deal with her. ibid. Foreign Secretary to Isabel
Get out of my life! ibid. Bianca to brother
Finish what you started. ibid. Isabel to Bianca
I just want to be us. The three of us. ibid. Jackal to Mrs Jackal
Bianca: It doesn’t need to end this way.
Jackal: It does. ibid.
Isabel sent me to take out the Jackal. If I don’t make it, you know what happened. ibid. text to Osi