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*[[Uzi Narkis]] C.1958<ref>Avi Shlaim, [Israel, the Great Powers, and the Middle East Crisis of 1958], Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 12:2, May 1999, archived at users.ox.ac.uk, accessed 9 July 2012.</ref>
 
*[[Uzi Narkis]] C.1958<ref>Avi Shlaim, [Israel, the Great Powers, and the Middle East Crisis of 1958], Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 12:2, May 1999, archived at users.ox.ac.uk, accessed 9 July 2012.</ref>
 
*[[Meir Elran]] 1987-1989<ref>[http://www.inss.org.il/experts.php?cat=0&incat=&staff_id=12 Meir Elran], Institute for National Security Studies, accessed 9 July 2012.</ref>
 
*[[Meir Elran]] 1987-1989<ref>[http://www.inss.org.il/experts.php?cat=0&incat=&staff_id=12 Meir Elran], Institute for National Security Studies, accessed 9 July 2012.</ref>
*[[Daniel Rothschild]] C.1991<ref>[http://www.weforum.org/contributors/danny-rothschild Danny Rothschild], World Economic Forum, accessed 10 July 2012.</ref>
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*[[Danny Rothschild]] C.1991<ref>[http://www.weforum.org/contributors/danny-rothschild Danny Rothschild], World Economic Forum, accessed 10 July 2012.</ref>
 
===Head of Research Department===
 
===Head of Research Department===
*[[Daniel Rothschild]] C.1991<ref>[http://www.weforum.org/contributors/danny-rothschild Danny Rothschild], World Economic Forum, accessed 10 July 2012.</ref>  
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*[[Danny Rothschild]] C.1991<ref>[http://www.weforum.org/contributors/danny-rothschild Danny Rothschild], World Economic Forum, accessed 10 July 2012.</ref>
  
 
==Contact==
 
==Contact==

Revision as of 23:01, 9 July 2012

Aman (Agaf ha-Modi'in) is Israel's military intelligence agency.[1] Although oftern overshadowed by Mossad and Shin Bet, Aman has historically been the largest Israeli intelligence agency. it is a part of the military general staff, reporting to the Chief of Staff and the Minister of Defence.[2]

Structure

Journalists Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman reported that Aman consisted of six departments in 1991, of which the largest were the collection and production departments.[2]

Collection Department

The Collection Department is responsible for both agent and informer human human intelligence, and for signals intelligence.[2]

Production Department

The production department is responsible for intelligence analysis. it is organised in a desk system along functional and geographical lines.[2] These desks include:

  • Western Area - Responsible for Egypt, Sudan and Libya.[2]
  • Eastern Area - Responsible for Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.[2]
  • Jordan and the Arabian peninsula.[2]
  • Palestinian desk.[2]
  • Inter-Arab relations.[2]
  • Middle East Economics.[2]

People

Directors of Military Intelligence

Deputy Directors of Military Intelligence

Head of Research Department

Contact

Eternal Resources

Notes

  1. Aman, GlobalSecurity.org, accessed 29 July 2009.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.207-208.
  3. ISRAEL - Heads of A'man, Mossad, & Shin Bet, The Literature of Intelligence, Muskingum University,via the Internet Archive, accessed 29 July 2009.
  4. Ira Chernus, Helping Israel on a False and Dangerous Course, CommonDreams.org, 28 June 2004.
  5. Anshel Pfeffer and Amos Harel, Rising star Kochavi to replace Yadlin as IDF intelligence chief, Haaretz, 17 September 2011.
  6. Avi Shlaim, [Israel, the Great Powers, and the Middle East Crisis of 1958], Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 12:2, May 1999, archived at users.ox.ac.uk, accessed 9 July 2012.
  7. Meir Elran, Institute for National Security Studies, accessed 9 July 2012.
  8. Danny Rothschild, World Economic Forum, accessed 10 July 2012.
  9. Danny Rothschild, World Economic Forum, accessed 10 July 2012.