Date: August 31, 2005 10:41:45 AM PDT
Subject: [Spy News] Jewish doctor's "secret links" to Arab leaders
Jewish doctor's ”secret links” to Arab leaders
Posted: 02-08-2005 , 21:19 GMT
Who would imagine?
It all began with some health problems and ended up in a strong and warm
relationship that lasted for years between a senior Israeli doctor and
prominent Arab figures and rulers.
In mid-July, the mass-circulation Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot
published in its weekend issue, a several page report on Prof. Mani and his
secret encounters within the highest circles of the Arab world including
close ties with the late Saudi King Fahd.
With the help of Saudi billionaire, Adnan Khashoggi, Israel’s Professor
Moshe Mani would wrap himself up in a traditional Arab Jalabiya, and leap
from one Arab leader to the other. According to the report, he went
horse-back riding with the late Moroccan King Hassan, spoke with Sudan’s
president Jaffer Numeiri – as he tried to convince him to assist Ethiopian
Jews in coming to Israel through Sudan. Mani would celebrate in extravagant
meals on yachts in Jeddah and other Arab cities, until the day he felt he
had enough caviar…
For months, Prof. Moshe Mani, head of "Tel HaShomer’s Urology" department,
would reportedly disappear from Israel and travel on to London, Rome or
Geneva. He would secretly join others on Khashoggi’s private Boeing to
various Mid-East and European destinations.
Upon his arrival, he would change into silk jalabiyas, which were made
especially for him by top Riyadh tailors. His shoes were purchased in
special fashionable stores in Morocco. “During all my visits to Saudi
Arabia, I would wear this costume. That’s how I managed to fit into
Khashoggi’s entourage without being suspected by anyone ever”, he said.
In a private air field in the Saudi capital, the limousines would await his
arrival. None of his special Saudi patients knew that he was actually
Israeli. Moshe Mani, born in Jerusalem, the son of a well-off family that
included distinguished Rabbis and lawyers, with roots in Baghdad and
Georgia, had undertaken a new identity during his secret journeys. With the
help of a British passport that was issued in Rome – he had “turned into” a
Palestine-born son of an Iranian mother and Italian mother. His new name was
Manual Mani.
“When I had entered the Saudi experience, I informed the relevant people (in
Israel), and an order from the prime-minister’s office came out to Tel
HaShomer not to ask me any questions regarding my long absences. They (the
hospital officials) were also ordered to save my position and salary, also
if I were absent for long periods of time, and not to intervene (in my
affairs)”.
“When someone tried to ask any questions, I would state that I was going to
take care of patients in Iran - and that sounded reasonable. Throughout the
years, we received many patients from Tehran that had kept in touch with me,
so those patients basically served as my cover story”.
The road to the Saudi royal family began incidentally in 1978. Prof. Mani
was asked by two of his friends to take part in a meeting with businessman
and billionaire Khashoggi in the Iranian island of Kish. Khashoggi, “the
wondering ambassador” of the Saudi Royal house, had a flourishing
agricultural farm in Kenya (with Israeli experts and knowledge). The Iranian
Shah was expected to offer him a tourist project in the island, but at the
end, he hadn’t arrived.
After a week, one of Khashoggi’s aides phoned Mani, and asked him to come to
Geneva for a meeting. There, in a fancy hotel suite, Khashoggi’s entourage
awaited. The team included, among others, head of staff Bob Shahin, a
Christian of Syrian descent who was married to a Jewish woman and “Sheikh
Yousef” (whose true identity was later on revealed – he was actually Eugene
Warner – a Jewish lawyer of Hungarian descent).
“Khashoggi knew the entire truth about me: that I am a Jewish urologist,
that I live in Israel, and that I have roots in the Orient.”
“We discussed various medical issues, and at one point, when he mentioned
problems of impotence that Royal Arab leaders suffered from, I scribbled on
a piece of paper a picture that automatically caught his attention.”
“It was a picture of a prosthesis that we inserted in those days into male
sexual organs of various patients that complained of chronic erection
problems.”
According to Mani, Khashoggi grabbed the drawing and asked for a more
detailed explanation. The Saudi billionaire told Mani that he was exactly
what Khashoggi needed – a man like Mani that felt comfortable in the company
of Arabs, one who speaks the language, has European gestures and is a doctor
for “problematic” issues. Khashoggi reportedly invited Mani to join his
entourage.
“There is nothing that an Arab loves more than a Jewish doctor”, Khashoggi
said.
In October 1978, Mani arrived in Khashoggi’s palace in the Saudi Kingdom.
Khashoggi took him to the palace of the Crown Prince. “It was Fahd”.
“I have been following media reports about the deterioration in his health
in the past several weeks, and I doubt he is still alive”, Mani told Yediot
last month. King Fahd died on August 1, 2005.
Saudi King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud suffered a major stroke in 1995 and
since has been unable to perform his official duties; his half-brother,
Crown Prince Abdullah, served as de facto regent of the kingdom.
On May 27, 2005, the Saudi government announced King Fahd had been
hospitalized, with other sources claiming he was in a serious condition.
According to Mani, then-Crown Prince Fahd invited Khashoggi, Shahin, and
Mani to the clinic. There, they discussed various global issues, the
conversation was held in English. “Fahd was a very friendly host,” Mani
said.
“Since I didn’t want to embarrass Khashoggi, I didn’t speak about politics”.
At one point, Fahd signaled to Mani to accompany him. The two entered the
bedroom. “It was a gigantic mansion that was built inside the palace, with
expensive furniture, a gigantic bed, designed closets and a desk”. Mani
checked, listened to Fahd’s complaints, established a medical diagnosis and
provided medical prescriptions. After two hours, Khashoggi told Mani, “You
passed the test, there is chemistry. The Crown Prince is very pleased”.
The rumor about a visiting urologist spread among the princes, and the
Israeli professor received invitations to attend elegant dinners that ended
with Mani providing medical advice in closed rooms.
At one point in time, Mani felt he had enough of the life he was leading. He
came to Khashoggi and told him he needed time off. This came after years of
journeys to Saudi Arabia, as well as many stop-offs in various destinations,
in which Saudi princes, as well as Crown Prince Fahd, had met him. A warm
relationship was established between Mani and Fahd, according to the Jewish
doctor.
During one of his visits to Saudi Arabia, Mani met Fahd’s half-brother,
Abdullah, who has been the Saudi Kingdom’s de-facto ruler for the last 10
years. “I wasn’t asked to treat Abdullah, but I would attend events that he
had attended. In contrast to Fahd, who was very friendly, Abdullah seemed to
be quite cold and conservative. He wouldn’t let me get close to him, and
there was no chemistry between us”.
Whether Mani was sent by the Mossad to Riyadh and other Arab capitals is a
matter that wasn’t mentioned in the report, but, between the lines, one can
understand that this may be the case.
Was Mani actually sent to “check out” other matters, besides the physical
condition of Arab Royals and leading figures?
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