(Zirat Kol Ha’Olam, or Zika), and Technological Theater(Zira
Technologit, or Zit); the last-named is in charge of technological de-
velopments especially in weapons.
Following the recommendation of the 1974 Agranat Commis-
sion, MI created the Control Unit (Ipkha Mistabra). This unit pro-
duces the “devil’s advocate” assessments. It consists of few but ex-
perienced officers who are subordinate directly to the DMI and not to
the Research Division so that these officers will not be affected by
any influence of the head of the Research Division.
MI is also responsible for assigning military attachés to Israeli em-
bassies overseas. A special task is press censorship and information
security (previously known as field security) to prevent leaking of se-
cret matters. There is a unit for liaison with foreign intelligence com-
munities and another engaged in computer hardware and software to
assist in intelligence collection.
Following the disbanding in April 1951 of the Foreign Ministry’s
Political Department, its intelligence missions in Arab countries were
transferred to a new unit in MI known as Unit 131. In 1963 Unit 131
was dismantled and responsibility for dispatching spies, collecting in-
telligence, and sabotage in Arab countries was moved to the Mossad.
Its sister Unit 132was charged with conducting propaganda in Arab
countries. See also appendixes A, B, and C.MISGERET.Two forms of Misgeret (“Framework”) existed. The first
was established in 1955 by the Mossadas a special force in North
Africa to protect Jewish populations, mainly in Algeria but also in
Tunisia. In Algeria the commanders of the Misgeret’s approximately
100 young members underwent training in France or Israel. Like
most of Algerian Jewry, its members possessed French citizenship.
They were also reservists in the French Army stationed in Algeria and
thus had weapons training. Misgeret hid weapons caches; only its Al-
gerian unit commanders could have access to the Israeli emissaries in
charge. From May 1956 to the end of 1961, this Misgeret, code-
named Lavi, kept Algerian Jews safe from terror perpetrated by Mus-
lims. The latter suspected some form of Israeli-inspired local Jewish
“commando activity,” without knowing about Misgeret specifically.
The second Misgeret was created by the Mossad secretly in Mo-
rocco following the ban imposed in September 1956 on emigration of
Jews to Israel. It was a means of smuggling Jews out of Morocco,184 • MISGERET06-102 (03) H-P.qxd 3/24/06 7:25 AM Page 184