Book Review by Wendy Campbell:
"By Way of Deception" by Victor Ostrovsky, ex-Mossad agent
6/3/04
Victor Ostrovsky, author of "By Way of Deception", was a high-ranking
member of the Mossad, Israel's ultra-secret intelligence department similar
to the CIA, for several years before his sudden departure due to finding
himself the fall guy for an embarrassing oversight by his superiors. He
left Israel disillusioned, even disgusted, to return to his country of
birth, Canada, and then courageously penned the extraordinary account
of his experience while working for the Mossad. Ostrovsky's revelations
about the duplicitous, often criminal activities of the Mossad, is an
exceptionally interesting read, especially for anyone who has become suspicious
of the United States' unconditional support of Zionist apartheid state
of Israel.
In 1990, the government of Israel tried in vain to prevent this book from
being published, as it includes surprisingly detailed accounts of the
Mossad’s nefarious deeds, such as the many "false flag"
operations (committing crimes and then making it look like others were
responsible, such as Palestinian militants, for Israel's political advantage),
extensive espionage inside the United States, extra-judicial assassinations
around the world, just to name a few.
Recent Israeli Spy Activity in the U.S.
The subject of the Mossad and general Israeli espionage is quite relevant
now that there are more and more reports coming out about the apparent
abundance of Israeli spies in the U.S, allegedly more than from any other
country. For instance, by now most Americans, who follow politics at all,
know about the Israeli spies detained around 9-11, especially the ones
known as the "dancing Israeli spies" (do a Google search).
Lately there are even reports about the FBI investigating some of the
NeoCons such as Perle, who is Israeli-American, with regards to the Chalabi
and other related issues with regards to the false information about WMD
and an alleged connection between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda used as
excuses to lead the US to the pre-emptive and unnecessary war on Iraq.
There now are also reports about the Mossad connection with regards to
the torture and prisoner abuse at the now infamous Iraqi jail Abu Ghraib.
It's all getting rather murky, this American-Israeli connection whereby
American troops are being taught by Israeli military on various techniques
and methods of fighting the so-called "war on terror".
There have also been recent reports of the questionable activities of
Israeli spies being caught in the U.S. including one that is especially
troubling. First reported in the Jacksonville-Florida Times-Union newspaper
on May 22, 2004, two Israeli spies were detained for questioning by the
FBI for trying to get access into nuclear submarine base in Georgia, near
the site of the upcoming three-day G-8 Summit. The week before in Tennessee,
two Israeli spies were arrested in a rural area where nothing exists except
for two active nuclear power plants, and a third under construction. During
a high-speed chase, it was reported that the Israelis were seen throwing
things out of the window including a bottle, which tests later revealed
contained a mixture of Astromid 18, Gluconic acid and water, perhaps "an
agent for growing some kind of bug" according to a chemist who spoke
with MadCow MorningNews.(http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/05/1682135.php)
Is there possibly a "false flag" operation being planned by the Mossad in the US right now? Just think of what the US media's headlines would be if the Israeli spies stealthily caused a big explosion at the G-8 Summit or anywhere else for that matter. There'd likely be claims from the Zionist-dominated US media and government that it had something to do with Al Qaeda. The Al Queda are always the politically convenient "usual suspects" trotted out by our government and media on which to forcefully focus all the blame for "terror". Can you imagine if the spies caught near the nuclear submarine base in Georgia were Saudis, Libyans or Palestinians, instead of Israeli? That story would be headline news from the New York Times to the LA Times and every paper in between, as well as CNN and Fox News! But since the spies were Israeli, the story was willfully suppressed. It's just another example of the Zionist-controlled US media's pro-Israel bias, and a glaring bias at that. It should not be ignored, and it must not be ignored.
Although
"By Way of Deception" was originally published in 1990, Ostrovsky's
stunning revelations paint a very dark picture about the mindset of Israel's
ruling establishment and its persistent tendency to view all the rest
of the world's nations as potential adversaries. Indeed, the Mossad's
motto is "By way of deception, thou shalt do war."
