42-796: [REDACTED] Look up Sayan or sa:सायण in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sayan may refer to: Places [ edit ] Sayan Mountains , a mountain range in Siberia Sayan, India , a city in India Sayan, Bali , a village in Indonesia Sayan, Iran , a village in Iran Sayán District , Peru Other uses [ edit ] Sayan (name) Sayana , 14th century Indian commentator on
84-574: A Mossad asset since 2003, and left only when his cover was about to be blown. Le Figaro claimed that Mossad was possibly behind a blast at the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Imam Ali military base, on October 12, 2011. The explosion at the base killed 18 and injured 10 others. Among the dead was also general Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam , who served as the commander of the Revolutionary Guards’ missile program and
126-673: A central body to coordinate and improve cooperation between the existing security services—the army's intelligence department ( AMAN ), the Internal Security Service ( Shin Bet ), and the Political Intelligence Service (Mossad). The central body governing the three security services was Va'adat; today it is the Ministry of Intelligence. In March 1951, it was reorganized and incorporated into
168-583: A famine-ridden region of Sudan in 1984, also maintaining a relationship with the Ethiopian government. In 1960, Mossad discovered that the Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann was in Argentina . A team of five Mossad agents led by Shimon Ben Aharon slipped into Argentina and, through surveillance , confirmed that he had been living there under the name of Ricardo Klement. He was abducted on May 11, 1960 and taken to
210-487: A hideout. He was subsequently smuggled to Israel, where he was tried and executed. Argentina protested what it considered as a violation of its sovereignty, and the United Nations Security Council noted that "repetition of acts such as [this] would involve a breach of the principles upon which international order is founded, creating an atmosphere of insecurity and distrust incompatible with
252-630: A response." A month later, terrorists struck at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in the largest terrorist attack in history . The US journalists Dylan Howard , Melissa Cronin and James Robertson linked the Mossad to American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in their book Epstein: Dead Men Tell No Tales . They relied for the most part on the former Israeli intelligence officer Ari Ben-Menashe . According to him, Epstein's activities as
294-403: A secret recruitment ad for its Cyber Division. The ad featured seemingly random letters and numbers, which turned out to be a hidden puzzle. Over 25,000 people attempted to solve it, and while most failed, dozens succeeded and were recruited. In a rare 2012 interview with " Lady Globes ," Mossad fighters talked about the recruitment of men and women to the Mossad, the screening tests, their work in
336-588: A sense of devotion to Israel. They are recruited by Mossad's field agents, katsas , to provide logistical support for Mossad operations. A sayan running a rental agency, for instance, could help Mossad agents rent a car without the usual documentation. The usage of sayanim allows the Mossad to operate with a slim budget yet conduct vast operations worldwide. Sayanim can have dual citizenships but are often not Israeli citizens. According to Gordon Thomas, there were 4,000 sayanim in Britain and some 16,000 in
378-400: A spy served to gather compromising material on powerful people in order to blackmail them. There is also a possible connection to the Mossad via Ghislaine Maxwell , whose father Robert Maxwell is said to have had contacts with the Mossad. Epstein's victim Virginia Giuffre also alleged Epstein to be an intelligence asset, linking on Twitter to a Reddit page, that alleged Epstein being
420-766: A spy, running a blackmail operation. In 1965, the Mossad assassinated Latvian Nazi collaborator Herberts Cukurs . A report published on the Israeli military's official website in February 2014 said that Middle Eastern countries that cooperate with 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
462-539: Is a field intelligence officer of the Mossad. The word katsa is a Hebrew acronym for Hebrew : קצין איסוף , romanized : ktsin issuf , "intelligence officer", literally "gathering officer". A katsa is a case officer who runs agents to clandestinely collect intelligence. The kidon are Mossad's elite assassins. Recruits receive two years of training at Mossad's training facility near Herzliya . Sayanim ( Hebrew : סייענים , lit. helpers, assistants ) are unpaid Jewish civilians who help Mossad out of
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#1732764762577504-471: Is estimated that it employs around 7,000 people, making it one of the world's largest espionage agencies. The organization is alleged to have been involved with many assassination plots across a variety of locations. Mossad was formed on December 13, 1949, as the Central Institute for Coordination at the recommendation of Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion to Reuven Shiloah . Ben Gurion wanted
546-658: Is the national intelligence agency of the State 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 counter-terrorism . Its director answers directly and only to the Prime Minister . Its annual budget is estimated to be around ₪ 10 billion (US$ 2.73 billion), and it
588-424: Is translated by NRSV as: "Where there is no guidance, a nation falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety." About half of the Mossad's leaders rose through its ranks, while the rest are retired IDF soldiers appointed to head the agency. The Prime Minister personally appoints the head of the Mossad for Intelligence and Special Duties without needing government or other supervisory body approval (unlike
