I am sure that the best intelligence services must still be Israel's. They've made awful mistakes, as intelligence services will, but that's because Mossad and Shin Bet are splendidly motivated. If Israel loses a battle, it loses the war; if it loses the war, it loses its country.


Paris Review (Summer 1997)

John le Carré Quotes

I am sure that the best intelligence services must still be Israel's. They've made awful mistakes, as intelligence services will, but that's because...

I am sure that the best intelligence services must still be Israel's. They've made awful mistakes, as intelligence services will, but that's because...

I am sure that the best intelligence services must still be Israel's. They've made awful mistakes, as intelligence services will, but that's because...

I am sure that the best intelligence services must still be Israel's. They've made awful mistakes, as intelligence services will, but that's because...