Endless war for Israel
As someone who has become immersed in the study of the Palestine-Israel
conflict since 9-11, as well as having then become an activist for Palestinians'
human rights since then, I found that many of Ostrovsky's revelations
confirmed what I have already learned about Israel: most importantly,
that Israel is not a friend of the USA or any other country for that matter.
Israel is simply out for itself. Israel is clearly a one-way street, and
a friend to no one. According to Ostrovsky, the Mossad generally works
independently from the Israeli government, which is out of control as
it is, so the Mossad is the mother of all loose cannons, and a clear and
present danger to the world. This book explains in detail how this is
true.
Along with all the various "false flag" operations the Mossad
commits in order to create trouble between the U.S. and Arab / Muslim
countries, as well as acerbating conflicts between other countries, the
Mossad also supplies illegal weapons to all kinds of terrorist groups
around the countries, on both sides of the various conflicts around the
world, for profit and just to keep the world off balance, while padding
their pockets with lots of gold. This seems to suit Israel just fine.
Endless war, everywhere. Zionist Israel is obviously especially determined
to weaken all the Arab countries, but it doesn't stop there.
Zionists' Abuse of Their "Victimhood"
Have you noticed how in keeping with the Zionist tradition of Holocaust-worship
needed to keep the world's sympathy for its victims flowing endlessly,
there seems to be several instances of self-fabricated "anti-semitic"
hate crimes lately? For instance, Kerri Dunn, a professor at Claremont
McKenna College in southern California, recently was found guilty of spray-painting
and vandalizing her own car to make it look like some "anti-semitic"
nutball did it. And how about recent similar staged "anti-Semitic"
incidents in France? There are also other reports of so-called "anti-Semitic"
acts which have been found suspect of being fraudulently self-made in
order to magnify the Zionists' constant complaints about "the rise
in anti-Semitism", as if it comes out of nowhere. As if Zionist behavior
is always above reproach. (What about the rise of anti-Muslims/Arabs/Irans?
Our US government and US media are major sources of this brand of racism.)
It fits a pattern that began with the birth of the Jewish nationalistic
movement known as Zionism in the late 1890's. Although obviously there
was some anti-Jewish sentiment among some people who were no doubt xenophobic
about other minorities as well, Zionists sought to paint a picture where
Jews are always being persecuted so therefore the world must give them
special treatment--- such as a country somewhere else, not in their backyard,
mind you, but somewhere where people don't have lots of money or political
clout, somewhere where the world doesn't know much about or care much
about, somewhere like...Palestine. According to their way of thought,
does anyone really care about Palestinians anyway? Apparently, not many
of the leaders of our Western, supposedly "democratic" world.
But more and more people of conscience are indeed becoming very sympathetic
to the plight of the Palestinian people.
Hopefully soon public opinion will pressure the leaders of the world to
stop looking the other way. After all, it's the moral thing to do, isn't
it? After all, isn't it true that today's Jewish Zionists nurture Victimhood
and an angry resentment over how the world looked the other way when the
Nazis persecuted Jews during WWII? Then why should the world look the
other way while the Zionist Jews in Israel persecute the Palestinians?
The obvious answer, to most people of conscience, is that people should
NOT look the other way.
Some Direct Quotes and Revelations From the Book
Here are some revealing and important out-takes from the must-read book
"By Way of Deception" by Victor Ostrovsky and Claire Hoy:
"We were told to do what was good for us and screw everybody else...You
know what Israelis say: "If they weren't burning us in WWII, they
were helping, or if they weren't helping, they were ignoring it."
Ostrovsky goes on to provide many instances that show how this mindset
was manifested, often at the expense of others' lives.
Ostrovsky questions this mindset: "Does the fact that Jews suffered
give us the right to inflict pain and misery on others?"
He was taught that "Israel is a nation of warriors", and points
out that Israel has ended up with a "government that is 70 per cent
generals."
"Mossad regards the whole world outside of Israel as a target, including
Europe and the United States."
Mossad Recruits Jews to Act as "Sayanim" or Spies for
Israel
Ostrovsky described in detail how the Mossad recruits Jewish people worldwide,
to act as Mossad's assistants, also known as sayanim (plural).
