India, Oct. 2 -- Former right-hand man of Netanyahu and former Director of Mossad, Yossi Cohen, devotes much of his memoir, The Sword of Freedom, published last week, to lauding Donald Trump, portraying him as a disruptor of entrenched diplomatic routines whose audacity reshaped the Middle East. "Steve Witkoff, the president's Middle East envoy, wasted no time in establishing a reputation as an assertive, hard-edged mediator. Unwilling to indulge in empty negotiations, or to recycle old arguments, he signalled a fundamental change in tempo and focus," Cohen writes, emphasising the deliberate speed and decisiveness that characterised the Trump administration. Cohen continues, framing the former president as a singular force: "Everything was ...