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Barbara Walters' Revelation Fails to Address the Rest of the Story

WASHINGTON, May 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following is being issued by Abington House, Inc.:

Barbara Walters' kiss-and-tell disclosure in her memoir about a 1970s affair with then U.S. Senator Edward Brooke may be an incomplete accounting of her resourcefulness as a journalist.

The ABC television journalist did not reveal the circumstances around how she obtained an exclusive interview with Israel's Minister of Defense Ezer Weizman during the Camp David negotiations in 1978, according to a newly released book.

The Walters interview — and associated rumors — are disclosed in Clash of the Gods, an international thriller based in part on real people, contemporary and historical events, and actual espionage operations, written by two Washington, DC insiders with extensive backgrounds in international affairs.

A passage in the novel reads:

"...the rumor is that Barbara said she would do 'anything' for the story. So someone approached Ezer Weizman, the Israeli minister of defense, and said that Ms. Walters said she would do 'anything' for the story. Apparently Mr. Weizman asked, 'Anything?'"

"Well, to make a seamy story short, when Barbara went to a cocktail party in Washington with the Israeli VIPs she was told to stick around after the party was over. She ended up with an interview in a hotel room, all night long, with the Israeli minister of defense."

According to Clash of the Gods, the Israelis wanted their version of the story out to the public and "apparently found a wonderful opportunity with Barbara Walters."

SOURCE Abington House, Inc.

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