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*[[Ami Ayalon]] 1996-2000 | *[[Ami Ayalon]] 1996-2000 | ||
*[[Avi Dichter]] 2000-05<ref>[http://www.shabak.gov.il/English/History/heads/Pages/default.aspx ISA Directors Then and Now], ISA Security Agency (Shin Bet), accessed 9 April 2009.</ref> | *[[Avi Dichter]] 2000-05<ref>[http://www.shabak.gov.il/English/History/heads/Pages/default.aspx ISA Directors Then and Now], ISA Security Agency (Shin Bet), accessed 9 April 2009.</ref> | ||
| − | *[[Yuval Diskin]] 2005 | + | *[[Yuval Diskin]] 2005<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Personalities/From+A-Z/Yuval+Diskin+appointed+ISA+Director+10-Feb-2005.htm Yuval Diskin appointed ISA Director], Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 10 February 2005.</ref>-2011 |
| + | *[[Yoram Cohen]] 2011-<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/netanyahu-appoints-yoram-cohen-as-israel-s-next-shin-bet-chief-1.352390 Netanyahu appoints Yoram Cohen as Israel's next Shin Bet chief], ''Haaretz'', 28 March 2011.</ref> | ||
===Others=== | ===Others=== | ||
Revision as of 19:18, 2 November 2011
The Israel Security Agency or General Security Agency, known in Hebrew as Shabak (an abbreviation for Sherut ha-Bitachon ha-Klali) or Shin Bet, is the Israeli counterintelligence and internal security service.[1]
Contents
People
Directors
- Isser Harel 1948-52
- Izi Dorot 1952-53
- Amos Manor 1953-63
- Yosef Harmelin 1964-74, 1986-88
- Avraham Ahituv 1974-80
- Avraham Ben-Dor 1980-86
- Yaakov Peri 1988-94
- Carmi Gillon 1995-96
- Ami Ayalon 1996-2000
- Avi Dichter 2000-05[2]
- Yuval Diskin 2005[3]-2011
- Yoram Cohen 2011-[4]
Others
- Reuven Paz former head of Research
Resources
- BBC Online Profile: Israel's Shin Bet agency Wednesday, 30 January, 2002, 14:41 GMT.
Notes
- ↑ Shabak/Shin Bet/Israel Security Agency/Sherut ha-Bitachon ha-Klali, Federation of American Scientists, accessed 9 May 2009.
- ↑ ISA Directors Then and Now, ISA Security Agency (Shin Bet), accessed 9 April 2009.
- ↑ Yuval Diskin appointed ISA Director, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 10 February 2005.
- ↑ Netanyahu appoints Yoram Cohen as Israel's next Shin Bet chief, Haaretz, 28 March 2011.
