immigration to Israel known as the Yakhin Operation. On those vis-
its even his family did not know of his whereabouts. In the midst of
the Yakhin Operation, he was asked to join the team engaged in Adolf
Eichmann’s capture. In 1962 Toledano was assigned to the Tiger
Operationsearching for Yossele Schumacher. He was appointed
Prime Minister Levi Eshkol’s adviser on Arab affairs in 1964.
Toledano was a member of the Israeli Workers party (Mapai) (1960–
1977), the Dash party (1977–1978), and the Shinui party (1978–1983)
before joining the United Workers party (Mapam) in 1984. He was a
member of the Knesset (1977–1981).TOP SOURCE.See ASHRAF, MARWAN.TRIDENT NETWORK.The Trident Network was the name given to
the cooperation between the intelligence communities of Israel, Iran,
and Turkey for collecting intelligence about the Egyptian govern-
ment. The Trident framework was first mooted in the late 1950s, and
in 1958 it came into being at the initiative of the Israeli Mossadun-
der Isser Harel, with the cooperation of the intelligence communities
of Turkey and Iran. Ethiopia joined Trident later.
The Trident member countries were supported or sponsored to
some extent by some European and the U.S. intelligence communi-
ties, which were the driving forces behind its operation. Britain, which
had lost the Suez Canal to Egypt’s President Gamal Abdel Nasser in
the 1956 Sinai Campaign, sought to maintain its influence and intel-
ligence capabilities in the Middle East through the Trident Network.
Conceptually Trident was based on the Israeli political Periphery
Doctrinein the Middle East region. This posited that Arab national-
ism was the main threat or chief cause of instability in the region;
therefore, the non-Arab countries of the region should consolidate for
closer cooperation. The aim of the Trident Network was accordingly
to establish intelligence cooperation against the rising tide of Arab
nationalism.
The Turkish and Iranian intelligence communities benefited from
having close connections with their counterparts in several European
countries, while the United States supported the Trident Network
hoping to exert influence in the region by this means. Trident was
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