Historical Dictionary of Israeli Intelligence

Binnet was a prudent intelligence officer, who ordinarily would probably never have been caught. But the wrong decision was made ...

has frequently supported its spies by opening a “travel agency,” a pre- ferred way to build cover stories). After spying in Isra ...

whenever it was decided to reactivate the operation. They generally worked in pairs, but sometimes in larger squads as well. On ...

he joined the Israeli Security Agency(ISA), where he assumed re- sponsibility for security within the Ministry of Defense. After ...

as a liaison between the Palestine Liberation Organization’s head- quarters and its offices in Europe. That same year, Boudia wa ...

BRANCH 5.The desk in Military Intelligence(MI) responsible for Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq. After the 1973 Yom Kippur War, all of t ...

tine through the Briha is unknown, but the estimates range from 80,000 to 250,000. BULL, GERALD (1928–1990).As a Canadian-born a ...

the border to Jordan, whence he was supposed to proceed to Syria. However, Buqa’i fell victim to a genuine “fellow” prisoner who ...

BUS 300 AFFAIR.On 12 April 1984, four Palestinians hijacked bus number 300 en route from Tel Aviv to Ashkelon with 41 passengers ...

was caught by the Israeli Security Agencysmuggling weapons and explosives to the Palestine Liberation Organization, of which he ...

nunu—using an army metaphor, “He had been sleeping on guard duty.” With few options, Carmon resigned. CARMON, YIGAL (1946– ).Col ...

The main task in this sector was surveillance of underground groups that still existed from the prestate period such as the Irgu ...

surface missiles for Egypt. He was indeed involved in many clandes- tine activities. When Meir Amitbecame director of the Mossad ...

from the intelligence service and became keeper of the Weizmann Archives in Rehovot, Israel. After the 1973 Yom Kippur War, foll ...

(contrary to the minister’s expectations); but the report added that if the minister found no interest in the center, it was not ...

War, the desks in MI were named “branches.” See alsoBRANCH 2; BRANCH 5. CENTRAL WARNING UNIT.SeeUNIT 8200. CHOTEL.SeeASHRAF, MAR ...

keep secrets, all of which made him suitable as a spy. Despite the fail- ure of the Bad Businessin 1954, Cohen was recruited for ...

cial and cultural life of the Syrian community of Buenos Aires and be- came known as a wealthy businessman. Cohen had a reputati ...

flow of the Baniyas. This information enabled the Israel Air Force (IAF) to halt the Syrian water diversion plans by launching a ...

On the other side, the Syrians and their Soviet advisers were alarmed by the intelligence that was leaking out of Syria. The Sov ...