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According to Ronen Bergman, Bitzur evacuated some 40,000 Jews from Iran in 1979-81.<ref>Ronen Bergman, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NkxZcHL1xdYC&pg=PA36&lpg=PA36&dq=Bitzur+Mossad&source=bl&ots=hlYB6a_Z-d&sig=H7lhap-ZB0NspeehuKWYcrH1oOE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=OuNSUaeBOsG60QWU2YCIDA&ved=0CFMQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Bitzur%20Mossad&f=false The Secret War with Iran: The 30-Year Clandestine Struggle Against the World's Most Dangerous Terrorist Power], Simon & Schuster, 2008, p.36.</ref> | According to Ronen Bergman, Bitzur evacuated some 40,000 Jews from Iran in 1979-81.<ref>Ronen Bergman, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NkxZcHL1xdYC&pg=PA36&lpg=PA36&dq=Bitzur+Mossad&source=bl&ots=hlYB6a_Z-d&sig=H7lhap-ZB0NspeehuKWYcrH1oOE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=OuNSUaeBOsG60QWU2YCIDA&ved=0CFMQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Bitzur%20Mossad&f=false The Secret War with Iran: The 30-Year Clandestine Struggle Against the World's Most Dangerous Terrorist Power], Simon & Schuster, 2008, p.36.</ref> | ||
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| + | According to [[Michael Ross]], [[Bitzur]] was at one time, "headed by "Michel," a psychologist who had immigrated from France". This would have been in the latter part of Ross's career, which lasted from 1989 to 2001.<ref>Yossi Melman, [http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/a-bestseller-by-way-of-deception-1.218219 A bestseller, by way of deception?], ''Haaretz'', 16 April 2007.</ref> | ||
According to Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Bitzur became more active after 9/11 to respond to a wave of anti-semitic attacks around the world: | According to Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Bitzur became more active after 9/11 to respond to a wave of anti-semitic attacks around the world: | ||
::Bitzur operatives were assigned to perform their traditional task of helping to organize self-defense for Jewish communities around the globe. This time, however, the task was almost always performed in conjunction with local police forces.<ref>Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, [http://forward.com/articles/159610/mossad-tries-to-avoid-entangling-iran-jews/?p=all Mossad Tries To Avoid Entangling Iran Jews], ''Jewish Daily Forward'', 22 July 2012.</ref> | ::Bitzur operatives were assigned to perform their traditional task of helping to organize self-defense for Jewish communities around the globe. This time, however, the task was almost always performed in conjunction with local police forces.<ref>Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, [http://forward.com/articles/159610/mossad-tries-to-avoid-entangling-iran-jews/?p=all Mossad Tries To Avoid Entangling Iran Jews], ''Jewish Daily Forward'', 22 July 2012.</ref> | ||
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| + | *Yossi Melman, [http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/why-the-mossad-must-remain-an-intelligence-service-for-all-jews-1.322810 Why the Mossad must remain an intelligence service for all Jews], ''Haaretz'', 4 November 2010. | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:19, 28 March 2013
Bitzur is a Mossad unit focused on the security of Jews around the world, and their immigration from Arab states.[1]
Bitzur was founded in the 1950s.[2]
According to Ronen Bergman, Bitzur evacuated some 40,000 Jews from Iran in 1979-81.[3]
According to Michael Ross, Bitzur was at one time, "headed by "Michel," a psychologist who had immigrated from France". This would have been in the latter part of Ross's career, which lasted from 1989 to 2001.[4]
According to Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Bitzur became more active after 9/11 to respond to a wave of anti-semitic attacks around the world:
- Bitzur operatives were assigned to perform their traditional task of helping to organize self-defense for Jewish communities around the globe. This time, however, the task was almost always performed in conjunction with local police forces.[5]
External resources
- Yossi Melman, Why the Mossad must remain an intelligence service for all Jews, Haaretz, 4 November 2010.
Notes
- ↑ Yossi Melman, Israeli spymaster and Mossad founding father David Kimche dies at 82, Haaretz, 9 March 2010.
- ↑ Danny Ben-Moshe, Zohar Segev, Israel, the Diaspora, and Jewish Identity, Susses Academic Press, 2007, p.59.
- ↑ Ronen Bergman, The Secret War with Iran: The 30-Year Clandestine Struggle Against the World's Most Dangerous Terrorist Power, Simon & Schuster, 2008, p.36.
- ↑ Yossi Melman, A bestseller, by way of deception?, Haaretz, 16 April 2007.
- ↑ Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Mossad Tries To Avoid Entangling Iran Jews, Jewish Daily Forward, 22 July 2012.
