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fected with his MiG-21 to Israel. It was no surprise when, during the

Six-Day Warin June 1967, the IAF demonstrated its superiority over

the MiG-21 aircraft of the Arab air forces. Yusuf did not move to Is-

rael, preferring to remain a Zionist abroad.

SUBCOMMITTEE FOR INTELLIGENCE AND SECRET SER-

VICES.A subcommittee of the Israeli Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and

Defense Committee, this is Israel’s parliamentary supervisory body for

the intelligence community. See also COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY

INTO ISRAEL’S INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM IN THE LIGHT OF

THE WAR IN IRAQ.

SUSANNAH OPERATION.See BAD BUSINESS.

SUTTON, RAPHAEL (RAFI) (1932– ).Born in Aleppo, Syria, Sut-

ton immigrated to Israel in 1949 and was drafted into Military In-

telligencein the Israel Defense Forces, where he was trained by vet-

eran intelligence officer Ya’acov Nimrodiin running agents. Sutton

became a legendary intelligence officer, running Arab agents in East

Jerusalem until two days before the 1967 Six-Day War.

SWORD OF GIDEON OPERATION.See WRATH OF GOD OP-

ERATION.

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TAJJAR, YEHUDA.See BARNETT, RONALD; BEN-PORAT, MOR-

DECHAI.

TAL, NAHMAN (1931– ).Tal was born in Israel and served 40 years

in the Israeli security services focusing on Arab affairs. In the 1970s

he served in the Israeli Security Agency(ISA) as chief of the Gaza

and Sinai region. In the 1980s he headed the ISA Arab Affairs

Branch. He attended the Madrid Summit in 1991 and also the fol-

lowing peace negotiations with the Palestinians and with Jordan. Af-

ter resigning from the ISA in 1996, he joined the Jaffee Center for

Strategic Studiesat the University of Tel Aviv. Tal holds a Ph.D.

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