Lionhearts: Heroes of Israel Book

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the nation's founding, Israel's Defense Ministry assembled a special committee to pay tribute to 22 of its greatest soliders and secret agents. The biographical sketches in Lionhearts are written by several Israeli luminaries, including prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his predecessors Itzhak Shamir and Shimon Peres. Here you will learn of WWI spy Sarah Aharanson; Dov Cohen, who died in a 1947 assault by resistance fighters on a British prison; Marcelle Ninio, an Israeli spy who spent 14 years in Egyptian prisons; Colonel Yoni Netanyahu, the late brother of the prime minister, who was killed while leading the 1976 rescue operation at Entebbe. From turn-of-the-century efforts to establish a Jewish state to the current war against terrorism, Lionhearts presents a roster of valor and sacrifice toward the ultimate goal of stability and peace. Read More