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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 626

john le carre

Author John Le Carre, real name David Cornwell at his home in London, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
December 15, 2020, 7:19 pm
‘A spiritual kinship’: When John le Carre poured out his soul on Jews and Israel
In an interview in London 22 years ago, the peerless spy novelist spoke as never before about his ‘Jewish conscience,’ anti-Semitism charges, self-enlightenment on Israel, and more
By Douglas Davis
Alec Guinness in the role of George Smiley (left); ex-Mossad chief Efraim Halevy (Combo photo: Acorn Media and Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 14, 2020, 4:34 pm
Smiley & me? No, no, no! Ex-Mossad chief on his non-link to le Carré’s antihero
UK-born Efraim Halevy was rising in the Mossad while a possible fictional doppelganger was ascending in the ‘Circus.’ But Halevy knows the author’s inspiration came from elsewhere
By David Horovitz
Author John Le Carre, real name David Cornwell, is seen, at his home in London, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
December 14, 2020, 3:45 am
John le Carre: A master of the spy thriller who became a moral voice
In later work, Cold War chronicler skewered arms dealers, financiers and Big Pharma, focused ire on British politicians who turned their backs on Europe to pander to nationalism
By Jitendra Joshi and Richard Ingham
John le Carre poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere for the film 'The Little Drummer Girl' showing as part of the BFI London Film Festival in London, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)
December 14, 2020, 3:04 am
Le Carre: ‘Extraordinary’ Israel, ‘crackling with debate, rocked me to my boots’
In a rare interview 22 years ago, the peerless thriller writer talked about Israel and Jews; Smiley could have been Jewish, he said of his most famous character. ‘Perhaps he was’
By ToI Staff
British author John Le Carre at the UK film premiere of "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," in London, September 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)
December 14, 2020, 2:13 am
‘Love… is whatever you can still betray’: John le Carre in quotes
From the art of spying to questions of morality, the acclaimed author, who has died aged 89, was a powerful voice
By AFP
Author John Le Carre, real name David Cornwell at his home in London, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
December 14, 2020, 1:19 am
Spy novel master John le Carre, who defined the Cold War thriller, dies at 89
Known for creating iconic spymaster George Smiley and works like ‘The Spy Who Came in from the Cold,’ le Carre used world of espionage to explore morality, betrayal and deceit
By Jill Lawless
Actor Hugh Laurie meets President Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on March 6, 2017. Laurie was in Israel for Keshet's INTV Conference (Mark Neyman/GPO)
March 7, 2017, 11:15 pm
Hugh Laurie talks shop at Jerusalem TV conference
In Israel for Keshet TV’s INTV meet, Laurie discusss his role in the award-winning series ‘The Night Manager’
By Jessica Steinberg
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