"Military Intelligence Directorate (Israel) The Directorate of Military Intelligence (, ""Agaf HaModi'in"" – lit. ""the Intelligence Section""; ), often abbreviated to Aman (; ), is the central, overarching military intelligence body of the Israel Defense Forces. Aman was created in 1950, when the Intelligence Department was spun off from the IDF's General Staff (the Intelligence Department itself was composed largely of former members of the Haganah Intelligence Service). Aman is an independent service, and not part of the ground forces, Navy or the Air Force. It is one of the main entities (and the largest component) of the Israeli Intelligence"
"Mossad Mossad (; , ; , ', ; literally meaning ""the Institute""), short for ' (, meaning ""Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations""), is the national intelligence agency of Israel. It is one of the main entities in the Israeli Intelligence Community, along with Aman (military intelligence) and Shin Bet (internal security). Mossad is responsible for intelligence collection, covert operations, and counterterrorism. In contrast to the government and military, the goals, structure and powers of the Mossad are exempt from the constitutional laws of the State of Israel. However, its activity is subject to secret procedures that have never been"
"Israeli Intelligence Corps The Israeli Intelligence Corps (, ""Heil HaModi'in"", abbreviated to Haman) is an Israel Defense Forces corps which falls under the jurisdiction of IDF Directorate of Military Intelligence (Aman) and is responsible for collecting, disseminating, and publishing intelligence information for the General Staff and the political branch. The corps also engages in counter-intelligence and information security work, and presents general assessments. The primary and fundamental mission of the military corps is to provide the political and military echelon intelligential warning in real time of war and activity against Israel. The corps was established as a result of the"
"managed to leave New Zealand before being apprehended. Mossad Mossad (; , ; , ', ; literally meaning ""the Institute""), short for ' (, meaning ""Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations""), is the national intelligence agency of Israel. It is one of the main entities in the Israeli Intelligence Community, along with Aman (military intelligence) and Shin Bet (internal security). Mossad is responsible for intelligence collection, covert operations, and counterterrorism. In contrast to the government and military, the goals, structure and powers of the Mossad are exempt from the constitutional laws of the State of Israel. However, its activity is"
"Agranat Commission's recommendation on the intelligence shortcomings in the Yom Kippur War. A Chief Intelligence Officer is detached from but subordinate to the head of Aman. On November 12, 1976, its first Chief Intelligence Officer, Brigadier-General Dov Tamari, was appointed. The corps includes Unit 8200, which is the IDF central collection unit, responsible for SIGINT collection and cryptographical analysis, including the Hatzav Unit, responsible for collecting OSINT intelligence. Israeli Intelligence Corps The Israeli Intelligence Corps (, ""Heil HaModi'in"", abbreviated to Haman) is an Israel Defense Forces corps which falls under the jurisdiction of IDF Directorate of Military Intelligence (Aman) and"
"their tenures. Shin Bet The Israel Security Agency (ISA, ""Sherut ha-Bitaẖon haKlali"" ""General Security Service""; ), better known by the acronym Shabak (, , ) or the Shin Bet (a two-letter Hebrew abbreviation of the name), is Israel's internal security service. Its motto is """"Magen veLo Yera'e"""" (, lit. ""Defender that shall not be seen"" or ""The unseen shield""). It is one of three principal organizations of the Israeli intelligence community, alongside Aman (military intelligence) and the Mossad (foreign intelligence service). Shabak is believed to have three operational wings: The counter-terrorist unit Yamas is directly subordinate to Shin Bet. Although"
"Shin Bet The Israel Security Agency (ISA, ""Sherut ha-Bitaẖon haKlali"" ""General Security Service""; ), better known by the acronym Shabak (, , ) or the Shin Bet (a two-letter Hebrew abbreviation of the name), is Israel's internal security service. Its motto is """"Magen veLo Yera'e"""" (, lit. ""Defender that shall not be seen"" or ""The unseen shield""). It is one of three principal organizations of the Israeli intelligence community, alongside Aman (military intelligence) and the Mossad (foreign intelligence service). Shabak is believed to have three operational wings: The counter-terrorist unit Yamas is directly subordinate to Shin Bet. Although a security"
"Israeli Intelligence Community The Israeli Intelligence Community is made up of Aman (military intelligence), Mossad (overseas intelligence) and Shin Bet (internal security). Parliamentary supervision over the intelligence community is undertaken by the Subcommittee for Intelligence and Secret Services, a subcommittee of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, which supervises the entire Israeli Security Forces. The issue regarding the suitable structure of the IIC, and questions as to dividing responsibilities and jurisdictions between Aman, Shabak, and Mossad, as well as the format of work for the three in relation to Prime Ministers and Ministers, all of these became agenda issues many"
