"David "Dave" Kimche" was a United Kingdom/British-born Israeli diplomat, a deputy director of the Mossad and a spymaster. He was also a journalist early in his career. He was known for his involvement in the Iran-Contra affair.

Kimche was also president of the Israel Council for Foreign Relations, and a member of the Steering Committee of the International Alliance for Arab-Israel Peace. He was also a member of the Board of Governors and of the Management Committee of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, the Board of Governors of the Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace in Jerusalem, and the Board of Directors of ‘Maariv’ newspaper in Tel Aviv and a member of the Executive board of the Peres Center for Peace.

Kimche was appointed ambassador-at-large of the State of Israel in 1987 and has served a number of missions, especially in Arab countries. Prior to this appointment, he was Director-General at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem from 1980 to 1987. Until 1980 he served as Senior Official in the Prime Minister's Office and has thus served in a number of postings in Africa, Asia and in Europe.

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He is definitely a realist and he is a very, very, very intelligent guy. He probably is head and shoulders above most politicians in that respect.

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I think it is a tragedy that a person of the stature of Steven Spielberg, who has made such fantastic films, should have based this film on a book that is a falsehood.

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