Aman
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]
Contents
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
- Isser Be'eri 1948-49
- Col. Chaim Herzog 1949-50
- Col. Binyamin Gibli 1950-55
- Maj. Gen. Yehoshafat Harkabi 1955-59
- Maj. Gen. Chaim Herzog 1959-62
- Maj. Gen. Meir Amit 1962-63
- Maj. Gen. Aharon Yariv 1964-72
- Maj. Gen. Eliahu Zeira 1972-74
- Maj. Gen. Shlomo Gazit 1974-78
- Maj. Gen. Yehoshua Saguy 1979-83
- Maj. Gen. Ehud Barak 1983-85
- Maj. Gen. Amnon Shahak 1986-91
- Maj. Gen. Uri Saguy 1991-95
- Maj. Gen. Moshe Ya'alon 1995[3]-1998
- Maj. Gen. Amos Malka 1998[4] -2001
- Maj. Gen. Aharon Zeevi Farkash
- Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin 2006-2010.
- Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi 2010-[5]
Deputy Directors of Military Intelligence
- Yehoshafat Harkabi 1950-1955[6]
- Yuval Ne'eman 1955-1957[7]
- Uzi Narkis C.1958[8]
- Meir Elran 1987-1989[9]
- Danny Rothschild C.1991[10]
Head of Research Department
- Danny Rothschild C.1991[11]
Contact
Eternal Resources
- Barak Ravid, 'Military Intelligence monitoring foreign left-wing organizations', Haaretz, 21 March 2011.
Notes
- ↑ Aman, GlobalSecurity.org, accessed 29 July 2009.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ ISRAEL - Heads of A'man, Mossad, & Shin Bet, The Literature of Intelligence, Muskingum University,via the Internet Archive, accessed 29 July 2009.
- ↑ Ira Chernus, Helping Israel on a False and Dangerous Course, CommonDreams.org, 28 June 2004.
- ↑ Anshel Pfeffer and Amos Harel, Rising star Kochavi to replace Yadlin as IDF intelligence chief, Haaretz, 17 September 2011.
- ↑ Avi Shlaim, Obituary: Professor Yehoshafat Harkabi, The independent, 14 September 1994.
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1518360/Yuval-Neeman.html Yuval Ne'eman], The Telegraph, 15 May 2006.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Meir Elran, Institute for National Security Studies, accessed 9 July 2012.
- ↑ Danny Rothschild, World Economic Forum, accessed 10 July 2012.
- ↑ Danny Rothschild, World Economic Forum, accessed 10 July 2012.