"was replaced by Major General Aviv Kochavi. Military Intelligence Directorate (Israel) The Directorate of Military Intelligence (, ""Agaf HaModi'in"" – lit. ""the Intelligence Section""; ), often abbreviated to Aman (; ), is the central, overarching military intelligence body of the Israel Defense Forces. Aman was created in 1950, when the Intelligence Department was spun off from the IDF's General Staff (the Intelligence Department itself was composed largely of former members of the Haganah Intelligence Service). Aman is an independent service, and not part of the ground forces, Navy or the Air Force. It is one of the main entities (and"
"satellites, particularly the Amos and Ofeq. El-Op, which merged with Elbit Systems in 2000, is the country's largest research and development company for space qualified cameras and advanced telescopes that deal with various panchromatic, dual band, multi and super spectral wavelength applications. It is Israel's Center of Excellence for space electro-optics. Rafael Advanced Defense Systems is the Israeli authority for development of weapons and military technology. They are responsible for most the ISA's spacecraft propulsion systems. Israel Space Agency The Israel Space Agency (ISA; , ""Sochnut HaChalal HaYisraelit"") is a governmental body, a part of Israel's Ministry of Science and"
"agency, it is not a part of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, and its chief answers directly to the Prime Minister of Israel. Shabak's duties are safeguarding state security, exposing terrorist rings, interrogating terror suspects, providing intelligence for counter-terrorism operations in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, counter-espionage, personal protection of senior public officials, securing important infrastructure and government buildings, and safeguarding Israeli airlines and overseas embassies. With the Israeli declaration of independence in 1948, the Shabak was founded as a branch of the Israel Defense Forces and was initially headed by Isser Harel (the father of Israeli Intelligence,"
"Institute for National Security Studies (Israel) The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) is an independent Israeli research institute and think tank affiliated with Tel Aviv University dealing in areas of national security matters such as military and strategic affairs, terrorism and low intensity conflict, military balance in the Middle East, and cyber warfare. Headed by former IDF Military Intelligence Chief, General (ret.) Amos Yadlin, INSS research is published worldwide including in books, academic articles, news media, and used by government officials. INSS holds seminars and conferences in various fields of strategic affairs such as the annual Defensive Cyber Intelligence"
"It works with police organizations, especially the Israel Border Police (Hebrew: משמר הגבול, Mishmar HaGvul) is the combat branch of the Israeli Police, known by its Hebrew abbreviation Magav. Shabak also works with the Yamam special police unit, The Home Front Command provides emergency services for major disasters and terrorist attacks. Inter-Services Intelligence Serviço de Informações e Segurança (SIS) Serviciul Român de Informaţii (SRI) Unlike many other nations, Russia and the former USSR has not made a clear split between foreign and domestic intelligence. The current intelligence service is the Federal Security Service (FSB). Under the Soviet Union, the Committee"
"Israel's Secret Wars Israel's Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence Services (also known as Israel's Secret Wars: The Untold History of Israeli Intelligence) is a 1991 book written by Ian Black and Benny Morris about the history of the Israeli intelligence services from the period of the Yishuv to the end of the 1980s. It was updated in 1994 to include the Gulf War period. It explores the role of secret intelligence and covert activities in the Zionist movement before independence and explore the operational and political histories all three major Israeli intelligence agencies Aman (military intelligence), Mossad (foreign"
"security if Russia passes the intelligence on to Russia's ally, and Israel's main threat in the Middle East, namely Iran. The intelligence was so sensitive that it hadn't even been shared among key U.S. allies. Israeli intelligence officials were reportedly horrified by the disclosure. In public comments, Israeli officials including intelligence minister Yisrael Katz, Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer, and Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said the intelligence services of the two countries would continue to share information, with Dermer saying ""Israel has full confidence in our intelligence-sharing relationship with the United States."" However, speaking privately, unnamed Israeli sources"
