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...Isser Harel is one of the most respected men in Israel. For 15 years he directed Shin Bet, the nation's secret intelligence organization, which ranks as one of the world's finest. When the peppery little superspy retired in 1963, it was only natural that the government should invite him to continue to make his talents available on an advisory basis. And so it did. Last year Harel became personal adviser to Prime Minister Levi Eshkol on matters of state security...
...Harel's nameless successor at Shin Bet sharply opposed anyone's meddling in security and twice threatened to resign. Forced to choose between the two, Eshkol typically compromised: he kept Harel at a desk but gave him nothing to do. After ten months of inactivity, Harel last month angrily turned in his badge...
...also decided to speak his mind about the boss. In a round of speeches, Harel explained that he was "a worried citizen" concerned about Eshkol's "in decisive leadership." To an audience of students at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, he hinted, "Things are really much more serious than I can explain...
...gave away no vital secrets, but in a newspaper interview Harel did reveal that he personally was on the spot in Argentina in 1960 to supervise the snatching of Adolf Eichmann...
...month the U.S. cheese workers had shelled out $2,000 to honor their long-dead French colleague. Last week, thanks to their generosity, a statue was unveiled in Vimoutiers for the second time in a century to the glory of the woman who did not discover Camembert cheese. "Marie Harel was a benefactor of humanity!" said Mayor Augustin Gavin, who had helped to dedicate the first statue. "I dare hope that a United States of the World will be formed rapidly and peacefully, modeled after the conquest of the world by Camembert." Said Will Foster, who paid for lunch...