Any Jewish person can be a sayan (singular), "to help Israel"
as long as they are 100% Jewish. These volunteers have penetrated many
of the world's governments.
It is, as Ostrovsky points out, problematic that "the Mossad does
not seem to care how devastating it could be to the status of the Jewish
people in the diaspora if it were known. The answer you get if you ask
is: "So what's the worst that could happen to those Jews? They'd
all come to Israel? Great." This is yet another example of how the
Zionist agenda actually knowingly helps to create a climate for what is
termed as "anti-Semitism", to try to legitimize the existence
of an exclusive Jewish state, even at the expense of others, such as the
Palestinians, whose land has been largely expropriated.
As
many of us realize, the primary question for Israel and Zionists seems
to be, as Ostrovsky notes in this book: "Is it good for the Jews?
Forget about policies, or anything else. That was the only thing that
counted, and depending on one's answer, people were called anti-Semites,
whether deservedly or not."
The Holocaust Is a Zionists "Tool for Separation"
Ostrovsky also had some interesting things to say about the Holocaust:
"I know the Holocaust was one of the gravest things to ever have
happened to the Jews: Bella's (his wife's) father, for one, spent four
years in Auschwitz and most of her family was eliminated by the Germans.
But remember, that close to 50 million other people died, too. Germans
tried to eliminate the Gypsies, various religious groups, Russians and
Poles. The Holocaust could have been, and I think should have been, a
source for unity with other nations rather than a tool for separation."
However, the Jewish state of Israel is a closed society committed to segregation
and equal rights only for Jews.
Zionists Claim: "Unconditional Surrentder is the Only Option
for Peace"
With regards to dealing with the Palestinians, he noted that "Violent
clashes and ultimately unconditional surrender were the only ways the
Mossad could conceive of achieving peace". Obviously Ariel Sharon
and most Israeli leaders feel this way too, no matter what they say for
public consumption. Actions speak louder than words.
Ostrovsky recounts various instances where the Mossad sought to prevent
any peace initiative between the Palestinians and the Israeli government,
by giving false information to the CIA about Palestinians preparing for
a major war against the Israelis, when during those times this was indeed
false information. I surmise, for instance, that the 2003 remote bomb-killing
of the three American envoys to Gaza was the work of the Mossad, since
only Israel benefited from it, and no Palestinian group claimed responsibility
for it, which they usually do (unlike the Mossad).
Israeli TV Is Government-Controlled
The media in Israel is government-controlled (talk about "embedded
media"!). Ostrovsky reveals how the Mossad routinely doctors up "documentation
to authenticate the 'threat' to Israel from the Palestinians", feeding
it to the media to report to the world. It is not uncommon for the Mossad
to actually assassinate important people involved with negotiating the
"peace process", such as in the case of Palestinian rights advocate
Naim Khader, which is recounted in this book.
Ostrovsky provides more details about the Israeli media: "There is
a committee of editors, called the Vaadat Orchim, of all the media outlets
in Israel that meets regularly with government officials for background
briefing on current events. Israeli television is government controlled,
as is all but one rogue radio station, so that broadcasting is never a
problem to control." Doesn't it sound like our U.S. government and
media are following Israel's example (or lead)? I wonder why. Could it
be because there are many of Israel's operatives (Israeli-Americans aka
American Jews) in our media and government?
Mossad Deliberately Floods CIA with Vague Info
It was also telling to read about the way in which the Mossad deliberately
floods the CIA with so much generalized information so as to render it
confusingly vague. The information therefore becomes basically useless,
as it is so general and non-specific, but also lets the Mossad off the
hook with regards to accusations of not warning the US of terror attacks.
As in 9-11?