"Israel (Mossad) are the United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, the Republic of Azerbaijan, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. The report claimed that Bahrain has been providing Israel with intelligence on Iranian and Palestinian organizations. The report also highlights the growing secret cooperation with Saudi Arabia, claiming that Mossad has been in direct contact with Saudi intelligence about Iran’s nuclear energy program. Prior to the Iranian Revolution of 1978–79, SAVAK (Organization of National Security and Information), the Iranian secret police and intelligence service was created under the guidance of United States and Israeli intelligence officers in 1957. After security relations between the United"
"tenacity and passion that you don’t experience elsewhere.” Unit 8200 is the largest unit in the Israel Defense Forces, comprising several thousand soldiers. It is comparable in its function to the United States' National Security Agency and is a Ministry of Defense body just as the NSA is part of the United States Department of Defense. Subordinate to Unit 8200 is Unit Hatzav (Hebrew name for Drimia ()), responsible for collecting OSINT intelligence. The unit monitors and collects military intelligence–related information from television, radio, newspapers, and the internet. The translation of various items accounts for part of what is termed"
"US military, and provides only second-hand intelligence to Israel. The towers of the facility are the tallest radar towers in the world, and the tallest towers in Israel. The United States and Israel have cooperated on intelligence matters since the 1950s. Throughout the Cold War, Israel provided the US with information on Soviet-built weapons systems captured from the Arabs. Israel also provides the US with much of its Middle Eastern human intelligence. The CIA became more reliant on Israeli intelligence following the Iranian Revolution and the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing. Meanwhile, the US provided Israel with satellite imagery, and in"
"is jointly operated by the CIA, BfV, and BND, a massive database containing personal information such as photos, license plate numbers, Internet search histories and telephone metadata was developed to gain a better understanding of the social relationships of presumed jihadists. In 2012, the BfV handed over 864 data sets of personal information to the CIA, NSA and seven other U.S. intelligence agencies. In exchange, the BND received data from U.S. intelligence agencies on 1,830 occasions. The newly acquired data was handed over to the BfV and stored in a domestically accessible system known as NADIS WN. The Israeli SIGINT"
"Isaac Ben Israel Professor Isaac Ben-Israel (, born 26 July 1949) is an Israeli military scientist, general and ex-politician. He currently serves as the chairman of the Israeli Space Agency and the National Council for Research and Development, under the auspices of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Space of Israel. He finished his service in the IDF ranked General, serving as head of the military Administration for the Development of Weapons and the Technological Industry. Between 2010-2012 he served as chief Cybernetics adviser to PM Netanyahu, during which period he founded the National Cyber Bureau in the PM office"
"of the national intelligence agency Mossad, had his term extended in 2009 because he was said to be involved in important projects. Additionally, Israel now expects that Iran will have a nuclear weapon in 2014 or 2015 – at least three years later than earlier estimates – without the need for an Israeli military attack on Iranian nuclear facilities; ""They seem to know something, that they have more time than originally thought"", he added. Israel has not publicly commented on the Stuxnet attack but confirmed that cyberwarfare is now among the pillars of its defense doctrine, with a military intelligence"
"and launched the National Cyber Initiative. Ben Israel is now head of the Security Studies program in Tel Aviv University, where he also heads the annual international Cyber Security conference. Between 2007 and 2009 he served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima. Ben Israel is one of Israel's top experts on Space, Cyber and technological related security. He holds a PhD in Philosophy and a BSc in Physics and Mathematics from Tel Aviv University. Ben Israel finished his studies at the Herzliya Hebrew High School in 1967, and was soon enlisted into the IDF as a prospective academic"
"the Central Bureau of Investigation. As opposed to the British Security Service and US FBI, its jurisdiction is much more restricted, with state police agencies often taking the lead. External and offensive counter-intelligence, counter-terrorism, and some direct action is the general responsibility of Mossad, although military units will carry out specific counterterrorism actions. There are some standing military special operations forces, such as Sayeret Matkal, but ""ad hoc"" task forces were assembled for major operations such as the 1976 Entebbe rescue. Mossad, on foreign intelligence, also works with Aman, the military intelligence service. Shabak is the Israeli domestic counterintelligence organization."
