Kill Khalid - by Paul McGeough (Paperback)

About the Book

In a headlong narrative--with high-speed car chases, negotiated prisoner exchanges, and an international scandal--acclaimed reporter McGeough uses extensive interviews with Khalid Mishal himself and the key players in Amman, Jerusalem, and Washington to tell the inside story of the rise of Hamas.

Book Synopsis

In 1997, the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad poisoned Hamas leader Khalid Mishal in broad daylight on the streets of Amman, Jordan. Kill Khalid is the page-turning history of this attempted assassination. Acclaimed reporter Paul McGeough reconstructs the history of Hamas through exclusive interviews with key players across the Middle East and in Washington, including unprecedented access to Mishal himself, who remains to this day one of the most powerful and enigmatic figures in the region.

Review Quotes

[...] This is the definitive chronicle of the Middle East crisis during the Clinton years and in the post-9/11 era.

About the Author

Paul McGeough is the chief correspondent and a former editor of Australia's Sydney Morning Herald and the author of three books on the Middle East. He has twice been named Australian Journalist of the Year and in 2002 was awarded the Johns Hopkins University-based SAIS Novartis prize for excellence in international journalism. He lives in Sydney, Australia.