630-645: The 1994 AMIA bombing , the largest bombing in Argentine history, Mossad began gathering intelligence for a raid by Israeli Special Forces on the Iranian embassy in Khartoum as retaliation. The operation was called off due to fears that another attack against worldwide Jewish communities might take place as revenge. Mossad also assisted in Operation Moses , the evacuation of Ethiopian Jews to Israel from
672-828: The Iranian nuclear program . It is also suspected of being behind the attempted assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Fereydoon Abbasi . Meir Dagan , who served as Director of Mossad from 2002 until 2009, while not taking credit for the assassinations, praised them in an interview with a journalist, saying "the removal of important brains" from the Iranian nuclear project had achieved so-called "white defections ", frightening other Iranian nuclear scientists into requesting that they be transferred to civilian projects. In 2018, Mossad agents infiltrated Iran's secret nuclear archive in Tehran and smuggled over 100,000 documents and computer files to Israel. The documents and files showed that
714-606: The PLO and second in command of Fatah behind Yasser Arafat , in 1991. The 2016 alleged killing of Hamas operative Mohamed Zouari in Tunisia. Known to Israel's security echelon as "The Engineer", he was a Hamas-affiliated engineer who was believed to be constructing drones for the group. He was shot at close range. For Operation Entebbe in 1976, Mossad provided intelligence regarding Entebbe International Airport and extensively interviewed hostages who had been released. In
756-625: The 1990s, Mossad began scouting locations in Iraq where Saddam Hussein could be ambushed by Sayeret Matkal commandos inserted into Iraq from Jordan . The mission was called off due to Operation Desert Fox and the ongoing Israeli-Arab peace process. In what is thought to have been a reprisal action for a Hamas suicide-bombing in Jerusalem on July 30, 1997 that killed 16 Israelis, Benjamin Netanyahu authorised an operation against Khaled Mashal ,
798-583: The Chief of Staff or the Shin Bet 's head). The appointment undergoes review by the advisory committee for appointing senior civil service officials. The term is five years, extendable by the Prime Minister for another year without conditions. Until 1996, the head of Mossad's name was kept confidential. Mossad argued that secrecy allowed the head to move freely worldwide. In response to public criticism,
840-557: The Hamas representative in Jordan. On September 25, 1997, Mashal was injected in the ear with a toxin (thought to have been a derivative of the synthetic opiate Fentanyl called Levofentanyl). Jordanian authorities apprehended two Mossad agents posing as Canadian tourists and trapped a further six in the Israeli embassy. In exchange for their release, an Israeli physician had to fly to Amman and deliver an antidote for Mashal. The fallout from
882-657: The Iranian AMAD Project aimed to develop nuclear weapons . Israel shared the information with its allies, including European countries and the United States. In 2024, former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad revealed that Iran's intelligence service had established a unit to counter Mossad operations, only for its leader to have been exposed as a Mossad agent in 2021. He also claimed that around 20 Iranian operatives had been acting as double agents , supplying intelligence to Israel. Assistance in
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#1732764762577924-556: The Moroccan port of Casablanca and planted a tracking device on the freighter Al-Yarmouk , which was carrying a cargo of North Korean missiles bound for Syria . The ship was to be sunk by the Israeli Air Force , but the mission was later called off by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin . The 1988 killing of Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad), a founder of Fatah . The alleged killing of Salah Khalaf , head of intelligence of
966-480: The Mossad alongside starting a family, the relationship between the time to prepare for the actions and the actions themselves, working in teams, the emotional intelligence required of them, the nature of the activity, avoiding fame and omnipotence, and conversations with enemies. In 2024, during the Israel-Hezbollah conflict , it was reported in the media that Hezbollah fired a "Qader 1" missile towards
1008-612: The Mossad base in Tel Aviv. The organizational structure of the Mossad is officially classified. Mossad is organized into divisions, led by a director who is equivalent to a major general in the Israel Defense Forces . Mossad opened a venture capital fund in June 2017, to invest in high-tech startups to develop new cyber technologies. The names of technology startups funded by Mossad are not published. A katsa
1050-633: The Palestinian writer and leading PFLP member Ghassan Kanafani by a car bomb in 1972. The provision of intelligence and operational assistance in the 1973 Operation Spring of Youth special forces raid on Beirut . The targeted killing of Ali Hassan Salameh , the leader of Black September , on January 22, 1979 in Beirut by a car bomb. Providing intelligence for the killing of Abbas al-Musawi , secretary general of Hezbollah, in southern Lebanon in 1992. Allegedly killed Jihad Ahmed Jibril ,
1092-612: The United States and Iran grew more distant in the early 1960s which led the CIA training team to leave Iran , Mossad became increasingly active in Iran, "training SAVAK personnel and carrying out a broad variety of joint operations with SAVAK." A US intelligence official told The Washington Post that Israel orchestrated the defection of Iranian general Ali Reza Askari on February 7, 2007. This has been denied by Israeli spokesman Mark Regev . The Sunday Times reported that Askari had been
