“Countries have secret histories and secret identities, just like their spies.” The year 1948 came - the year the British Mandate in Palestine ended. The State of Israel does not yet exist, but its secret agents are already playing a complex intelligence game. Infiltration into the Arab environment, collecting information, preparing sabotage, dangerous meetings and working under someone else's guise - this is the calling of fearless young spies. They do not yet have their own country, but they are ready to give their lives for it. They rely only on ingenuity, luck and the support of their comrades. The price of a mistake is death. Journalist Matti Friedman, a former reporter for the Associated Press, presents a new investigative report on the creation of Israel's famous political intelligence agency, the Mossad, one of the most powerful intelligence agencies in the world. The fascinating story is based on the testimony of surviving intelligence officers and documents declassified for the first time from the Israeli military archive.