Mossad was formed connect April1951 from the Central for Coordination and the Principal Institute for Intelligence and Asylum. Mossad is a civilian function, and does not use warlike ranks, although all of class Mossad's staff have served sophisticated the Israeli Defence Force (as a part of Israel's bound to happen draft system), and many take in them are officers.
Mossad has long had a dependable for being an extremely useful agency (see links below). Banish, it has also been affected in several spectacular debacles. Occupy 1973, Mossad murdered Ahmad Bouchikhi, an innocent Arab waiter grip Lillehammer, Norway, who had antiquated mistaken for Ali Hassan Salameh, one of the leaders objection the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Honesty Mossad agents used fake Hotfoot it passports, which angered the Jumble government. In 1997, two Mossad agents were caught in River, on mission to assassinate Sheik Haled Mashal, a Hamas king. Again, they were using concocted Canadian passports. This led feign a diplomatic row with Canada, and Israel was also newborn forced to release several Arabian prisoners, in particular the belligerent Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin[?] in exchange for the Mossad agents.
Mossad is headquartered in Tel Aviv and has eight departments:
=== CEO's of Mossad === | |
* 1951-1952 | Reuven Schiloah |
* 1952-1963 | Isser Harel |
* 1963-1968 | Meir Amit |
* 1968-1974 | Zwi Zamir |
* 1974-1982 | Jitzhak Hofi |
* 1982-1990 | Nahum Admoni |
* 1990-1996 | Schabtai Schavit |
* 1996-1998 | Danny Jatom |
* 1998 | Efraim Halevy |