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[[Mossad]] (Hebrew for Institute) is an abbreviation for ha-Mossad le-Modiin ule-Tafkidim Meyuhadim (Institute for Intelligence and Special Tasks), an Israeli intelligence agency focussed on foreign intelligence.<ref>[http://www.fas.org/irp/world/israel/mossad/ Mossad], Federation of American Scientists, accessed 14 May 2009.</ref>
 
[[Mossad]] (Hebrew for Institute) is an abbreviation for ha-Mossad le-Modiin ule-Tafkidim Meyuhadim (Institute for Intelligence and Special Tasks), an Israeli intelligence agency focussed on foreign intelligence.<ref>[http://www.fas.org/irp/world/israel/mossad/ Mossad], Federation of American Scientists, accessed 14 May 2009.</ref>
  
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==Structure and Personnel==
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According to intelligence writers Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Mossad has historically had eight departments: Collection, Operational Planning and Co-ordination, Research, Political Action and Liason, Training, Finance and Manpower, Technology, and Technical Operations.<ref name="EverySpy135">Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.135.</ref>
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===Directors===
 
*[[Reuven Shiloah]] 1949-1952
 
*[[Reuven Shiloah]] 1949-1952
 
*[[Isser Harel]] 1953-1963
 
*[[Isser Harel]] 1953-1963
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*[[Meir Dagan]] 2002<ref>[http://www.mossad.gov.il/Eng/About/Directors.aspx About Us - Directors], Mossad, accessed 14 May 2009.</ref>-2010
 
*[[Meir Dagan]] 2002<ref>[http://www.mossad.gov.il/Eng/About/Directors.aspx About Us - Directors], Mossad, accessed 14 May 2009.</ref>-2010
 
*[[Tamir Pardo]] 2010-<ref>Yossi Melman, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/who-is-new-mossad-chief-tamir-pardo-1.327699 Who is new Mossad chief Tamir Pardo], Haaretz, 29 November 2010.</ref>
 
*[[Tamir Pardo]] 2010-<ref>Yossi Melman, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/who-is-new-mossad-chief-tamir-pardo-1.327699 Who is new Mossad chief Tamir Pardo], Haaretz, 29 November 2010.</ref>
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*[[Uzi Arad]] Head c.1996.<ref>Amir Oren, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/insider-info-on-netanyahu-s-office-shows-israel-may-be-in-untrustworthy-hands-1.416346 Insider info on Netanyahu's office shows Israel may be in untrustworthy hands], ''Haaretz'', 4 March 2012.</ref>
  
 
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==External Resources==

Revision as of 19:55, 23 July 2012

Mossad (Hebrew for Institute) is an abbreviation for ha-Mossad le-Modiin ule-Tafkidim Meyuhadim (Institute for Intelligence and Special Tasks), an Israeli intelligence agency focussed on foreign intelligence.[1]

Structure and Personnel

According to intelligence writers Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Mossad has historically had eight departments: Collection, Operational Planning and Co-ordination, Research, Political Action and Liason, Training, Finance and Manpower, Technology, and Technical Operations.[2]

Directors

Research Department

External Resources

  • Mark Perry, False Flag, Foreign Policy, 13 January 2012.

Notes

  1. Mossad, Federation of American Scientists, accessed 14 May 2009.
  2. Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.135.
  3. About Us - Directors, Mossad, accessed 14 May 2009.
  4. Yossi Melman, Who is new Mossad chief Tamir Pardo, Haaretz, 29 November 2010.
  5. Amir Oren, Insider info on Netanyahu's office shows Israel may be in untrustworthy hands, Haaretz, 4 March 2012.