Book · 1990 · Intelligence service
By way of deception
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You can read in the book By Way of Deception, by Victor Ostrovsky, the former Mossad officer, that the Israelis knew that they were building that truck bomb to bomb the Marines with, and withheld that information from the United States.
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- Authored by former Mossad officer“former Mossad officer”2
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And he ended up writing a book revealing MSAD secrets. The book is entitled, "By way of deception." He claims, by the way, that that is the MSAD motto. By way of deception, thou shalt do war.
Candace Owens Candace · Jul 2025 As there's a book called by way of deception by Victor ostrinsky who is like an ex mosad uh officer who said that.
Bassem Youssef This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · Jul 2024 I've actually read a book about the Mossad. It was called By Way of Deception.
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By way of deception by Claire Hoy and Victor Ostrovsky is a controversial memoir detailing covert operations and inner workings within the Israeli intelligence agency. Bassem Youssef discussed the book extensively on Candace and on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, utilizing the author's claims to argue that the Mossad possessed prior intelligence regarding the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing and withheld it from the United States. Candace Owens referenced the book across multiple episodes of her podcast Candace while examining intelligence agency history and discussing Ostrovsky's assertions about Mossad secrets, including the agency's purported motto regarding warfare through deception. Scott Horton also brought up the former Mossad officer's book during an appearance on the Lex Fridman Podcast to support arguments regarding the Beirut bombing and geopolitical intelligence failures. Ryan McBeth mentioned reading the memoir on The Jordan Harbinger Show while evaluating the historical operational capabilities of the organization. Across these various programs, speakers invoked the text to debate intelligence history, foreign policy decisions, and the controversial nature of espionage operations in the Middle East.
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Bassem Youssef there is a book by a Musad agent called Victor Ostrovk it's called by way of deception that in that book he… 2
“there is a book by a Musad agent called Victor Ostrovk it's called by way of deception that in that book he said that the Israelis the Musad knew quite well about the bombing when it's going to happen”
“as there's a book called by way of deception by Victor ostrinsky who is like an ex mosad uh officer who said that”
Candace Owens And he ended up writing a book revealing MSAD secrets. The book is entitled, "By way of deception." He clai… 2
“And he ended up writing a book revealing MSAD secrets. The book is entitled, "By way of deception." He claims, by the way, that that is the MSAD motto. By way of deception, thou shalt do war.”
“isn't the book called like by way of deception by Victor OSI yeah”
Ryan McBeth I've actually read a book about the Mossad. It was called By Way of Deception, and uh Israel is pretty darn… 1
“I've actually read a book about the Mossad. It was called By Way of Deception, and uh Israel is pretty darn good at that.”
Scott Horton Well that's almost always a reference to Beirut 1983, which you can read in the book "By Way of Deception,"… 1
“Well that's almost always a reference to Beirut 1983, which you can read in the book "By Way of Deception," by Victor Ostrovsky, the former Mossad officer, that the Israelis knew that they were building that truck bomb to bomb the Marines with, and withheld that information from the United States”
