Historical Dictionary of Israeli Intelligence

Introduction xxxix THE UNIQUE ISRAELI NEED FOR HIGH QUALITY INTELLIGENCE In the late 1960s, there was a weekly program on Israel ...

about the Egyptian and the Syrian military capabilities and their armies’ deployment was known; yet despite all, there was a dee ...

EVOLUTION OF THE ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AND ITS ACTIVITIES The origin of the Israeli intelligence services can be traced ...

Another preindependence militia, which constituted the executive arm of the Haganah, was the Palmah. It had an Arab Platoon, who ...

These devices are excellent for gathering photographic information, which can be directly transmitted to commanders’ headquarter ...

president, the prime minister, and other government ministers. In addi- tion, it is in charge of protecting state buildings, emb ...

the establishment of the Committee of Directors of the Intelligence Ser- vices, known by its Hebrew acronym VARASH. It first con ...

the Mossad. Israeli spies who did an excellent job and were never caught include Yair Ben-Shaaltiel. The IDF elite unit Sayeret ...

Also in the 1950s, the ISA successfully elicited information on the So- viet Union and the Soviet bloc by questioning new immigr ...

1960, when most of the Egyptian army concentrated on the Negev bor- der without any early Israeli intelligence warning. Another ...

Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, who played a prominent role in attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers during ...

The Agranat Commission (1973–1974) reiterated the recommenda- tion of a pluralist structure. To some extent it was implemented, ...

the son-in-law of Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, as Top Source, who conveyed to his Mossad handlers Egyptian military ca ...

FUTURE CHALLENGES In the present day and age, Israeli intelligence still has to be alert to the moods in enemy states, principal ...

The Dictionary 1 – A – AARONSOHN, AHARON (1876–1919).A Romanian-born Jew, Aaronson immigrated with his parents to Palestine in 1 ...

and returned to Palestine to head the group. In the fall of 1917, Sarah Aaronsohn was arrested by Turkish military authorities, ...

ilar to the American AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) platform, to serve as a link between the commanders and the Isr ...

prestigious Rehavia Gymnasium. He served in the Information Ser- vice(1945–1948) and in Military Intelligenceduring the 1948–194 ...

Black September Organization. Adwan was killed on 9 April 1973 during the Spring of Youth Operationin revenge for his part in th ...

adherence to a mistaken Concept, namely, that Egypt would not attempt a war without a strong air force, which was not available ...