tor is immune from prosecution. However, the part of the law on in-
terrogation methods was not made public.
The law also ruled that the prime minister is in charge of the ISA
and carries ministerial responsibility for its activity. The director of
the ISA answers to the prime minister. The director of the ISA will
serve for five years, unless there is a state of emergency.– J –
JAFFEE CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES (JCSS). Founded in
1977 as the Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University, the JCSS
received its current name in 1983 in honor of Mel Jaffee. The purpose
of the JCSS is to conduct basic research on security-related matters, in-
cluding national, regional, and international security, as well as to con-
tribute to the public debate on the major national security issues in Is-
rael. This academic center may be considered the academic equivalent
to the Military Intelligence (MI) unit of the Israel Defense Forces,
though its analyses are based on unclassified material.
Aharon Yariv, a former director of MI, was requested by the uni-
versity to organize and manage the JCSS, which he did until shortly be-
fore his death in 1994. Since Yariv’s departure, the JCSS has been
headed by Professor Ze’ev Maoz (1994–1997), Dr. Shai Feldman
(1997–2005), and Dr. Zvi Shtauber (2005– ). See also BEGIN-SADAT
(BESA) CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES; INTERNATIONAL
POLICY INSTITUTE FOR COUNTERTERRORISM; MOSHE
DAYAN CENTER FOR THE MIDDLE EAST.JOKLIK, OTTO.Dr. Otto Joklik, an Austrian adventurer and former
Mossadagent, was involved in the Damocles Operationand was ar-
rested by the Swiss police for threatening Heide Görke, the daugh-
ter of one of the German scientists working in Egypt on the develop-
ment of missiles. See also BEN-GAL, YOSEF.– K –
KAHAN COMMISSION (1982–1983).As a result of the 1982 events
at the refugee camps in Beirut, on 28 September 1982 the IsraeliKAHAN COMMISSION• 13506-102 (03) H-P.qxd 3/24/06 7:24 AM Page 135