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How I Recruited a Hezbollah Terrorist to Work with Israel
Yossi Cohen
September 19, 2025

…When I recruit a source, he does not become a member of the Mossad. He is not a friend, although I will do everything in my power to make him think that he is. The Mossad does not force anyone to work with us. You can’t threaten someone, saying, “I’ll show a video of you doing this and that with that attractive Dutch lady if you do not cooperate.” That’s for trashy movies or throwaway paperback books. And it doesn’t work. If they don’t want to, they don’t want to. Eventually, they will learn what they are doing, and who they are doing it with. You have to convince them that it is okay, that there is a future in it. Betrayal must be a conscious act. READ MORE

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