Mossad

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The Mossad (The Institute) is Israel's intelligence agency. Their motto is Proverbs 11:14- "For lack of guidance a nation falls, but many advisers make victory sure."

Functions

According to the official Israeli Secret Intelligence Service web site, the Mossad carries out operations in many fields including:

• Covert intelligence gathering beyond Israel’s borders.
• Preventing the development and procurement of non-conventional weapons by hostile countries.
• Preventing terrorist acts against Israeli targets abroad.
• Developing and maintaining special diplomatic and other covert relations.
• Bringing Jews home from countries where official Aliya agencies are not allowed to operate.
• Producing strategic, political and operational intelligence.
• Planning and carrying out special operations beyond Israel’s borders.

History

Mossad was formed on 13 December 1949 by Prime Minister David Ben Gurion.

Directors

The following is a list of Mossad Directors:

• Reuven Shiloah, 1951-1952
• Isser Harel, 1952-1963
• Meir Amit, 1963-1968
• Zvi Zamir, 1968-1974
• Yitzhak Hofi, 1974-1982
• Nahum Admoni, 1982-1989
• Shabtai Shavit, 1989-1996
• Danny Yatom, 1996-1998
• Ephraim Halevy, 1998-2002
• Meir Dagan, 2002-Present

Operation Susannah

Operation Susannah was a false flag operation conducted by Israeli operatives in Egypt against American and British targets. The U.S. Information Agency libraries in Alexandria and Cairo as well as a British-owned theater were bombed on July 14, 1954. Egyptian authorities eventaully uncovered the operation, initially not realizing it was an Israeli operation. Israeli defense minister Pinhas Lavon was forced to resign in the aftermath of Operation Susannah, in 1955. Consequently, the aftermath of Operation Susannah is often called The Levon Affair.

Sources

• Security, Global (2005), Mossad: The Institute for Intelligence and Special Tasks, GlobalSecurity.org Retrieved on 05-18-2007
• Mossad, Israeli Secret Intelligence Service (2007), About Us, Israeli Secret Intelligence Service Retrieved on 05-18-2007