1134-473: The United States and planning "a major assault on the United States". The Israeli intelligence agency cautioned the FBI that it had picked up indications of a "large-scale target" in the United States and that Americans would be "very vulnerable". However, "It is not known whether U.S. authorities thought the warning to be credible, or whether it contained enough details to allow counter-terrorism teams to come up with
1176-543: The United States in 1998. Israeli students called bodlim are often used as gofers for Mossad. 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
1218-561: The Vedas The singular for sayanim, Jewish diaspora who provide logistical support for Mossad See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Sayan Sayun , a city in the region and Governorate of Hadhramaut, Yemen Sayyan , a town in Yemen Syan (disambiguation) Sian (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
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1302-638: The defection and rescuing of the family of Munir Redfa , an Iraqi pilot who defected and flew his MiG-21 to Israel in 1966: " Operation Diamond ". Redfa's entire family was also successfully smuggled from Iraq to Israel. Previously unknown information about the MiG-21 was subsequently shared with the United States. Operation Sphinx – Between 1978 and 1981, obtained highly sensitive information about Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor by recruiting an Iraqi nuclear scientist in France. Operation Bramble Bush II – In
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1344-499: The failed killing eventually led to the release of Sheik Ahmed Yassin , the founder and spiritual leader of the Hamas movement, and scores of Hamas prisoners. Netanyahu flew into Amman on September 29 to apologize personally to King Hussein, but he was instead met by the King's brother, Crown Prince Hassan. The sending of letter bombs to PFLP member Bassam Abu Sharif in 1972. Sharif was severely wounded, but survived. The killing of
1386-462: The 💕 [REDACTED] Look up Sayan or sa:सायण in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sayan may refer to: Places [ edit ] Sayan Mountains , a mountain range in Siberia Sayan, India , a city in India Sayan, Bali , a village in Indonesia Sayan, Iran , a village in Iran Sayán District , Peru Other uses [ edit ] Sayan (name) Sayana , 14th century Indian commentator on
1428-462: The government began revealing the head's name when Danny Yatom assumed office. Together with Shurat HaDin , Mossad started Operation Harpoon, for "destroying terrorists' money networks". In September 1956, Mossad established a secretive network in Morocco to smuggle Moroccan Jews to Israel after a ban on immigration to Israel was imposed. In early 1991, two Mossad operatives infiltrated
1470-518: 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
1512-523: The late 1990s, after Mossad was tipped off to the presence of two Iranian agents in Johannesburg on a mission to procure advanced weapons systems from Denel , a Mossad agent was deployed, and met up with a local Jewish contact. Posing as South African intelligence, they abducted the Iranians, drove them to a warehouse, and beat and intimidated them before forcing them to leave the country. After
1554-406: The preservation of peace" while also acknowledging that "Eichmann should be brought to appropriate justice for the crimes of which he is accused" and that "this resolution should in no way be interpreted as condoning the odious crimes of which Eichmann is accused." Mossad abandoned a second operation, intended to capture Josef Mengele . During the 1990s, Mossad discovered that a Hezbollah agent
1596-558: The prime minister's office, reporting directly to the Prime Minister of Israel . Due to Mossad's accountability directly to the prime minister and not to the Knesset , journalist Ronen Bergman has described Mossad as a " deep state ". In the 1990s, Aliza Magen-Halevi became the highest-ranking woman in Mossad's history when she served as the agency's deputy director under Shabtai Shavit and Danny Yatom . The Mossad made an unusual move on Israel's 68th Independence Day by releasing
1638-488: The title Sayan . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sayan&oldid=1213525936 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sayan From Misplaced Pages,
1680-795: The title Sayan . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sayan&oldid=1213525936 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mossad#Sayanim The Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations ( Hebrew : המוסד למודיעין ולתפקידים מיוחדים , romanized : ha-Mosád le-Modiʿín u-le-Tafkidím Meyuḥadím ), popularly known as Mossad ( UK : / ˈ m ɒ s æ d / MOSS -ad ; US : / m oʊ ˈ s ɑː d / moh- SAHD ),
1722-455: Was a crucial figure in building Iran's long-range missile program. The base is believed to store long-range missiles, including the Shahab-3 , and also has hangars. It is one of Iran's most secure military bases. Mossad has been accused of assassinating Masoud Alimohammadi , Ardeshir Hosseinpour , Majid Shahriari , Darioush Rezaeinejad and Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan ; scientists involved in
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1764-602: Was operating inside the United States to procure materials needed to manufacture IEDs and other weapons. In a joint operation with U.S. intelligence, the Hezbollah agent was kept under surveillance in hopes that his communications would expose additional Hezbollah operatives. The agent was eventually arrested. Mossad informed the FBI and CIA in August 2001 that, based on its intelligence, as many as 200 terrorists were slipping into
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