Shin Bet

Shin Bet
Abbreviation	English: ISA, Local: Shabak - Hebrew: שב״כ, Arabic: شاباك
Motto	מגן ולא יראהMagen veLo Yera'e Defender that shall not be seen, The unseen shield
Formation	February 8, 1949
Type	intelligence agency
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.

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
• Yuval Diskin 2005-

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
2023-2024 Israel-Hamas War
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
Meir Ben Shabbat	Various command roles	1989	2017

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	Location(s)	Description
2023-2024 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 19500 Palestinian civilians after half a year of bombing hospitals, schools and civilian towers, utilizing numerous condemned tactics.

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