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The production department is responsible for intelligence analysis.<ref name="Prince207-8">Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.207-208.</ref> The Department is known in Hebrew as Aman Mehkar.<ref name="RodanDuo">Steve Rodan, Dynamic Duo, ''Jerusalem Post'', 14 October 1994.</ref> English sources use various names for the department including research department, production department, research and analysis department, analysis and production department and research division.  
 
The production department is responsible for intelligence analysis.<ref name="Prince207-8">Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.207-208.</ref> The Department is known in Hebrew as Aman Mehkar.<ref name="RodanDuo">Steve Rodan, Dynamic Duo, ''Jerusalem Post'', 14 October 1994.</ref> English sources use various names for the department including research department, production department, research and analysis department, analysis and production department and research division.  
  
====Heads of the Research Department====
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The Department is organised in a desk system along functional and geographical lines.<ref name="Prince207-8">Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.207-208.</ref>
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====Heads of the Production Department====
 
*[[Aryeh Shalev]] 1967-1974.
 
*[[Aryeh Shalev]] 1967-1974.
 
*[[Amos Gilboa]] 1981-1984<ref name="RodanDuo">Steve Rodan, Dynamic Duo, ''Jerusalem Post'', 14 October 1994.</ref>  
 
*[[Amos Gilboa]] 1981-1984<ref name="RodanDuo">Steve Rodan, Dynamic Duo, ''Jerusalem Post'', 14 October 1994.</ref>  
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IDF: Syrian army in battle positions], ynetnews.com, 15 october 2006.</ref>
 
IDF: Syrian army in battle positions], ynetnews.com, 15 october 2006.</ref>
  
====Research Department desks====
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====Western Area desk====
It is organised in a desk system along functional and geographical lines.<ref name="Prince207-8">Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.207-208.</ref> These desks include:
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*Responsible for Egypt, Sudan and Libya.<ref name="Prince207-8">Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.207-208.</ref>
*''Western Area'' - Responsible for Egypt, Sudan and Libya.<ref name="Prince207-8">Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.207-208.</ref>
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*''Eastern Area'' - Responsible for Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.<ref name="Prince207-8">Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.207-208.</ref>
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====Eastern Area desk====
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*Responsible for Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.<ref name="Prince207-8">Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.207-208.</ref>
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====Southern Area desk====
 
*Jordan and the Arabian peninsula.<ref name="Prince207-8">Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.207-208.</ref>
 
*Jordan and the Arabian peninsula.<ref name="Prince207-8">Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.207-208.</ref>
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====Palestinian desk====
 
*Palestinian desk.<ref name="Prince207-8">Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.207-208.</ref>
 
*Palestinian desk.<ref name="Prince207-8">Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.207-208.</ref>
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===="Foreign left-wing groups" desk====
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*Haaretz reported in March 2011 that a department had been created in the research division that "will monitor Western groups involved in boycotting Israel, divesting from it or imposing sanctions on it. The unit will also collect information about groups that attempt to bring war crime or other charges against high-ranking Israeli officials, and examine possible links between such organizations and terror groups."<ref>Barak Ravid, [http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/military-intelligence-monitoring-foreign-left-wing-organizations-1.350713 ''Haaretz'', 21 March 2011.</ref>
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====Other desks====
 
*Inter-Arab relations.<ref name="Prince207-8">Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.207-208.</ref>
 
*Inter-Arab relations.<ref name="Prince207-8">Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.207-208.</ref>
 
*Middle East Economics.<ref name="Prince207-8">Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.207-208.</ref>
 
*Middle East Economics.<ref name="Prince207-8">Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.207-208.</ref>
*Haaretz reported in March 2011 that a department had been created in the research division that "will monitor Western groups involved in boycotting Israel, divesting from it or imposing sanctions on it. The unit will also collect information about groups that attempt to bring war crime or other charges against high-ranking Israeli officials, and examine possible links between such organizations and terror groups."<ref>Barak Ravid, [http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/military-intelligence-monitoring-foreign-left-wing-organizations-1.350713 ''Haaretz'', 21 March 2011.</ref>
 
  
 
==Contact==
 
==Contact==

Revision as of 02:05, 10 July 2012

Aman (Agaf ha-Modi'in) is Israel's military intelligence agency.[1] Although oftern overshadowed by Mossad and Shin Bet, Aman has historically been the largest Israeli intelligence agency. it is a part of the military general staff, reporting to the Chief of Staff and the Minister of Defence.[2]

Structure and Personnel

Journalists Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman reported that Aman consisted of six departments in 1991, of which the largest were the collection and production departments.[2]

Leadership

Directors of Military Intelligence

Deputy Directors of Military Intelligence

Collection Department

The Collection Department is responsible for both agent and informer human human intelligence, and for signals intelligence.[2]

Production Department

The production department is responsible for intelligence analysis.[2] The Department is known in Hebrew as Aman Mehkar.[12] English sources use various names for the department including research department, production department, research and analysis department, analysis and production department and research division.

The Department is organised in a desk system along functional and geographical lines.[2]

Heads of the Production Department

Western Area desk

  • Responsible for Egypt, Sudan and Libya.[2]

Eastern Area desk

  • Responsible for Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.[2]

Southern Area desk

  • Jordan and the Arabian peninsula.[2]

Palestinian desk

  • Palestinian desk.[2]

"Foreign left-wing groups" desk

  • Haaretz reported in March 2011 that a department had been created in the research division that "will monitor Western groups involved in boycotting Israel, divesting from it or imposing sanctions on it. The unit will also collect information about groups that attempt to bring war crime or other charges against high-ranking Israeli officials, and examine possible links between such organizations and terror groups."[16]

Other desks

  • Inter-Arab relations.[2]
  • Middle East Economics.[2]

Contact

Eternal Resources

Notes

  1. Aman, GlobalSecurity.org, accessed 29 July 2009.
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.207-208.
  3. ISRAEL - Heads of A'man, Mossad, & Shin Bet, The Literature of Intelligence, Muskingum University,via the Internet Archive, accessed 29 July 2009.
  4. Ira Chernus, Helping Israel on a False and Dangerous Course, CommonDreams.org, 28 June 2004.
  5. Anshel Pfeffer and Amos Harel, Rising star Kochavi to replace Yadlin as IDF intelligence chief, Haaretz, 17 September 2011.
  6. Avi Shlaim, Obituary: Professor Yehoshafat Harkabi, The independent, 14 September 1994.
  7. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1518360/Yuval-Neeman.html Yuval Ne'eman], The Telegraph, 15 May 2006.
  8. Avi Shlaim, [Israel, the Great Powers, and the Middle East Crisis of 1958], Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 12:2, May 1999, archived at users.ox.ac.uk, accessed 9 July 2012.
  9. Seymour M. Hersh, The Samson Option, Faber and Faber, 1993, p.293.
  10. Meir Elran, Institute for National Security Studies, accessed 9 July 2012.
  11. Danny Rothschild, World Economic Forum, accessed 10 July 2012.
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 Steve Rodan, Dynamic Duo, Jerusalem Post, 14 October 1994.
  13. Danny Rothschild, World Economic Forum, accessed 10 July 2012.
  14. About Us, American Center for Democracy, accessed 31 July 2009, archived at the Internet Archive.
  15. Ronny Sofer, [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3315117,00.html IDF: Syrian army in battle positions], ynetnews.com, 15 october 2006.
  16. Barak Ravid, [http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/military-intelligence-monitoring-foreign-left-wing-organizations-1.350713 Haaretz, 21 March 2011.