{"product_id":"kill-khalid-the-failed-mossad-assassination-of-khalid-mishal-and-the-rise-of-hamas-9781595583253","title":"Kill Khalid: The Failed Mossad Assassination of Khalid Mishal and the Rise of Hamas","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Meticulously researched\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the definitive chronicle of the Middle East crisis during the Clinton years and in the post-9\/11 era\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Providing a fly-on-the-wall vantage of the rising diplomatic panic that sent shudders through world capitals,\" \u003ci\u003eKill Khalid\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds as a masterpiece of investigative journalism (\u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e). In 1997, the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad poisoned Hamas leader Khalid Mishal in broad daylight on the streets of Amman, Jordan. As the little-known Palestinian leader slipped into a coma, the Mossad agents' escape was bungled and the episode quickly spiraled into a diplomatic crisis. A series of high-stakes negotiations followed, which ultimately saved Mishal and set the stage for his phenomenal political ascendancy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eKill Khalid\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed reporter Paul McGeough reconstructs the history of Hamas through exclusive interviews with key players across the Middle East and in Washington, including unprecedented access to Mishal himself, who remains to this day one of the most powerful and enigmatic figures in the region. A \"sobering reminder of how little has been achieved during 60 years of Israeli efforts in Palestine,\" \u003ci\u003eKill Khalid\u003c\/i\u003e tracks Hamas's political fortunes across a decade of suicide bombings, political infighting, and increasing public support, culminating in the battle for Gaza in 2007 and the current-day political stalemate (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A pacey, riveting, and controversial book that has all the compulsion of a Le Carr  novel.\" --John F. Burns, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" A] gem of leave-no-stone-unturned reporting.\" --\u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul McGeough is the chief foreign correspondent for and a former editor of Australia's \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of several books on the Middle East, including \u003ci\u003eKill Khalid: The Failed Mossad Assassination of Khalid Mishal and the Rise of Hamas\u003c\/i\u003e (The New Press), which won the 2010 Premier's Book of the Year award in Sydney, Australia. He has twice been named Australian Journalist of the Year and was awarded the Johns Hopkins University-based SAIS Novartis Prize for excellence in international journalism and eight Walkley Awards for his reporting on crisis and conflict. He lives in McLean, Virginia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50921645441298,"sku":"9781595583253","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_07610969-7a1b-4462-a4e3-4cc6f5c197af.jpg?v=1738922545","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kill-khalid-the-failed-mossad-assassination-of-khalid-mishal-and-the-rise-of-hamas-9781595583253","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}