Historical Dictionary of Israeli Intelligence

By the end of June 1954 the British evacuation of the Suez Canal zone appeared imminent. The Israeli defense minister Pinhas Lav ...

Soon after the capture of the espionage network’s members in Egypt, Gibli tried to activate a wide-ranging European lobby to eas ...

ing that officers of the Israeli army, his own creation, would be capa- ble of committing such a dishonest act as framing Lavon. ...

of the Jewish espionage ring in 1954. When he fell into Israeli cap- tivity he was the military governor of the Gaza Strip. As i ...

BAER, YISRAEL (1912–1966).Vienna-born Baer was a socialist from an early age and joined Austria’s Social Democratic party. He to ...

Bloc and what precisely he was focusing on. Later it transpired that Baer had been asked by his KGB handlers to meet Gehlen and ...

Farsi acronym SAVAK. During his tenure as director of SAVAK begin- ning in 1957, relations between Israel and Iran improved sign ...

During his military career, Ehud Barak took part in the most dar- ing clandestine operations of Sayeret Matkal. In 1972, he com- ...

rate. On the eve of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Bar-Lavi assessed cor- rectly that King Hussein would stay out of it. A well-known ...

BARUCH, SHMUEL.A Jerusalem-born businessman who turned trai- tor to Israel. He was also known by his nickname, Sami. In Septem- ...

to death, with the sentence executed immediately (see TOBIANSKI AFFAIR). The same day, Be’eri attempted to fabricate evidence ag ...

and other friendly countries; Middle East water resources; and Middle East arms control. The Center also provides consultation f ...

Ben-Barka’s slaying but would help to set the trap for him. On 29 Oc- tober 1965 a Mossad agent persuaded Ben-Barka to leave Gen ...

BENDMAN, YONAH.Up to the outbreak of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Lieutenant Colonel Bendman served as head of Branch 6in the Resear ...

German scientists working in Egypt on the development of missiles. See also JOKLIK, OTTO. BEN-NATAN, ASHER (1921– ).Member of th ...

of one of Ben-Gurion’s close associates, Isser Harel, to chair the Committee of Directors of the Intelligence Services in late 1 ...

BEN-PORAT, MORDECHAI (1923– ).Born in Iraq, Ben-Porat im- migrated to Palestine. He served in the Israel Defense Forces during t ...

early warning in the IDF history section. He retired from active ser- vice in 1985. BEN-TOV, CHERYL (1960– ).Born Cheryl Hanin i ...

by the group on secret missions to the Palestinian Arab community, traveling under cover as an Arab cattle merchant. Fearing for ...

BINNET, MAX (1917–1954).Born in Hungary to an Orthodox Jewish family, he is known also by his Hebrew name Meir Binnet. In 1935 B ...