Write an essay about the international movement for a free Palestinian state in the novel. What does the Arab world think about the Palestinian people and the figure of Arafat? To what extent is every power in the world reacting to this movement? Explore the chapter involving the Camp David Accords. How does the desire to internationally resolve the strife of the Palestinians forever taint the relationship between the United States and Israel?

Essay Topic 2

The Mossad is a clandestine agency, and as such its operations are intended to be carried out without international knowledge. Write a three part essay about operations described in the book that are contingent upon no one knowing who is involved.

Part 1) Discuss the operations undertaken by the segment of Mossad known as Al. What country does Al operate out of, and why does it not know of Mossad's involvement? How does Al remain covert? Discuss how Al affects its host country's foreign policy. What change does it enact in the government?

Part 2) Why does the Mossad create a resort in the Sudan? Analyze how Israel deceives two nations in this operation. What is its primary objective, and how does the resort assist in accomplishing this? Discuss what occurs that forces the termination of this operation.

Part 3) Analyze how Israel interferes in the political world of the PLO under Arafat. How does Arafat's position in the Palestinian community make him easy to infiltrate? What opening does the Mossad use to approach him? How do they thwart his interests in doing so?

Essay Topic 3

The chapters of By Way of Deception often begin by presenting an operation from the point-of-view of an outsider. In this way, the reader is incrementally made aware of the true motivation behind seemingly innocuous actions. Write a three-part essay about this chapter structure.

Part 1) How is the reader introduced to the character of Halim in the Prologue? Discuss the process by which the Mossad makes contact with him. How does the reader become aware of which character is a katsas and what the Mossad wants with Halim? How does the reader exist in the same narrative space as Halim does?

Part 2) How is the reader introduced to the character of Magid in Chapter 12, and how are we made aware of his intelligence importance? Chart the journey this character takes during the chapter. Does he ever realize that he has been working for the Mossad? If not, how does the reader become aware?

Part 3) In Chapter 15, how does Ostrofsky initially present the resort that is used to shelter Ethiopian Jews. What is the initial picture painted of the resort? How does this understanding of it cloak its true purposes? Discuss the process by which the author reveals the true nature of the resort.

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