Political thriller which engages the Israeli – Palestine conflict through a fictional trial for an accused Palestinian political assassin being defended by her former lover, a Jewish-American lawyer. (Religion, social and historic facts as its related to the volatile nature of the Israel Palestine conflict). March 27/18 Defectors by Joseph Kanon Moscow 1961. Notorious defector, former CIA agent Frank Weeks is about to publish his memoirs. What he reveals will send shock waves through the West. Week’s defection in the early 1950’s shook Washington and forced the resignation of his brother, Simon from the State Department.