Historical Dictionary of Israeli Intelligence

and arrogant like all Jews and he thought it was safest to follow their suggestions. The Egyptians seemed to accept his story of ...

released. Lotz returned to Israel and started various business ventures without great success. Wolfgang Lotz was to be remembere ...

unit. The Mossad was in a position to capture him and have him tried in Israel if it so desired. But it decided that Louk, trave ...

under the cover of which he would continue to spy for them. The Is- raeli press published the story under the headline “The Man ...

shah’s chances of survival. He consistently maintained that the fall of the shah was just a matter of time. His assessments prov ...

Israeli intelligence and the Israel Defense Forces. President Kenyatta acceded to MacKenzie’s request. Israeli personnel went to ...

patched to Yemen to organize the operation. It was kept secret and re- vealed to the media only several months after its complet ...

zone, on the other hand, the ISA was responsible for providing MI with the preventive intelligence it gathered; since the Israel ...

and became the school commander (1953–1954). In 1955 he was ap- pointed intelligence officer of Paratroop Brigade 202 under Arie ...

He graduated from the IDF Staff and Command College (1980), also studied at the IDF National Security College (1986–1987), and e ...

In his job in the Mossad, Malkin traveled widely, frequently visit- ing the United States. In the 1970s he assisted New York’s l ...

MAN IN THE TRUNK, THE.See LOUK, MORDECHAI. MANOR, AMOS (1918– ). Born Arthur Mendelovich in Hungary, Manor immigrated to Israel ...

had good relations with the directors of the Mossad, in particular with Nahum Admoni. However, following the kidnapping of Morde ...

second (Al-Aqsa) Intifada in 2000. The ISA has come to realize over the years that it can accrue great benefit by maintaining an ...

This story was published in the Washington Post on 7 May 1997. The NSA also intercepted Yatom’s rejection of the request, while ...

Camp David Summit from 5 September to 17 September 1978. After retiring from governmental duties, Merhav became a research fello ...

ligence information by plugging into the telephone systems of Arab countries to eavesdrop and record land-line conversations. Th ...

(Zirat Kol Ha’Olam, or Zika), and Technological Theater(Zira Technologit, or Zit); the last-named is in charge of technological ...

sometimes with false papers or no travel documents. Misgeret also bribed officials for authentic passports and resorted to Musli ...

eliminate Intifada activists, using disguise and surprise as their chief weapons. Originally there were two such units—Shimson i ...