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| − | ''Rita Katz'', an Israeli expat who was born in Iraq and raised in Bat Yam, Israel. As a committed Zionist, Katz was reluctant to ever leave Israel saying, ''“I believed that Jews belong in Israel”''.<ref>Aaron Leibel [http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=10948 Author Infiltrates Islamic Terror Cells]' ''Washington Jewish Week'' 29 August 2003</ref> Nevertheless, in 1997 Katz’s husband was offered a research fellowship in endocrinology at the [[National Institutes of Health]] and they moved to Washington with their three children.<ref>Benjamin Wallace-Wells, [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/05/29/060529fa_fact 'PRIVATE JIHAD: How Rita Katz got into the spying business'], ''The New Yorker'', 29 May 2006</ref> In 2002 with [[Josh Devon]] she co-founded the [[SITE Institute]] (later to become the [[SITE Intelligence Group]] | + | ''Rita Katz'', an Israeli expat who was born in Iraq and raised in Bat Yam, Israel. As a committed Zionist, Katz was reluctant to ever leave Israel saying, ''“I believed that Jews belong in Israel”''.<ref>Aaron Leibel [http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=10948 Author Infiltrates Islamic Terror Cells]' ''Washington Jewish Week'' 29 August 2003</ref> Nevertheless, in 1997 Katz’s husband was offered a research fellowship in endocrinology at the [[National Institutes of Health]] and they moved to Washington with their three children.<ref>Benjamin Wallace-Wells, [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/05/29/060529fa_fact 'PRIVATE JIHAD: How Rita Katz got into the spying business'], ''The New Yorker'', 29 May 2006</ref> In 2002 with [[Josh Devon]] she co-founded the [[SITE Institute]] (later to become the [[SITE Intelligence Group]]) |
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Revision as of 20:13, 16 November 2015
 Rita Katz     (Terrorism analyst) | |
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| Born | 1963 Basra, Iraq |
| Alma mater | Tel Aviv University |
| Religion | Jew |
| Founder of | SITE Intelligence Group, Search for International Terrorist Entities |
| Interests | “terrorism” |
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Rita Katz, an Israeli expat who was born in Iraq and raised in Bat Yam, Israel. As a committed Zionist, Katz was reluctant to ever leave Israel saying, “I believed that Jews belong in Israel”.[1] Nevertheless, in 1997 Katz’s husband was offered a research fellowship in endocrinology at the National Institutes of Health and they moved to Washington with their three children.[2] In 2002 with Josh Devon she co-founded the SITE Institute (later to become the SITE Intelligence Group)
References
- ↑ Aaron Leibel Author Infiltrates Islamic Terror Cells' Washington Jewish Week 29 August 2003
- ↑ Benjamin Wallace-Wells, 'PRIVATE JIHAD: How Rita Katz got into the spying business', The New Yorker, 29 May 2006
