Camp David Summit from 5 September to 17 September 1978. After
retiring from governmental duties, Merhav became a research fellow
at the Jerusalem Institute of Israel Studies.METSADA.SeeMOSSAD.MEYEROFF, SHAUL.See AVIGUR, SHAUL.MEYUHAS, MEIR SHMUEL (1925–?).An Egyptian Jew born in
Alexandria, Meyuhas was the director of a metal trading company. In
1951 he was recruited by Major Avraham Darof Unit 131to the
Alexandria cell of the Jewish espionage network. He was arrested to-
gether with the other members of the espionage network following
the Bad Business. He was found guilty and was sentenced to seven
years in prison. On completing his term, Meyuhas was released in
1962 and was allowed to leave Egypt.MILITARY INTELLIGENCE (MI)/AGAF MODI’IN (AMAN).
After the Information Servicewas disbanded on 30 June 1948,
three Israeli intelligence organizations were formed: MI, the Israeli
Security Agency(ISA), and the Political Department in the Foreign
Ministry. MI was established as a department in the General Staff of
the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and was known by its Hebrew name,
Mahleket Modi’in. In December 1953 it was renamed the Direc-
torate of Military Intelligence, known in Hebrew as Agaf Modi’in
(Aman).
MI collects information on the Arab armies and is responsible for
state-level intelligence evaluation for war and peace, for providing a
warning of war and of hostile and terroristacts, and for indicating
the rise of opportunities for political agreements. When it was estab-
lished, MI was also engaged in counterespionage; however, this func-
tion has since been transferred to the ISA. Its first commander—the
director of Military Intelligence (DMI)—was Isser Be’eri. MI is
structured as two main units: the Collection Department and the Re-
search Division.
The Collection Department is responsible for signals intelligence
(SIGINT), through its Unit 8200, and for imagery intelligence
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