David Ben-Gurion established the Israeli intelligence community in June of 1948, just three weeks after the establishment of Israel and in the midst of war. Ronen Bergman Read Quote
Before the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, Jewish leaders were intent on discovering and laying claim to their heritage in the region. They took an intense interest in archaeology, embarking on quests to bring significant items of Judaica to Palestine. Ronen Bergman Read Quote
To the best of my knowledge, after the Pollard affair, Israel does not spy on the United States or against American targets. Ronen Bergman Read Quote
As a reporter in Israel, I have interviewed hundreds of people in its intelligence and defense establishments and studied thousands of classified documents that revealed a hidden history, surprising even in the context of Israel’s already fierce reputation. Ronen Bergman Read Quote
The problem is that the same technological tools we use to thwart terrorists can also be used against the people whose job it is to stop them. Ronen Bergman Read Quote
Many casinos in the United States already use facial recognition software to identify undesirables, apparently with a fair degree of success. Ronen Bergman Read Quote
Around A.D. 930, the sages in Tiberias assembled all 24 holy books and completed the writing of the codex, the first definitive Tanakh, or Hebrew Bible. From Tiberias, the codex was taken to Jerusalem. Ronen Bergman Read Quote
As much as I am very critical of Ariel Sharon in the first Lebanon war, I think that he was the right person at the right time in the right place as prime minister. He made a series of very significant decisions, not one of which was popular or seemed justified at the time. Ronen Bergman Read Quote
I have covered the secret war that Israeli and American intelligence have waged against Iran’s nuclear program and Iran’s assistance to jihadi movements in the Middle East, since the mid-’90s. Ronen Bergman Read Quote
