A review by tbloehrlein
Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations by Ronen Bergman

4.0

The information provided by the author is very detailed and gives you a better idea of what Israel’s spy agency is doing. Not only does the author detail the events, but he presents thoughts/beliefs of his own, the actors, and the world. Why Israel commits such clandestine acts, the morality of committing such acts, the damage done on both sides that result from the acts, and the world’s reactions to the acts. I particularly appreciate that the author presents the acts as sometimes being very “grey,” that it is not as “black and white” as we make it out to be. The nuisances allow the reader to wrestle with their own beliefs. If they were in such a position or a citizen living in Israel, what would we believe as the right course of action?

I did give it four stars because the ending. I believed it suddenly ended with little debate on the questions that arose during most of the book. I thought the author missed the opportunity to present to the reader the questions one last time which would help the reader wrestle with such questions after putting the book down.