"Who are you doing this for?" Shamron asked. "Adrian"s or something higher?". When Gabriel remained silent, Shamron angrily pushed the glass of water away. “Are you planning to treat me like a cripple? I remain the Prime Minister"s special adviser on matters related to security and intelligence. I am still…”. His voice trailed off in fatigue.
"You"re still a memuneh," Gabriel finished for him. In Hebrew, memuneh means the one in charge. For many years this title went to Shamron.
“The one you"re after isn"t some boy from Nabuls anymore, Gabriel. You"re aiming for Ahmed bin Shafiq and Zizi al-Bakari. If something went wrong, the whole world would fall on him, from these. Then your friend Adrian Carter won"t be there to pick you up. You should have asked for my opinion. I"ve done this a few
