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*[[Shabtai Shavit]] 1986-1989.<ref name="Sphinx154">Yossi Melman, Meir Javedanfar, ''The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran'', Basic Books, 2008, p.154.</ref> | *[[Shabtai Shavit]] 1986-1989.<ref name="Sphinx154">Yossi Melman, Meir Javedanfar, ''The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran'', Basic Books, 2008, p.154.</ref> | ||
| − | *[[Efraim | + | *[[Efraim Halevi]]<ref>[http://www.usmep.us/usmep/senior-advisors/efraim-halevy/ Efraim Halevy], Us Middle East Project Inc., accessed 24 July 2012.</ref> |
*[[Tamir Pardo]] - 2002-2005<ref>Yossi Melman, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/who-is-new-mossad-chief-tamir-pardo-1.327699 Who is new Mossad chief Tamir Pardo?], ''Haaretz'', 29 November 2010.</ref> | *[[Tamir Pardo]] - 2002-2005<ref>Yossi Melman, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/who-is-new-mossad-chief-tamir-pardo-1.327699 Who is new Mossad chief Tamir Pardo?], ''Haaretz'', 29 November 2010.</ref> | ||
*[[Tamir Pardo]] - 2007-2009.<ref name="Ynet291110>Attila Somfalvi, [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3991544,00.html Tamir Pardo named new Mossad chief], ynetnews.com, 29 November 2010.</ref> | *[[Tamir Pardo]] - 2007-2009.<ref name="Ynet291110>Attila Somfalvi, [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3991544,00.html Tamir Pardo named new Mossad chief], ynetnews.com, 29 November 2010.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 00:07, 24 July 2012
Mossad (Hebrew for Institute) is an abbreviation for ha-Mossad le-Modiin ule-Tafkidim Meyuhadim (Institute for Intelligence and Special Tasks), an Israeli intelligence agency focussed on foreign intelligence.[1]
Structure and Personnel
According to intelligence writers Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Mossad has historically had eight departments: Collection, Operational Planning and Co-ordination, Research, Political Action and Liason, Training, Finance and Manpower, Technology, and Technical Operations.[2]
Directors
- Reuven Shiloah 1949-1952
- Isser Harel 1953-1963
- Meir Amit 1963-1968
- Zvi Zamir 1968-1974
- Itzhak Hofi 1974-1982
- Nahum Admoni 1982-1989
- Shabtai Shavit 1989-1996
- Dani Yatom 1996-1998
- Efraim Halevi 1998-2002
- Meir Dagan 2002[3]-2010
- Tamir Pardo 2010-[4]
Deputy Director
- Shabtai Shavit 1986-1989.[5]
- Efraim Halevi[6]
- Tamir Pardo - 2002-2005[7]
- Tamir Pardo - 2007-2009.[8]
Tzomet - collection department
- Rehavia Vardi - Head c.1973.[9]
Caesarea or Metsada - operations department
- Rafi Eitan c.1972.[10]
- Mike Harari c.1972.[11]
- Shabtai Shavit 1980-c.1986.[5]
- Tamir Pardo 1988-c.1992.[8]
Tevel - political action and liaison department
- Yaakov Karoz c.1963.[12]
Research department
External Resources
- Mark Perry, False Flag, Foreign Policy, 13 January 2012.
Notes
- ↑ Mossad, Federation of American Scientists, accessed 14 May 2009.
- ↑ Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.135.
- ↑ About Us - Directors, Mossad, accessed 14 May 2009.
- ↑ Yossi Melman, Who is new Mossad chief Tamir Pardo, Haaretz, 29 November 2010.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Yossi Melman, Meir Javedanfar, The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran, Basic Books, 2008, p.154.
- ↑ Efraim Halevy, Us Middle East Project Inc., accessed 24 July 2012.
- ↑ Yossi Melman, Who is new Mossad chief Tamir Pardo?, Haaretz, 29 November 2010.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Attila Somfalvi, Tamir Pardo named new Mossad chief, ynetnews.com, 29 November 2010.
- ↑ Uri Bar-Joseph, The Watchman Fell Asleep: The Surprise Of Yom Kippur And Its Sources, SUNY Press, 2005, p.48.
- ↑ Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.253.
- ↑ Yossi Melman, Targeted killings - a retro fashion very much in vogue, Haaretz, 24 March 2004.
- ↑ Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.129.
- ↑ Amir Oren, Insider info on Netanyahu's office shows Israel may be in untrustworthy hands, Haaretz, 4 March 2012.