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assassinating enemy scientists and discovering the secret lovers of Muslim clerics," are among the methods described in the book used by Israel to carry out assassinations. Bergman discusses the assassination of
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symptom (terrorism) of a terrible disease (Palestinian anger)" but does not cure the disease itself. The book is described by
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