Mossad

Mossad
Motto	באין תחבולות יפול עם, ותשועה ברוב יועץ (For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers. (Proverbs 11:14))
Formation	December 13, 1949
Parent organization	Israel
Type	intelligence agency
Headquarters	Tel Aviv, Israel
Leader	Director of Mossad Incumbent: Yossi Cohen Since January 2016
Subgroups	Tevel
Staff	1,200
Website	http://www.mossad.gov.il/default.aspx
Mossad (Hebrew for Institute) is an abbreviation for ha-Mossad le-Modiin ule-Tafkidim Meyuhadim (Institute for Intelligence and Special Tasks), an Israeli intelligence agency focused on foreign intelligence.

The Mossad is an Israeli intelligence agency.

Motto

Mossad's former motto, be-tachbūlōt ta`aseh lekhā milchāmāh (Hebrew: בתחבולות תעשה לך מלחמה‎) is a quote from the Bible (Proverbs 24:6): "For by wise guidance you can wage your war" (NRSV). The motto was later changed to another Proverbs passage: be-'éyn tachbūlōt yippol `ām; ū-teshū`āh be-rov yō'éts (Hebrew: באין תחבולות יפול עם, ותשועה ברוב יועץ‎, Proverbs 11:14). This is translated by NRSV as: "Where there is no guidance, a nation falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety."

Directors

Full article: Director of Mossad

• Reuven Shiloah 1949-1952
• Isser Harel 1953-1963
• Meir Amit 1963-1968
• Zvi Zamir 1968-1974
• Itzhak Hofi 1974-1982
• Nahum Admoni 1982-1989
• Shabtai Shavit 1989-1996
• Dani Yatom 1996-1998
• Efraim Halevi 1998-2002
• Meir Dagan 2002-2010
• Tamir Pardo 2011-2016
• Yossi Cohen 2016-

 

Events carried out

Event	Date	Location
9-11	11 September 2001	New York Washington DC US
Lavon Affair	July 1954 - October 1954	Egypt
Project Ulysses	1950 - 1968

 

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Possible Israeli connection to the Oslo attacks	webpage	25 July 2011	Stephen Lendman