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Mossad: Israel's Mossad
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The Mossad is Israel's central intelligence agency, responsible for intelligence collection, covert action, and counterterrorism outside the borders of the state. It was founded in 1951, under orders from Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, by Reuven Shiloah, a senior member of Israel's diplomatic corps. It replaced a number of organizations, including the SHAI (Sherut Yediʿot), the intelligence service of the Haganah, and the political department of the Jewish Agency, which had been created by the political leadership of the Yishuv (Jewish community in Palestine).
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Within Mossad, Israel's dramatic entry into the war against Bin Laden had a mixed reception. "If bin Laden was involved in the Kenya attack, this man is a walking corpse," said one agent. "The price tag on Jewish blood is very high."
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The Mossad's many endeavors in serving Israel's security interests have earned the Mossad a reputation for being extremely effective as an intelligence agency. Controversy exists over cases where it has employed the tactics of kidnapping and assassination.
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On the eve of the October 1973 war, the Mossad gave the government an early warning of an imminent Egyptian offensive against the Bar-Lev Line, but military intelligence did not take the warning seriously. The failure of military intelligence to make the correct assessment during that war brought about changes in the mandate of Israel's various intelligence agencies. A unit for research and information assessment was added to the Mossad and to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the purpose of cross-assessment and verification.
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There can be no doubt that the Islamic Republic is a top priority for Israel's foreign intelligence and counterterrorism service, Mossad. In addition to fears that Tehran may have ambitions to acquire or develop its own nuclear capability, Israeli security chiefs are ... concerned about Iran's development of long-range delivery platforms that might bring Israel within the range of such weapons. Although similar concerns have existed for some years, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's recent endorsement of the call for the destruction of the State of Israel has led to demands that the national security threat posed by Iran should be addressed by Mossad as a matter of urgency.
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