Yuval Diskin

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Yuval Diskin is the former head of the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet).[1]

A February 2006 cable between Diskin and Us Ambassador Richard H. Jones records the following exchange:

(S) Diskin called the contradictory statements of various Hamas leaders -- sometimes moderate, sometimes extreme --"dialectical declarations." The Ambassador responded that these perceived differences could be designed to split the international community. Diskin predicted that we will soon see UK efforts to establish contacts with Hamas figures. Already, he claimed, representatives of Mohammed Abu Tair, who was elected as the number-two member of the Hamas-affiliated "change and reform" list, have been in contact with "higher echelons in the UK." (Comment: Diskin did not indicate which party -- Hamas or HMG may have initiated contact. End Comment.)[2]

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  1. Yuval Diskin appointed ISA Director, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 10 February 2005.
  2. Isa Chief Diskin: Hamas On The Horizon, US Embassy Tel Aviv, 16 February 2006, unredacted publication by wikileaks, 8 September 2012.