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Abbreviation | English: ISA, Local: Shabak - Hebrew: שב״כ, Arabic: شاباك |
Motto | מגן ולא יראהMagen veLo Yera'e The Defender that shall not be seen, The unseen shield |
Formation | February 8, 1949 |
Leader | Director of The Shin Bet |
Type | ![]() |
Interest of | Nahum Manbar |
The Israel Security Agency or General Security Agency, known in Hebrew as Shabak (an abbreviation for Sherut ha-Bitachon ha-Klali) or Shin Bet, is the Israeli counterintelligence and internal security service.[1]
Contents
People
Directors
- Isser Harel 1948-52
- Izi Dorot 1952-53
- Amos Manor 1953-63
- Yosef Harmelin 1964-74, 1986-88
- Avraham Ahituv 1974-80
- Avraham Ben-Dor 1980-86
- Yaakov Peri 1988-94
- Carmi Gillon 1995-96
- Ami Ayalon 1996-2000
- Avi Dichter 2000-05[2]
- Yuval Diskin 2005-[3]
Others
- Reuven Paz former head of Research
Resources
- BBC Online Profile: Israel's Shin Bet agency Wednesday, 30 January, 2002, 14:41 GMT.
Related Quotations
Page | Quote | Author | Date |
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2023-2025 Israel-Hamas War/October 7 | “Under no circumstances and at no stage was Prime Minister Netanyahu warned of war intentions on the part of Hamas. On the contrary, the assessment of the entire security echelon, including the head of military intelligence and the head of Shin Bet, was that Hamas was deterred and was seeking an arrangement".” | Benjamin Netanyahu | October 2023 |
Yuval Diskin | “The attacks on 9/11 gave our own war international legitimacy. We were able to completely untie the ropes that had bound us.” | Yuval Diskin | 2005 |
Employee on Wikispooks
Employee | Job | Appointed | End |
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Meir Ben Shabbat | Various command roles | 1989 | 2017 |
Event Participated in
Event | Start | Location(s) | Description |
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2023-2025 Israel-Hamas War/Israeli invasion of Gaza | 27 October 2023 | Gaza | After October 7, Israel invaded Gaza with widespread international support. The IDF went on a widely reported revenge killing spree. Even by Israel's own account, they killed 19,500 Palestinian civilians after half a year of bombing hospitals, schools and civilian towers, utilising numerous condemned tactics. |
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References
- ↑ Shabak/Shin Bet/Israel Security Agency/Sherut ha-Bitachon ha-Klali, Federation of American Scientists, accessed 9 May 2009.
- ↑ ISA Directors Then and Now, ISA Security Agency (Shin Bet), accessed 9 April 2009.
- ↑ Yuval Diskin appointed ISA Director, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 10 February 2005.