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Israeli
Intelligence: An Introduction to Israeli Intelligence and
Counterintelligence Operations & Methodologies
This seminar
provides the background necessary to understand and interpret events
currently unfolding in the Middle East and around the world, relating to
the Israeli-Arab conflict and the Global War on Terrorism.
This seminar
is designed to provide an introduction to the Israeli intelligence
services’ and intelligence community origins, evolution, structure,
leadership, missions, operational methods, as well as successes and
failures.
To understand Israeli intelligence, it is essential to
understand that its intelligence services have been at war with deadly
outside threats since before Israel’s formation in 1948. The role of
Israeli intelligence in the four conventional Israeli-Arab Wars between
1947 and 1973 and the terrorism war to the present are examined.
This
seminar provides a deep understanding of why “human intelligence is
king” in the Israeli intelligence services and why the motto of the
Mossad is “Everything is Possible.” The seminar discusses how Israeli
intelligence and counterintelligence services operate worldwide and
recruit support agents to fulfill high-risk and dramatic intelligence
operations.
The seminar examines the operational imperative of Israeli
intelligence. Numerous high and low profile worldwide Israeli
intelligence operations are examined to illustrate the methods of
operation and the aggressiveness of the Israelis. The course attempts to
address “How you might see the world if you were in Israeli Intelligence
or were an Israeli citizen, and how you would respond.” [2 days]
Course Topics
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The Centre for Counterintelligence and Security
Studies/David G. Major Associates, Inc.
Israeli Terrorist War Today
- The terrorist conflict in Israel today through the
eyes of Israeli Citizens and Israeli Intelligence
Professionals
- The level of terrorism in Israel today
- Putting terrorism in personal terms
History of Israel
- Palestine and the Ottoman Empire
- The terms of the Balfour Declaration
- The creation of the Middle East as we know it today
- The Birth of the Shay and the Haganah
- Splinter groups from the Shay: The Irgun and the
Stern Gang before, during, and after World War II
- The Exodus and the role of the Haganah/Shay/Israeli
Brigade
- The United Nations and the creation of Israel
- Marcus Klingberg: a KGB mole in the Israeli WMD
program
- The First of Four Conventional Wars to Destroy
Israel: The 1948 War of Independence and the Role of
Intelligence
- The Second Conventional War to Destroy Israel: The
War of 1956 and the Birth of the PLO in 1963
- The PLO, Dr. Wadi Haddad and the KGB
Introduction to Israeli Intelligence Services
- Organizations, Functions and Size of three major
Israeli Intelligence Services
- Leadership of the Israeli Intelligence Services
- Recruitment and training of Israeli Intelligence
officers
- Security Procedures in Israeli Intelligences
- Moles in Israeli Intelligence
- Operational Philosophy of Israeli Intelligence
- Worldwide Israeli Intelligence
- Relationships with US Intelligence
- Deployment of Mossad Officers
- Near East Arab Operations
- Far Abroad Operations (2 separate stations concept)
- Special Operations
- The Third Conventional War to Destroy Israel: War of
1967 “The Six Day War”
- Intelligence Operations prior to 1967
- Near East Israeli Intelligence Operations
- The Lotz and Cohen illegal operations
- Special Operation: Operation 007
- Near East Operation: The Six-Day War intelligence
successes
Targeting the United States: The Pollard Case
The Yom Kippur War of 1973: The Fourth
Conventional War to Destroy Israel
- How close Israel came to being defeated
- The long term impact on the Middle East, its war
with Israel and the new era of Terror
Examination of Cases Which Reveal Israeli MO
(Continued)
- Special Operation: Operation 007
- Near East Operation: The Six-Day War intelligence
successes
- A new counterterrorism strategy: Operation Wrath of
God
- A Three Service Joint Special Operation: Entebbe
- The Long Reach of Mossad: Vanunu
Israeli Intelligence War on Terror 1987 to 2006
- The Challenge
- The Integrated Tactics of Shin Bet, Mossad and Aman
- Examples of Shin Bet agents and how they were
recruited
Feedback
“This was an outstanding class—by far the best CI class I
have taken. Dynamic presentation with good examples. Lots of
good, follow-up reading suggestions.”
“Fascinating information on a country that always seems
to be on the world stage—Israel. The use of graphics in
support of the lectures was superb. The material was
presented in a manner that always seems to hold your
attention. Not a dull moment in the class. One of the best,
if not the best, CI training/lecture I have received in my
nearly 27 years of CI work. Outstanding!!”
