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| − | '''David Gerald Littman''' (b. 1933, London) is a self-declared historian, but he is better known for his activities with Mossad. In 1961, he led Operation Mural, a Mossad operation in Morocco, where he set up a covert operation meant to take Moroccan Jewish children to Switzerland and then to Israel<ref>Yair Sheleg, [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=935128 Codename: Operation Mural], Haaretz, 17 December 2007.</ref>. His exploits were considered so important that even a documentary was made about them<ref>Yehuda Kaveh, Operation Mural Casablanca 1961, produced for Israeli Channel 1, 2007.</ref>. Together with his wife Giselle (aka Bat Ye'or) they travel around the world presenting the "plight" of the dhimmis (non-Muslims living in the Muslim world), and Giselle is credited with the term dhimmitude<ref>[http://www.dhimmitude.org/index.html The Status of Non-Muslim Minorities Under Islamic Rule], Dhimmitude website, Accessed: 8 December 2008.</ref>. Littman has also written together with [[Yehoshafat Harkabi]], an Israeli general, under D. F. Green, a joint nom-de-plume; both David and Giselle Littman have written under an array of pen-names. | + | '''David Gerald Littman''' (b. 1933, London) is a self-declared historian, but he is better known for his activities with Mossad. In 1961, he led Operation Mural, a Mossad operation in Morocco, where he set up a covert operation meant to take Moroccan Jewish children to Switzerland and then to Israel<ref>Yair Sheleg, [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=935128 Codename: Operation Mural], Haaretz, 17 December 2007.</ref>. His exploits were considered so important that even a documentary was made about them<ref>Yehuda Kaveh, Operation Mural Casablanca 1961, produced for Israeli Channel 1, 2007.</ref>. Together with his wife Giselle (aka [[Bat Ye'or]]) they travel around the world presenting the "plight" of the dhimmis (non-Muslims living in the Muslim world), and Giselle is credited with the term dhimmitude<ref>[http://www.dhimmitude.org/index.html The Status of Non-Muslim Minorities Under Islamic Rule], Dhimmitude website, Accessed: 8 December 2008.</ref>. Littman has also written together with [[Yehoshafat Harkabi]], an Israeli general, under D. F. Green, a joint nom-de-plume; both David and Giselle Littman have written under an array of pen-names. |
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Revision as of 13:18, 1 May 2009
David Gerald Littman (b. 1933, London) is a self-declared historian, but he is better known for his activities with Mossad. In 1961, he led Operation Mural, a Mossad operation in Morocco, where he set up a covert operation meant to take Moroccan Jewish children to Switzerland and then to Israel[1]. His exploits were considered so important that even a documentary was made about them[2]. Together with his wife Giselle (aka Bat Ye'or) they travel around the world presenting the "plight" of the dhimmis (non-Muslims living in the Muslim world), and Giselle is credited with the term dhimmitude[3]. Littman has also written together with Yehoshafat Harkabi, an Israeli general, under D. F. Green, a joint nom-de-plume; both David and Giselle Littman have written under an array of pen-names.
Contents
Affiliations
- Association for World Education
- CounterJihad Europa, conference speaker
- World Union for Progressive Judaism
Contact, References and Resources
Contact
- Website: www.dhimmitude.org
Resources
- David G. Littman - Homepage at Dhimmitude.org
References
- ↑ Yair Sheleg, Codename: Operation Mural, Haaretz, 17 December 2007.
- ↑ Yehuda Kaveh, Operation Mural Casablanca 1961, produced for Israeli Channel 1, 2007.
- ↑ The Status of Non-Muslim Minorities Under Islamic Rule, Dhimmitude website, Accessed: 8 December 2008.