Here
is a very compelling example of just this sort of situation as reported
by Ostrovsky:
In 1983, Israel was invading Lebanon, one of their most aggressive chapters
in the so-called "rooting out of terrorists" to use the oft-repeated
words of Ariel Sharon. One of the Mossad's Lebanese informants in Beirut
reported to the Mossad that the Shi'ite Muslims had ordered a specialty
machine-shop there to re-fit a large Mercedes truck with larger than usual
hiding spaces that could hold bombs, as opposed to the the smaller hiding
spaces made for smuggling black market items such as CDs and cigarettes
or small bombs. The Mossad logically surmised that the truck was destined
to blow up a major "target, most probably the US compound. The question
was whether or not to warn the Americans to be on particular alert for
a truck matching the description." MY question is the part about
"whether or not"?
Why the hesitation? Ostrovsky goes on to explain:
"Admony, then the head of Mossad, decided they would simply give
the Americans the usual general warning, a vague notice that they had
reason to believe someone might be planning an operation against them.
But this was so general and so commonplace, it was like sending a weather
report; unlikely to raise any particular alarm or prompt increased security
precautions. In the six months following receipt of this information,
for example, there were more than 100 general warnings of car-bomb attacks.
One more would not heighten US concerns or surveillance."
"Admony, in refusing to give the Americans specific information on the truck, said, "No, we're not going to protect the Americans. They're a big country. Send only the regular information."
With
"friends" like Israel, who needs enemies?
As it turned out, two months after the Mossad had received the information,
the bomb-laden Mercedes truck did ram into the American Aviation Safety
Building which was the headquarters for the Eighth Marine Battalion and
then it exploded, reducing the building to rubble and killing 241 American
soldiers on October 23, 1983. A few minutes later, another bomb-laden
truck rammed into the French paratroopers' headquarters just two miles
from the decimated US compound, and exploded, killing another 58 soldiers.
"Within
days, the Israelis passed along to the CIA the names of 13 people who
they said were connected to the bombing deaths of the US Marines and French
paratroopers, a list including Syrian intelligence, Iranians in Damascus,
and Shi'ite Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah."
"The general attitude (at Mossad and the Israeli government) about
the Americans was: "Hey, they wanted to stick their nose into this
Lebanon thing, let them pay the price."
Sounds chillingly similar to what probably happened with 9-11 (and it
may very well have actually been an inside job with the help of the Mossad,
as many suspect). Remember how the Israeli newspaper The Ha’aretz
confirmed the report that the employees of the Israeli firm Odigo were
warned hours to leave the WTC before the events of 9-11 happened? Obviously
someone knew what was going to go down, and most likely it was the Mossad.
Who benefited from 9-11? Clearly the Israelis did, since President Bush
then let the NeoConservatives, many of whom qualify as Israeli-Americans,
push through their agenda for the "war on terror" beginning
with Afghanistan and Iraq, while Israel stepped up its pummeling of Palestinians.
Pro-Israel Kerry and his emerging NeoLiberals will continue on with the
agenda if elected. Complete surrender and rapacious exploitation are what
they seek.
Israel
is fine with letting Americans get hit by others whom Israel considered
their enemies, because that way, they figure, then the Americans will
be induced to fight Israel's enemies directly for them. Isn't it a pity
how our government unconditionally supports such a fair-weather "friend"
such as Israel with billions of US tax dollars and political cover, allowing
itself to be so manipulated, and for such unjust causes such as Zionist
imperialism and colonialism, which has now somehow become America's causes
as well? It's more than a pity. It's criminal.
Please recall how some of the Al Qaeda operatives supposedly involved
with the 9-11 attack lived in Hamburg, with Israeli spies living nearby
some of them? What a "coincidence" that as Ostrovsky points
out "The Mossad love Hamburg, first for the good working relationship
with the local anti-terrorist police and intelligence".
Mossad's Heavy Presence in the USA
Although Israel claims not to have Israeli spies in the U.S., according
to Ostrovsky, indeed there is a very deep undercover unit of the Mossad
by the name of "Al" which is the Hebrew word for "above"
or "on top", operating especially in New York and Washington,
where they have rented apartments all over those places, installed with
listening devices.
