From Albawaba.com:
… 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.…
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.…
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”. …
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.…
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. “… Abdullah seemed to be quite cold and conservative. He wouldn’t let me get close to him, and there was no chemistry between us”.…