Gad Shimron
Autor/a de Mossad Exodus; The Daring Undercover Rescue of the Lost Jewish Tribe
Obres de Gad Shimron
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Shimron, Gad
- Nom oficial
- שמרון, גד
- Data de naixement
- 1950
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- Israel
- Llocs de residència
- Tel-Aviv, Israel
- Professions
- journalist
spy
Membres
Ressenyes
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 3
- Membres
- 43
- Popularitat
- #352,016
- Valoració
- 3.3
- Ressenyes
- 12
- ISBN
- 3
- Llengües
- 1
Shimron is a good writer and the story is made even more interesting because he relates all of the obstacles he encounters during the time of the rescues. In addition, the reader learns a great deal about how the Mossad operates and follows the endearing and funny exploits of these Israeli heroes.
Shimron and his buddies have many adventures including diving expeditions, while actually creating a tourist resort in the middle of nowhere in the Sudan desert. Keep in mind, these men are willing to spend day after day in the very, very hot temperatures of Arous, Sudan. They are a small group of twenty and thirty year olds who worked in Sudan under difficult conditions, minimal phone contact, electricity that could not counted on to be available most of the time, and limited access to water with not much to do in the area. Of course, things improved as they built up the pretend tourist resort!
I found the book the most interesting when Shimron is describing the actual rescue efforts. Each time I wondered if they would get caught and what the consequences would be. At one point, Shimron explains that the Ethiopian Jews are being rescued by a large aircraft and are scared to death since they've never seen an airplane before. One of the Ethiopians describes the scene and how he felt entering the large plane, "I felt like the prophet Jonah who was swallowed by the whale," he tells Shimron.
After the rescue operations are over for Gad Shimron, he works at Maarev at the foreign news desk in Israel. Years later he takes a trip back to Ethiopia and tells the reader yet another interesting story about his exploits. This fascinating book is filled with many worthwhile stories of inspiration and heroism. Definitely worth reading and learning more about the positive side of human nature!… (més)