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− | The [[Israel Security Agency]] or [[General | + | 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.<ref>[http://www.fas.org/irp/world/israel/shin_bet/ Shabak/Shin Bet/Israel Security Agency/Sherut ha-Bitachon ha-Klali], Federation of American Scientists, accessed 9 May 2009.</ref> |
===People=== | ===People=== |
Revision as of 14:01, 21 July 2009
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]
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.