Ostrovsky wrote: "To say it (Al) doesn't it doesn't gather information
on the Americans is like saying mustard is not the main course, but you
do like a little on your hotdog. Say for example, there's a senator on
the arms committee that interests the Mossad. Al rarely uses sayanim (Jewish
American citizens who offer to help the Mossad), but that senator's paperwork,
anything happening in his office, would be important information, so an
aide would be a target. If the aide was Jewish, he or she would be approached
as a sayan (singular of sayanim). Otherwise, the person would be recruited
as an agent, or even just as a friend, with whom to mingle and listen."
On a personal note, my pro-Palestinian rights colleagues and I discovered
during a visit to her office, that the front office assistant in Democratic
Congresswoman Barbara Lee's office in Oakland, CA, is a young man from
Israel. One of us asked him directly where he was from and he said he
was from Israel. Barbara Lee, you might recall, is the only Congressperson,
who declined to support Bush's call for war in the first place. In addition,
I have heard from others who are knowledgeable about how the Jewish Lobby
(including AIPAC), specifically expects certain favors, such as internships
for young Jewish Americans in exchange for huge contributions to political
campaigns.
Armed Jewish Defense Groups in the USA and Worldwide
The following information is really scary. You know how we are always
told by our media how there are Al Qaeda cells operating in the U.S.?
Well, read this about Jewish Zionist "cells", or "Jewish
defense groups": "Arbel's department was responsible for setting
up Jewish defense groups called frames, or misgorot, all
over the world, now including some parts of the United States, where anti-Semitism
is considered a threat."
And these "frames" are apparently armed to the teeth. "Israel
does not sell the weapons directly to these foreign frames, but it does
provide arms indirectly in a round-about arrangement with known arms dealers."
One can legitimately worry about these "frames" -- are they
only for defensive reasons, or are they also perhaps formed for some future
offensive action? Like for instance, suppose our government decides to
cut diplomatic and financial ties with Israel on the condition that it
transform from an apartheid Jewish state to a truly democratic, secular,
multi-cultural state with equal rights for all regardless of religion,
ethnicity or gender?
Obviously, it will take some time and/or some miracles to turn US foreign
policy on Israel around, but it will be turned around eventually, I'm
sure. However, please note how some of our so-called leaders are claiming
that "anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism", even while many Jews themselves
reject the racist, nationalist ideology of Zionism. Please visit the website
www.nkusa.org of the
Ultra Orthodox Jewish group the Neturei Karta for more information on
just one of many Jewish organizations that believes that Zionism is the
exact opposite of Judaism.
Recently, some US politicians, such as those who pander shamelessly and
slavishly to those at the AIPAC (American Israeli Public Affairs Committee)
conference, actually used Sharon-style language threatening that "anti-Semites"
will be "rooted out wherever they are" and "anti-Semites
are a cancer on society", right after saying that "Anti-Zionists
are anti-Semites."! Next thing you know, they will be claiming "All
anti-Zionists and anti-Semites are terrorists."! This seems to be
an emerging new version of a kind of fascistic McCarthyism and a dictatorial
attempt to squelch any criticism of apartheid Israel. Can you imagine
if activists against apartheid in South Africa were threatened with being
called "terrorists" and "anti-Whites"? It's almost
laughable. On top of that, how hypocritical for Israelis to label Palestinians
as terrorists, where Zionist gangs committed acts of terror such as the
bombing of the King David Hotel in 1946 in Jerusalem to scare off the
Brits, killing 72 Arab civilians and British soldiers, while wounding
many more. Menachim Begin oversaw this act of terror and later became
a prime minister of Israel. The Israeli army commit acts of terror every
day against the Palestinian people ever since the Jewish state was foisted
upon that land.
Still
more on the topic of the "Jewish defense groups": "The
main job (of the Mossad's "frames" set-up department) is to
help the leaders of the Jewish communities outside Israel plan for their
own security. Part of this is done through the hets va-keshet or
"bow and arrow", Israel's paramilitary youth brigades. Often
youths from other countries are brought over (to Israel) to spend the
summer learning about security, picking up such skills as completing obstacle
courses, pitching tents, and learning how to use a sniper rifle and Uzi
assault rifle." Doesn't this all seem eerily similar to Hitler's
Youth Brigade? If America-Arab youth did this kind of activities, they'd
be labeled "terrorists"!
