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A review by socraticgadfly
No Room for Small Dreams: The Decisions That Made Israel Great by Shimon Peres
2.0
Officially honest dishonesty
I thought of the title for this review after reading the Dimona chapter. I mean, even after Mordechai Vanunu spilled ALL the beans, or as much as he could about the reality of Israel having nukes, Peres can still stand there and say "nuclear ambiguity."
From a US perspective, sadly (but not surprisingly), Barack Obama rewarded this by giving a nuclear proliferator the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
And, Peres, besides not even mentioning Vanunu's name, "overlooks" that it was while he was Prime Minister, shortly before swapping roles with Shamir, that Vanunu was drugged, kidnapped and taken back to Israel. He ignores Vanunu's repeated post-parole re-arrests on bogus charges.
Only the fact that he can so bald-faced lie, along with a few other tidbits about his life, keep this from a 1-star rating.
I thought of the title for this review after reading the Dimona chapter. I mean, even after Mordechai Vanunu spilled ALL the beans, or as much as he could about the reality of Israel having nukes, Peres can still stand there and say "nuclear ambiguity."
From a US perspective, sadly (but not surprisingly), Barack Obama rewarded this by giving a nuclear proliferator the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
And, Peres, besides not even mentioning Vanunu's name, "overlooks" that it was while he was Prime Minister, shortly before swapping roles with Shamir, that Vanunu was drugged, kidnapped and taken back to Israel. He ignores Vanunu's repeated post-parole re-arrests on bogus charges.
Only the fact that he can so bald-faced lie, along with a few other tidbits about his life, keep this from a 1-star rating.