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5 unusual facts about George Jonas


Christine Demeter

George Jonas and his wife Barbara Amiel, published a book about the case, By Persons Unknown: The Strange Death of Christine Demeter (1976).

George Jonas

He noted some critics' assertions that Juval Aviv, Jonas' source for the book and a New York security consultant, had fabricated his story.

Jonas and Amiel co-wrote By Persons Unknown: The Strange Death of Christine Demeter (1976), about a murder case and trial ending in 1974.

Juval Aviv

He may be best known for his work with Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service, and for having conducted the counter-terrorist operation as detailed by George Jonas in his novel, Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team (1984).

In 1981, the Canadian writer George Jonas was approached by Collins Canada about meeting with Juval Aviv, a former Mossad officer who said that he had led Operation Wrath of God, an operation to assassinate the Palestinian terrorists who carried out the 1972 Munich massacre, in which they took hostage and murdered 11 Israeli athletes.


Program X

James W. Nichol and Mavor Moore wrote other episodes of Program X, while directors during the series included David Cronenberg, George Jonas and Lorne Michaels.


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