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[[Efraim Halevi]] was Director of Israel's [[Mossad]] intelligence agency from 1998 to 2002.<ref>[http://www.mossad.gov.il/Eng/About/Directors.aspx About Us - Directors], Mossad, accessed 4 August 2009.</ref> | [[Efraim Halevi]] was Director of Israel's [[Mossad]] intelligence agency from 1998 to 2002.<ref>[http://www.mossad.gov.il/Eng/About/Directors.aspx About Us - Directors], Mossad, accessed 4 August 2009.</ref> | ||
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| + | Halevi is a nephew of Sir [[Isaiah Berlin]].<ref>Uzi Mahnaimi, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7034933.ece Meir Dagan: the mastermind behind Mossad's secret war], Sunday Times, 21 February 2010.</ref> | ||
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| + | According to the ''Sunday Times'', Halevi's tenure as Mossad chief contrasted with that of his successor, [[Meir Dagan]]: | ||
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| + | ::Halevy was dubbed the “cocktail man” for his long chats with foreign diplomats. He shrank from brutal covert operations. Eventually the then prime minister, [[Ariel Sharon]], removed him and appointed Dagan in his place.<ref>Uzi Mahnaimi, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7034933.ece Meir Dagan: the mastermind behind Mossad's secret war], Sunday Times, 21 February 2010.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 15:48, 19 July 2010
Efraim Halevi was Director of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency from 1998 to 2002.[1]
Halevi is a nephew of Sir Isaiah Berlin.[2]
According to the Sunday Times, Halevi's tenure as Mossad chief contrasted with that of his successor, Meir Dagan:
- Halevy was dubbed the “cocktail man” for his long chats with foreign diplomats. He shrank from brutal covert operations. Eventually the then prime minister, Ariel Sharon, removed him and appointed Dagan in his place.[3]
Notes
- ↑ About Us - Directors, Mossad, accessed 4 August 2009.
- ↑ Uzi Mahnaimi, Meir Dagan: the mastermind behind Mossad's secret war, Sunday Times, 21 February 2010.
- ↑ Uzi Mahnaimi, Meir Dagan: the mastermind behind Mossad's secret war, Sunday Times, 21 February 2010.
