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In John le Carré novels, the spies often lie and keep secrets even when they don’t have to, because it’s a “mentality,” le Carré once explained, a way of living “you never shed.” So it was notable when 250 veteran Israeli intelligence officers recently signed their names to an open letter demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu throw away his plans to escalate the war on Gaza. The war, they wrote, “doesn’t contribute to any of the declared objectives, and will lead to the death of hostages, soldiers and innocents.” At least six other similar petitions have circulated, signed by reservists, retired officers, and veterans from various branches of the Israeli military. “That’s the first time that’s happened

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