and rose through the ranks without taking any shortcuts. From 1979 to
1984, he was coordinator for the Nablus District. During Peace for
Galilee Operation, Diskin served in Beirut and Sidon. In 1984, he was
appointed district coordinator and served in that capacity in Nablus,
Jenin, and Tulkarm until the end of 1989. In August 1990, he was ap-
pointed director of the Department for Counterterrorism in the Arab
Affairs Branch. From 1993 to 1997, Diskin was involved in establish-
ing clandestine links with the leaders of the Palestinian security ser-
vices, becoming director of the Arab Affairs Branch in August 1994. In
May 1997, Diskin was appointed director of the Jerusalem, Judea, and
Samaria Region and served in this capacity until June 2000.
Diskin served as deputy director of the ISA, Avraham (Avi) Dichter,
from 2000 until 31 August 2003, his term coinciding with the beginning
of the second Palestinian uprising, the Al-Aqsa Intifada. He was re-
sponsible for developing the “targeted killing” doctrine used to elimi-
nate wanted Palestinian terrorists. He took a two-year leave of ab-
sence for studies in the National Security Program at the University of
Haifa, obtaining his M.A. degree cum laude. In May 2005 Diskin was
appointed director of the ISA for a five-year term.DORF, MICHAEL.Dorf was a Mossadagent and a member of the
team assigned to assassinate Ali Hassan Salamehin 1973. The team
erroneously identified Ahmed Bouchiki as Salameh and shot him
dead in what became known as the Lillehammer Affair. See also
WRATH OF GOD OPERATION.DOROTH, IZI (1916–1980).Born Isidore Roth in Poland, he immi-
grated to Palestine in 1936 and studied at Hebrew University in
Jerusalem. Doroth served in the Jewish Settlements Police Force and
during World War II volunteered for the British army. In the final
phase of the British Mandate in Palestine (1947–1948), he served in
the Information Serviceof the Haganah underground militia. After
the establishment of the State of Israel, Doroth jointed the Israeli Se-
curity Agency(ISA) and served as deputy to director Isser Harel
from 1948 to 1949. After the establishment of the Mossadin 1949,
Doroth was seconded by Harel to the Mossad and served as deputy to
the organization’s director, Reuven Shiloah. Doroth was responsible
for coordination between the Mossad and the ISA. Harel caused80 • DORF, MICHAEL06-102 (02) A-G.qxd 3/24/06 7:23 AM Page 80