“Full of useful info. Put much into perspective. Good
background—explained a lot. What was started Monday was
finished Tuesday. It was all woven well together.”
“This class has given me a much better understanding of
the Israeli Services and what their officers will do to
protect their national security. This class really kept my
interest throughout and provided useful information and
meaningful stories.”
“I thoroughly enjoyed this class. Presented in such a
manner that I feel I better understand the environment.”
“Very informative. Good visuals.”
“This class is an extremely interesting course. It
provided me with insight to help better understand the
current situation in the Middle East.”
“Very pleased with course. Learned a lot. Thank you.”
“Outstanding overview of historical context of Israeli
Services.”
“Great history and survey of events that helped shape the
Israeli Intelligence Services! Detailed account of the
Pollard case, in particular the examples of the information
passed. In addition, a good example on how Mossad and LAKIM
ran an extended operation.”
“Once again, I am walking away from this course with much
more knowledge than I began with. This is my second course
at the CI Centre and both have been wonderful experiences.
Instructors are a wealth of knowledge on what they speak
about. Thanks again and keep up the great work.”
“Educational as always. Enjoyed learning about the
Israeli approach and philosophy. Very enlightening.”
“The amount of information presented in this course is
staggering. I’ve learned more in two days than I have in
eight months covering this issue. This class was incredibly
useful and educational. I found, for my specific job
purposes, the mentality and the structure of the Israeli
Intelligence Services portions of this class invaluable. I
also thoroughly enjoyed the use of video clips. It helped me
get a better understanding of the events by seeing the
newscasts and reports from the time periods. This being my
first CI Centre course, I am very pleased to find out the
reputation is well earned. Thank you very much for giving me
a great understanding of the background and workings of
Israeli intelligence.”
"Great course and thorough description of Israeli
Intelligence. Every counterintelligence agent dealing with
Israel should take this course.”
“Excellent course. Content terrific. Pacing and
introduction of material in the sequence chosen was very
well done and planned.”
“As long as this course is unclassified, it should be
given to every American!”
“This was an excellent course. It gave me valuable
insight into the mindset of the Israeli intelligence
community.”
“I thought the instruction and material were superb. I
feel like I got great summarization not only of the
political issues but the development of the Israeli
intelligence services.”
“Excellent introduction into the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict. Provides a good understanding of what drives these
two peoples to do the things they do. Look forward to future
courses.”
“I took this course due to recommendations from fellow
employees, who stated this was an excellent class. This was
definitely a class worth taking. Understanding or trying to
understand why Israelis do what they do was just
astonishing! The organization and wealth of knowledge the
instructors bring to the class is grade A, hands down this
is one of, if not the best, course I have ever taken.”
“This course was absolutely one of the best classes I
have taken in either a professional or academic setting. My
hope for this course was to acquire a basic framework
understanding of Israel and their motivations for
intelligence, as well as being able to understand the main
concepts. This course has not only provided this, it has far
exceeded my expectations. The course presented a fair
picture of Israel and did not victimize or endorse; it
presented the history and facts. Having no real knowledge of
Israel, I leave feeling I know much more and have clear idea
how this relates to my work.”
“The course focused on a lot of very interesting
operations and did not sugar coat anything. It is very
insightful to see how Israeli Intelligence has evolved and
how they have fought off so many enemies!”
“This course provides a solid foundation for
understanding Israeli intel and CI.”
“Excellent. Comprehensive. Breadth of information was
outstanding.”
“Excellent and balanced approach to coverage of what can
sometimes be controversial and emotional subjects. Very well
done! Good use of audio/visuals help retain interest and
engage audience. Love the book recommendations!”
“Loved the ironies that surfaced, e.g. role of USSR/KGB
in Middle East evolution—one never hears of this
involvement!”
“Course builds from history for a solid foundation to
better understand the services, mindset. I will do more
reading on subject.”
“The course provides a well-researched and chronological
exposure of the Israeli intelligence services from its
beginnings to the present day. A very important focus of the
course is the mindset and belief of Israel’s intelligence
operations. This itself is very important from a CI
perspective.”
“Excellent info for historical background, Israeli
intelligence resolve, tradecraft, motivation.”
“Extremely superb course. I’m also overwhelmed by the
amount of rich resources and references from which to
continue more study on the topics presented. It’s very
evident that a lot of time and investment is given to
keeping this course current. Thanks!”
“Very well organized and informative. Excellent insight
into motivations and methods of Israeli intelligence
services.” |
