Adam LeBor
Hunting the Stern Group
The Reckoning: Death and Intrigue in the Promised Land
By Patrick Bishop
William Collins 360pp £20 order from our bookshop
Halfway between Jaffa and Tel Aviv, by the side of a busy road, stands a boarded-up, semi-derelict building. Appearances are deceptive. This was once one of the most important addresses in Palestine during the British Mandate: the headquarters of the Palestine Police Force’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
It was from here that Britain att-empted to impose law and order on its ever more rebellious territory.
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