So I guess you're the only person, the only Israeli to have both tried to kill and save the life of the leader of the Hamas.

Most probably I'm the only one that did the two things.

There are others that did one of the two things.

Hey listeners, it's Mishi.

So, as you know, during these incredibly difficult days,

we're trying to bring you voices we're hearing among and around us.

These aren't stories, they're just quick conversations, or postcards really, that try to capture

slivers of life right now. Mishka bin David might look like a harmless and cuddly grandpa,

and he's certainly acting like one these days with a son and son-in-law, both in reserves.

But the truth is that he's lived many secret lives. Somehow he's

managed to seamlessly transition from community organizing to academia, to horse breeding,

to an illustrious career as a senior Mossade agent. Today, however, he spends most of his time

writing. Over the years, he spends most of his time writing.

Over the years, he's authored 21 books.

Some of them are spy novels, but others are love stories or philosophy treaties, one's

even a book of literary criticism.

They're bestsellers and have been translated into pretty surprising languages,

like Turkish and Korean. In 2017, he published The Shark, a dystopian tale which begins with

a Hamas attack on Kibbutz Kfaraza, a Hamas attack which is eerily similar to. In fact, it almost exactly predicts October 7th.

Our producers Mitch Ginsberg and Adina Karpoch went to talk to Mishka in his home in the

pastoral Moshe of Ramat Raziel outside Jerusalem.

Here's Mishka. My name is Mishka bin David. I'm 71 years old. Mishka, by the way,

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