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*[[Tamir Pardo]] 2010-<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]] 2010-<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>
  
===Tzomet - Collection Department===
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===Deputy Director===
*[[Rehavia Vardi]] - Head c.1973.<ref>Uri Bar-Joseph, The Watchman Fell Asleep: The Surprise Of Yom Kippur And Its Sources, SUNY Press, 2005, p.48.</ref>
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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>
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*[[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>
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*[[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>
  
===Research Department===
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===Tzomet - collection department===
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*[[Rehavia Vardi]] - Head c.1973.<ref>Uri Bar-Joseph, ''The Watchman Fell Asleep: The Surprise Of Yom Kippur And Its Sources'', SUNY Press, 2005, p.48.</ref>
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===Caesarea or Metsada - operations department===
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*[[Rafi Eitan]] c.1972.<ref name="EverySpy253">Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.253.</ref>
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*[[Mike Harari]] c.1972.<ref>Yossi Melman, [http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/targeted-killings-a-retro-fashion-very-much-in-vogue-1.117714 Targeted killings - a retro fashion very much in vogue], ''Haaretz'', 24 March 2004.</ref>
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*[[Shabtai Shavit]] 1980-c.1986.<ref name="Sphinx154">Yossi Melman, Meir Javedanfar, ''The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran'', Basic Books, 2008, p.154.</ref>
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*[[Tamir Pardo]] 1988-c.1992.<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>
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===Tevel - political action and liaison department===
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*[[Yaakov Karoz]] c.1963.<ref name="EverySpy129">Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.129.</ref>
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===Research department===
 
*[[Uzi Arad]] Head c.1996.<ref>Amir Oren, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/insider-info-on-netanyahu-s-office-shows-israel-may-be-in-untrustworthy-hands-1.416346 Insider info on Netanyahu's office shows Israel may be in untrustworthy hands], ''Haaretz'', 4 March 2012.</ref>
 
*[[Uzi Arad]] Head c.1996.<ref>Amir Oren, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/insider-info-on-netanyahu-s-office-shows-israel-may-be-in-untrustworthy-hands-1.416346 Insider info on Netanyahu's office shows Israel may be in untrustworthy hands], ''Haaretz'', 4 March 2012.</ref>
  

Revision as of 23:39, 23 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

Deputy Director

Tzomet - collection department

Caesarea or Metsada - operations department

Tevel - political action and liaison department

Research department

External Resources

  • Mark Perry, False Flag, Foreign Policy, 13 January 2012.

Notes

  1. Mossad, Federation of American Scientists, accessed 14 May 2009.
  2. Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.135.
  3. About Us - Directors, Mossad, accessed 14 May 2009.
  4. Yossi Melman, Who is new Mossad chief Tamir Pardo, Haaretz, 29 November 2010.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Yossi Melman, Meir Javedanfar, The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran, Basic Books, 2008, p.154.
  6. Yossi Melman, Who is new Mossad chief Tamir Pardo?, Haaretz, 29 November 2010.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Attila Somfalvi, Tamir Pardo named new Mossad chief, ynetnews.com, 29 November 2010.
  8. Uri Bar-Joseph, The Watchman Fell Asleep: The Surprise Of Yom Kippur And Its Sources, SUNY Press, 2005, p.48.
  9. Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.253.
  10. Yossi Melman, Targeted killings - a retro fashion very much in vogue, Haaretz, 24 March 2004.
  11. Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.129.
  12. Amir Oren, Insider info on Netanyahu's office shows Israel may be in untrustworthy hands, Haaretz, 4 March 2012.