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| − | Israeli Foreign Minister. | + | {{person |
| − | The Sunday Times claimed in June 2008 that she is a former [[Mossad]] agent. | + | |constitutes=spook, politician |
| + | |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzipi_Livni | ||
| + | |birth_date=1958-07-08 | ||
| + | |birth_place=Tel Aviv, Israel | ||
| + | |description=Spooky Israeli Foreign Minister | ||
| + | |alma_mater=Bar-Ilan University | ||
| + | |political_parties=Likud, Kadima, Hatnuah, Zionist Union | ||
| + | |employment={{job | ||
| + | |title=Israeli Foreign Minister | ||
| + | |start= | ||
| + | |end=}} | ||
| + | }}'''Tzipi Livni''' was [[Israeli Foreign Minister]]. ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' claimed in June 2008 that she is a former [[Mossad]] agent. | ||
==Irgun background== | ==Irgun background== | ||
| − | ::Both her parents were arrested for terrorist crimes in the 1940s. Her mother Sarah, who died recently aged 85, was a leader of [[Irgun]], the militant Zionist group that operated in Palestine at the time of the British mandate and whose exploits included train robbery. | + | ::Both her parents were arrested for [[terrorist]] crimes in the [[1940s]]. Her mother Sarah, who died recently aged 85, was a leader of [[Irgun]], the militant Zionist group that operated in [[Palestine]] at the time of the British mandate and whose exploits included train robbery. |
::“I was disguised as a pregnant woman and robbed a train carrying £35,000,” she said in an interview shortly before she died. “Then we blew up another train en route from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv.” | ::“I was disguised as a pregnant woman and robbed a train carrying £35,000,” she said in an interview shortly before she died. “Then we blew up another train en route from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv.” | ||
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::“Tzipi was not an office girl,” said an acquaintance. “She was a clever woman with an IQ of 150. She blended in well in European capitals, working with male agents, most of them ex-commandos, taking out Arab terrorists.” <ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4040016.ece Tzipi Livni: terrorist-hunter secret of woman tipped to lead Israel], by Uzi Mahnaimi. Sunday Times, 1 June 2008.</ref> | ::“Tzipi was not an office girl,” said an acquaintance. “She was a clever woman with an IQ of 150. She blended in well in European capitals, working with male agents, most of them ex-commandos, taking out Arab terrorists.” <ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4040016.ece Tzipi Livni: terrorist-hunter secret of woman tipped to lead Israel], by Uzi Mahnaimi. Sunday Times, 1 June 2008.</ref> | ||
| − | ::The frontrunner to become Israel’s next prime minister, Tzipi Livni, was a Paris agent for Mossad, Israel’s overseas intelligence agency, in the early 1980s when it ran a series of missions to kill Palestinian terrorists in European capitals, according to former colleagues. | + | ::The frontrunner to become Israel’s next prime minister, Tzipi Livni, was a Paris agent for Mossad, Israel’s overseas intelligence agency, in the early [[1980s]] when it ran a series of missions to kill Palestinian terrorists in European capitals, according to former colleagues. |
::They say Livni, now foreign minister, was on active service when [[Mamoun Meraish]], a senior official in the [[Palestine Liberation Organisation]], was shot dead by a Mossad hit squad in Athens on August 21, 1983. She was not directly involved in the killing, in which two young men on a motorcycle drew alongside Meraish’s car and opened fire, but her role in Mossad remains secret. | ::They say Livni, now foreign minister, was on active service when [[Mamoun Meraish]], a senior official in the [[Palestine Liberation Organisation]], was shot dead by a Mossad hit squad in Athens on August 21, 1983. She was not directly involved in the killing, in which two young men on a motorcycle drew alongside Meraish’s car and opened fire, but her role in Mossad remains secret. | ||
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 Tzipi Livni    (spook, politician) | ||||||||
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| Born | 1958-07-08 Tel Aviv, Israel | |||||||
| Alma mater | Bar-Ilan University | |||||||
| Member of | International Crisis Group/Board | |||||||
| Party | Likud, Kadima, Hatnuah, Zionist Union | |||||||
Spooky Israeli Foreign Minister
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Tzipi Livni was Israeli Foreign Minister. The Sunday Times claimed in June 2008 that she is a former Mossad agent.
Irgun background
- “I was disguised as a pregnant woman and robbed a train carrying £35,000,” she said in an interview shortly before she died. “Then we blew up another train en route from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv.”
- Livni’s father, Eitan, was sentenced to 15 years in jail for attacking a British military base. He escaped.[1]
Mossad career
- Livni joined Mossad after leaving the army with the rank of lieutenant and completing a year at law school. From her base in Paris she travelled throughout Europe in pursuit of Arab terrorists.
- “Tzipi was not an office girl,” said an acquaintance. “She was a clever woman with an IQ of 150. She blended in well in European capitals, working with male agents, most of them ex-commandos, taking out Arab terrorists.” [2]
- The frontrunner to become Israel’s next prime minister, Tzipi Livni, was a Paris agent for Mossad, Israel’s overseas intelligence agency, in the early 1980s when it ran a series of missions to kill Palestinian terrorists in European capitals, according to former colleagues.
- They say Livni, now foreign minister, was on active service when Mamoun Meraish, a senior official in the Palestine Liberation Organisation, was shot dead by a Mossad hit squad in Athens on August 21, 1983. She was not directly involved in the killing, in which two young men on a motorcycle drew alongside Meraish’s car and opened fire, but her role in Mossad remains secret.
- Shortly afterwards Livni resigned and returned to Israel to complete her law studies, citing the pressures of the job.[3]
Following the Sunday Times report, the Israeli Website Ynetnews stated: "Livni’s past as a Mossad agent is a well-known fact, but the ‘Times’ adds a few other details that have never been published."[4]
An interview published in 2009 revealed Livni had been a member of Mossad's Bayonet 'hit squad' for four years, and had travelled to Lebanon on an undercover mission during the 1982 Israeli invasion.[5]
References
- ↑ Tzipi Livni: terrorist-hunter secret of woman tipped to lead Israel, by Uzi Mahnaimi. Sunday Times, 1 June 2008.
- ↑ Tzipi Livni: terrorist-hunter secret of woman tipped to lead Israel, by Uzi Mahnaimi. Sunday Times, 1 June 2008.
- ↑ Tzipi Livni: terrorist-hunter secret of woman tipped to lead Israel, by Uzi Mahnaimi. Sunday Times, 1 June 2008.
- ↑ Agent Livni makes British headlines, Ynetnews, 1 June 2008.
- ↑ Uzi Mahnaimi, Looking for love: Livni the lonely spy, Sunday Times, 15 February 2009.
