Yigal Carmon
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Yigal Carmon is the president of the washington-based Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) which he co-founded with Meyrav Wurmser in 1998. Carmon holds Israeli-American citizenship and held several positions in the Israeli government prior to founding MEMRI.
A former servant in the Israeli Military Intelligence, Col. Yigal Carmon served between the years of 1968 to 1988, in which time he was the Acting Head of Civil Administration in Judea as well as an Advisor on Arab Affairs for the Civil Administration. [1] He was formerly an advisor to Israeli Prime Ministers Yitzhak Shamir, Yitzhak Rabin, and Benjamin Netanyahu.[2]
Affiliations
- MEMRI - Co-founder, President
- Steven Emerson, associate [3]
Notes
- ↑ Ruthie Blum Leibowitz , 'One on One with Yigal Carmon: If MEMRI serves...', The Jerusalem Post, 15 November, 2006. (Accessed 3 April, 2009)
- ↑ A Pessimist's View of the Peace Process, Middle East Forum, 13 February 1997
- ↑ Ahmed Rehab , 'Steven Emerson's Disturbing Track Record', CAIR Chicago website, 31 March, 2007. (Accessed 3 April, 2009)
