IN early January two black Audi A6 limousines drove up to the main gate of a building on a small hill in the northern suburbs of Tel Aviv: the headquarters of Mossad, the Israeli secret intelligence agency, known as the “midrasha”.Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, stepped out of his car and was greeted by Meir Dagan, the 64-year-old head of…
THE politician vying to become Israel’s first woman prime minister since Golda Meir has disclosed personal details of her former career in the intelligence agency Mossad, hinting that she considered “short relationships” to relieve her loneliness as a secret agent.Tzipi Livni, 50, whose centrist Kadima party emerged as the largest single group in the Knes…
JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israel’s Mossad spy agency estimates Iran will develop a nuclear weapon within three years and continue to provide rockets to regional armed groups, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.Mossad director Meir Dagan, in an intelligence assessment presented to Israel’s powerful foreign affairs and defence committee on Monday, said the Jewish stat…
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has decided that Mossad,Israel’s intelligence agency, will remain in charge of the Iranian nuclear file.With his decision, Olmert rejected an appeal by the Israeli army’s military intelligence service to assume responsibility forIran, the army radio added Saturday, without giving further details.Known by its Hebrew acron…
Maj. Gen.(res.) Meir Dagan, the chief of Mossad’s Secret Service, has presented his annual assessment of Israel’s state of security to the Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee. If not stopped, Iran will be able to start producing enriched uranium within months of reactivating its centrifuge process. But at the same time, Dagan was optimistic the in…
Israel’s highly-secretive intelligence agency Mossad is seeking new recruits – including a bus driver and a waiter. The organization, legendary for its shadowy operations, has gone public by launching its own permanent website for the first time. The site offers dozens of openings for would-be operatives, from highly skilled technicians to a waiter with c…
Long before George W. Bush declared his war on terrorism, Israel had begun its own. The advance guard in this never-ending battle against foes of the Jewish state lurk near the frontline, but many more are at work far behind enemy lines.They are the agents of Mossad, Israel’s foremost intelligence agency.Since its inception in 1951, the agency has earned…
BERLIN, Oct 11 (AFP) – Israel’s spy agency Mossad has drawn up preemptive attack plans on six sites in Iran it suspects are being used to prepare nuclear weapons, Der Spiegel magazine says in its Monday edition, citing Israeli security officials.A special Mossad unit received orders two months ago to prepare plans for attacks on half-a-dozen targets, the…
By Richard SaleUPI Intelligence CorrespondentIsrael is embarking upon a more aggressive approach to the war on terror that will include staging targeted killings in the United States and other friendly countries, former Israeli intelligence officials told United Press International.Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has forbidden the practice until now,…