No. 80: 50 Years Ago Today

April 10, 2023 3:29 p.m.

Fifty years ago, future IDF Chief of Staff and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak led a raid in Beirut, Lebanon to assassinate PLO operatives tied to the Munich Olympics massacre the year before. Today I look at the history leading...

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