In the epilogue of the book, Ostrovsky asserts "we do know that,
had the Mossad been more forthcoming with intelligence concerning American
and other western hostages, the entire Iran-Contra might never have happened."
U.S. Support for Israel Is Isolating the U.S. from the Rest of the World
It is no wonder that Victor Ostrovsky, who is a man of conscience, who happens to be Jewish, finally left the Mossad and Israel after getting disillusioned and disgusted with its propensity for enmity towards the whole world. The worst thing about it is that my country the United States of America has been increasingly blindly and unconditionally siding with Israel and thereby not only supporting daily crimes against humanity, but becoming isolated, just as apartheid Israel is, from the rest of the world's nations. The US and apartheid Israel are isolated from the rest of the world, just like apartheid South Africa was quite rightly isolated, until it was pressured to become a true democracy with equal rights for ALL regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender.
Endless
war and unilaterally demanding unconditional support from the rest of
the world while selfishly exploiting it, is simply in a word, evil, the
opposite of good.
I hope that as American citizens of all creeds and ethnicities become
more and more aware of just what kind of country Zionist Israel is, that
they too will abandon any support, moral or financial for Israel and demand
that our leaders do the same, until apartheid Israel, like the formerly
apartheid South Africa, is transformed into a true democracy with equal
rights for all, including for the indigenous non-Jewish Palestinian people
who must also be allowed their inalienable right to return to their ancestral
homeland, Palestine-Israel. There must be no double standards for anyone
or any country; in fact, it may be time to reconsider America's generous
policy of allowing dual citizenship to Israeli-Americans aka Jewish Americans.For
more information, on Israeli spies in the U.S., check out: www.whatreallyhappened.com
and www.rense.com. For
info on the "Origin of the Palestine-Israel Conflict", check
out www.cactus48.com.
*****
Although the Jewish state of Israel tried to prevent his book from getting
published, it was indeed published in the U.S. and Canada and became a
best-selling hit. Although one might think that the Mossad might actually
want to kill him after publishing such a revealing book, they instead
declared that they would try to break Ostrovsky economically. You can
do a Google search on him to learn more about this very interesting man,
who is an accomplished professional artist.
"By Way of Deception" by Victor Ostrovsky and Claire Hoy was
published first in 1990 by St. Martin's Press, is available from www.amazon.com.
The following recommendation for this book is from Amazon's website:
Editorial Reviews: From Library Journal
"Intelligence agencies should never try to ban books about themselves.
Like Peter Wright's Spycatcher (Penguin USA, 1987), which was suppressed
in Britain , this book on Israel's legendary spy organization by a former
Mossad katsa or case officer has ended up on the New York Times best seller
list. Among the controversial revelations that led Israel to seek a ban
(which was quickly overturned in the United States and Canada) is Ostrovsky's
charge that the Mossad refused to share knowledge of a planned suicide
mission in Beirut, resulting in the deaths of 241 U.S. Marines in 1983.
Another New York Times best seller, Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman's Every
Spy a Prince ( LJ 7/90), provides more reliable details on Israel's spy
network."
--Wilda Williams, Library Journal
Editor's note: MarWen Media also highly recommends the book "Robert
Maxwell: Israel's SuperSpy" by Gordon Thomas and Martin Dillon. Fascinating!
*****
Mark Green and I visited Victor Ostrovsky's gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona, this past summer (2007) and were truly impressed with his intriguing paintings. Hopefully we will buy one of them in the not too distant future. While we are a big fan of his candid books and his impressive artistic talent, we were disappointed to see an article with his photo on the wall in his gallery, indicating his support for the state of Israel. This is rather disappointing since support of Israel as it is, and always has been, shows favoritism towards a Jewish supremacist state, where non-Jewish Palestinians do not enjoy equal rights, not even close to it. I hope that Victor Ostrovsky will take his idealism and courage one or two steps further and will join the conscientious human rights activists around the world in the boycott of apartheid Israel, in the same way that apartheid South Africa was boycotted, until Israel becomes a true democracy with completely equal rights for all regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender.