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[[Itzhak Hofi]] (sometimes transliterated as Yitzhak Hofi or Hoffi) was head of Israel's [[Mossad]] intelligence agency from 1974 to 1982.<ref>[http://www.mossad.gov.il/Eng/About/Directors.aspx Directors], Mossad, accessed 26 July 2012.</ref>

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[[Category:Israel|Hofi, Itzhak]][[Category:Spooks|Hofi, Itzhak]]

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 ==After Mossad==
-After retiring from the Mossad, he was appointed Director-General of The [[Israel Electric Corporation]] and later assumed the chairmanship of [[Tadiran Corporation]]. He later became a director of a number of economic corporations, among them [[Bank Leumi]] and [[Migdal Insurance Company]] and a board member of several non-profit organizations. As of 2003, hee was a Member of the Presidium of the Herzliya Conference.<ref name="HerzliyaBio">[http://www.herzliyaconference.org/eng/?CategoryID=114&ArticleID=703 Hoffi, Yitzhak], herzliyaconference.org, accessed 26 July 2012.</ref>
+After retiring from the Mossad, he was appointed Director-General of The [[Israel Electric Corporation]] and later assumed the chairmanship of [[Tadiran Corporation]]. He later became a director of a number of economic corporations, among them [[Bank Leumi]] and [[Migdal Insurance Company]] and a board member of several non-profit organizations. As of 2003, he was a Member of the Presidium of the Herzliya Conference.<ref name="HerzliyaBio">[http://www.herzliyaconference.org/eng/?CategoryID=114&ArticleID=703 Hoffi, Yitzhak], herzliyaconference.org, accessed 26 July 2012.</ref>
 ==Affiliations==

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 Hofi was appointed head of the [[Mossad]] by [[Yitzhak Rabin]], partly because he was not seen as associated with the Yom Kippur intelligence failure. He brought a new focus on relations with Arab states, altough this was in part achieved through a relationship with Lebanese Maronites that reflected [[Mossad]]'s traditional peripheral strategy.<ref name="EverySpy216">Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.216.</ref>
-Hofi offered to reign when [[Likud]]'s [[Menachem Begin]] became Prime Minister, but Begin gave him a key role in secret contacts with Egypt in Morocco that helped pave the way for the Camp David accords.<ref name="EverySpy220-222">Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.220-222.</ref>
+Hofi offered to resign when [[Menachem Begin]] became Prime Minister, but Begin gave him a key role in secret contacts with Egypt in Morocco that helped pave the way for the Camp David accords.<ref name="EverySpy220-222">Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.220-222.</ref>
 Hofi was reportedly opposed to Israel's 1981 strike on Iraq's Osirak reactor for fear it would prompt Iraq to end its war with Iran and turn on Israel.<ref name="EverySpy252">Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.252.</ref> In the wake of the attack, he gave an unprecedented interview, saying politicians ought not to take too much credit.<ref name="EverySpy256">Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.256.</ref> This was an interpeted as an attack on Sharon and his links with journalist [[Uri Dan]], who called for Hofi to be sacked. Sharon himself responded by trying to work around Mossad through informal networks that became known as 'Arik's Court'.<ref name="EverySpy257">Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.257.</ref>
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 Hofi opposed covert operations being planned independently of the Mossad by [[Ariel Sharon]] and [[David Kimche]], involving [[Reza Pahlavi]] and [[Adnan Khashoggi]].<ref name="EverySpy262">Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.262.</ref> he was also at odds with [[Rafi Eitan]], who Sharon had made head of [[LAKAM]].<ref name="EverySpy258">Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.258.</ref>
 Hofi nevertheless supported Sharon's alliance with the Lebanese Christian leader [[Bashir Gemayel]], undercutting [[Aman]]'s scepticism in the run-up to the 1982 invasion of Lebanon.<ref name="EverySpy268">Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.268.</ref> One of his last acts as head of Mossad was to inform Sharon that Gemayel had been killed in a car bomb attack.<ref name="EverySpy271?">Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.271.</ref>
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 [[Itzhak Hofi]] (sometimes transliterated as Yitzhak Hofi or Hoffi) was head of Israel's [[Mossad]] intelligence agency from 1974 to 1982.<ref>[http://www.mossad.gov.il/Eng/About/Directors.aspx Directors], Mossad, accessed 26 July 2012.</ref>
-Served in the [[Palmach]] and the [[IDF]] for thirty years in various command posts, his last position as Acting Chief of General Staff after the Yom Kippur War.
+==Early life==
 After retiring from the Mossad, he was appointed Director-General of The [[Israel Electric Corporation]] and later assumed the chairmanship of [[Tadiran Corporation]]. He later became a director of a number of economic corporations, among them [[Bank Leumi]] and [[Migdal Insurance Company]] and a board member of several non-profit organizations. As of 2003, hee was a Member of the Presidium of the Herzliya Conference.<ref name="HerzliyaBio">[http://www.herzliyaconference.org/eng/?CategoryID=114&ArticleID=703 Hoffi, Yitzhak], herzliyaconference.org, accessed 26 July 2012.</ref>
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-[[Category:Israel|Hofi, Itzhak]][[Category:Spooks|Hofi, Itzhak]]
+[[Category:Israel|Hofi, Itzhak]][[category:IDF|Hofi, Itzhak]][[Category:Spooks|Hofi, Itzhak]]

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	[[Itzhak Hofi]] (sometimes transliterated as Yitzhak Hofi or Hoffi) was head of Israel's [[Mossad]] intelligence agency from 1974 to 1982.<ref>[http://www.mossad.gov.il/Eng/About/Directors.aspx Directors], Mossad, accessed 26 July 2012.</ref>		[[Itzhak Hofi]] (sometimes transliterated as Yitzhak Hofi or Hoffi) was head of Israel's [[Mossad]] intelligence agency from 1974 to 1982.<ref>[http://www.mossad.gov.il/Eng/About/Directors.aspx Directors], Mossad, accessed 26 July 2012.</ref>
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		+	Served in the [[Palmach]] and the [[IDF]] for thirty years in various command posts, his last position as Acting Chief of General Staff after the Yom Kippur War.
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		+	After retiring from the Mossad, he was appointed Director-General of The [[Israel Electric Corporation]] and later assumed the chairmanship of [[Tadiran Corporation]]. He later became a director of a number of economic corporations, among them [[Bank Leumi]] and [[Migdal Insurance Company]] and a board member of several non-profit organizations. As of 2003, hee was a Member of the Presidium of the Herzliya Conference.<ref name="HerzliyaBio">[http://www.herzliyaconference.org/eng/?CategoryID=114&ArticleID=703 Hoffi, Yitzhak], herzliyaconference.org, accessed 26 July 2012.</ref>

	==Affiliations==		==Affiliations==

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	[[Itzhak Hofi]] (sometimes transliterated as Yitzhak Hofi or Hoffi) was head of Israel's [[Mossad]] intelligence agency from 1974 to 1982.<ref>[http://www.mossad.gov.il/Eng/About/Directors.aspx Directors], Mossad, accessed 26 July 2012.</ref>		[[Itzhak Hofi]] (sometimes transliterated as Yitzhak Hofi or Hoffi) was head of Israel's [[Mossad]] intelligence agency from 1974 to 1982.<ref>[http://www.mossad.gov.il/Eng/About/Directors.aspx Directors], Mossad, accessed 26 July 2012.</ref>
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		+	*[[Second Herzliya Conference]]
		+	*[[Third Herzliya Conference]]

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