"Information Security Department The Information Security Department (, ""HaMa'arakh LeVithon Meida"", abbreviated to ""Mahbam"") is a department in the Israel Defense Forces' Directorate of Military Intelligence, responsible for preventing classified information from being compromised by unauthorized elements. It was formerly known as the Field Security Department. The Department engages in the study of enemy military intelligence, providing security briefings, securing classified information, and teaching and enforcement activities related to information security. Most of the security breaches that take place are in the area of computing (including the Internet), and the securing of documents. The Department absorbs about 450 new Information"
"""basic intelligence"", which is collected by the units. According to media reports, the unit provides over half of the overall intelligence information for the Israeli Intelligence Community. The IDF's most important signal intelligence–gathering installation is the Urim SIGINT Base, a part of Unit 8200. Urim is located in the Negev desert approximately 30 km from Beersheba. In March 2004, the Commission to investigate the intelligence network following the War in Iraq recommended turning the unit into a civilian national SIGINT agency, as is in other Western countries, but this proposal was not implemented. Unit 8200, is staffed primarily by 18–21"
"Air Intelligence Group The Israeli Air Intelligence Group (; also known as Lamdan, its Hebrew acronym) is a unit of the Israel Defense Forces Air Force. Like other IDF intelligence gathering bodies, it is professionally subordinate to the IDF's Intelligence Directorate. Lamdan is responsible for the formulation of the aerial intelligence picture, and participates in forging the overall intelligence view as part of the Israeli Intelligence Community. It operates several research and collection units, including the Technical Assistance Unit (formerly the Air Photography Unit) which analyzes aerial photography, and the Zoom Unit which studies the procurement of new aircraft. Lamdan"
"author and ""senior correspondent for military and intelligence affairs"" for Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, in his book ""Rise And Kill First"" (2018) writes that Israel's Mossad intelligence service had established a reciprocal intelligence-sharing relationship with the government of Morocco's King Hassan II. In September, 1965 the King had allowed the Mossad to install electronic eavesdropping devices in ""all the meeting rooms and private suites of the leaders of the Arab states and their military commanders during an Arab summit in Casablanca"", giving Israel ""an unprecedented glimpse of the military and intelligence secrets of its greatest enemies, and of the mindsets"
"Security NCOs annually. Its members serve in all branches of the IDF. Information Security Department The Information Security Department (, ""HaMa'arakh LeVithon Meida"", abbreviated to ""Mahbam"") is a department in the Israel Defense Forces' Directorate of Military Intelligence, responsible for preventing classified information from being compromised by unauthorized elements. It was formerly known as the Field Security Department. The Department engages in the study of enemy military intelligence, providing security briefings, securing classified information, and teaching and enforcement activities related to information security. Most of the security breaches that take place are in the area of computing (including the Internet),"
"the country's main public broadcasting service until 2017. As of May 15, 2017, it was replaced by KAN (Hebrew for ""here""), the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation. In Arabic, the IPBC is known by the name MAKAN (Arabic for ""place""). KAN has inherited the two main public TV channels in Israel: KAN also includes the following 8 public radio stations, taken from IBA: The Israeli Defense Forces owns its own broadcasting network known as IDF Waves which includes 2 radio stations: In addition, the ministry of education owns the Israeli Educational Television, known as Hinuchit, the first Israeli television channel. It"
"the early 1980s, the CIA reportedly began giving Israel intelligence that it denied its closest NATO allies. In particular, Israel received almost unlimited access to intelligence from the KH-11 Kennan military satellite, though Israeli access was more restricted following Operation Opera. Despite intense intelligence cooperation, both countries have been heavily engaged in espionage operations against one another. The United States has mainly tried to penetrate Israel's political, military and intelligence circles and gather information on Israel's alleged nuclear and non-conventional capabilities, while Israel has also penetrated the US government, and has engaged in industrial espionage in the United States in"
"about his career or treason, as required by an agreement he signed before his release. Klingberg published his memoirs, Hameragel Ha'akharon (""The Last Spy""), written together with his lawyer, Michael Sfard, in 2007. Israel Institute for Biological Research Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) is an Israeli government defense research institute specializing in biology, medicinal chemistry and environmental science. The institute's work is a closely guarded secret. It is suspected of also developing biological and chemical weapons and defenses against them, as well as toxins for use by Israeli intelligence in assassinations. It is located in Ness Ziona, 20 kilometers"
"attached to major commands. Israel has both clandestine collection and some covert action in the Mossad, although their larger paramilitary operations are assigned to what they call ""reconnaissance units"", the premier one being Sayeret Matkal To retaliate for the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Mossad set up Operation Wrath of God, to assassinate militants believed responsible. For some time, the operation was successful, although eventually killed an innocent individual who had been incorrectly identified; see the Lillehammer affair. The Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE) is responsible for intelligence analysis and clandestine collection, but also has an operations division"
"Research Department (Aman) The Research Department () is a unit in the IDF Directorate of Military Intelligence (Aman) that serves as the national assessor of intelligence in the State of Israel. The Research Department's principal roles involve the analysis of information gathered by Aman's collection units and from the Intelligence Community at large; and forming tactical, strategic, and operative assessments, as well as reporting on the likelihood of war, and presenting these to military and political decisionmakers, including the Prime Minister. The Research Department is the most established, senior research branch in the Intelligence Community, and works closely with the"