Historical Dictionary of Israeli Intelligence

– P – PALMON, YEHOSHUA (JOSH) (1913–?).Born in Palestine to a Russian Jewish family. Palmon was one of the first workers in the ...

end, however, he was convinced that Qawuqji would remain neutral in the event of a Jewish attack against the mufti’s forces in P ...

that, Peri was appointed deputy director of the ISA and in April 1988 director of the ISA. He held the post until 1 March 1995 w ...

town of Metulla. From 1958 to 1975 Israeli-Maronite relations fell to an all-time low with only sporadic personal meetings, most ...

the Egyptians as potential threats to the sources of the Nile, its own paramount strategic interest—there was no contest. In Leb ...

POLITICAL DEPARTMENT.See CENTER FOR POLITICAL RE- SEARCH; INFORMATION SERVICE. POLLARD, JONATHAN JAY (1954– ).An American Jew, b ...

For the next three months, Sella cultivated Pollard. He invited him to expensive restaurants and to Broadway shows and continued ...

within the U.S. Navy, Pollard delivered more than 1,000 classified documents to Israel. He took documents from six restricted ar ...

on 22 September 1979 in the Indian Ocean. Pollard delivered to his Israeli handlers not only the information of what the United ...

– Q – QUESHET.See MOSSAD. – R – RAPHAEL, SYLVIA (1937–2005).Raphael was born in Pretoria, South Africa, to a non-Jewish mother a ...

Raphael was sentenced to five years in prison, but she was released after 11 months for health reasons and deported to Israel. S ...

The conclusion was that the legion’s efforts were negligible. In the case of Egypt, in 1955 MI assessed that because of the Isra ...

RIKA, ELIAHU (1930– ).Born in Damascus, Rika immigrated to Palestine in 1944 and volunteered to serve in the Arab Platoon of the ...

Israeli paratroopers, made their way west toward their target. Making their approach carefully in order not to be spotted before ...

SAGIE, URI (1943– ).The Israeli-born Sagie was drafted into the Golani infantry brigade of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in 19 ...

(1988–1992) and mayor of the town of Bat-Yam. He held the may- oralty until his appointment in 2003 as the Israeli ambassador to ...

to Israel because he felt the pull of Zionism was sufficient. But soon the ISA discovered Samuel’s history prior to his Zionist ...

Colonel Fawzi Silalu. In October 1948, Sasson summoned to Paris Yolande Harmer, the Israeli spy in Egypt who had recently been r ...

tivities out of loyalty to the cause. A car sayanrunning a rental agency, for instance, could help Mossadagents rent a car witho ...

From 1964 until 1968 Schiller served as deputy intelligence officer of the IDF Southern Command, and he became its intelligence ...