Zohar Palti
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Zohar Palti (born 1964) was head of the Political-Military Bureau at Israel's Ministry of Defense. He previously served as the head of the Mossad's intelligence directorate, as well as deputy head of the Research Division in the IDF Intelligence Corps at the rank of colonel.
Palti was born in
In 2006, Palti began working at the Mossad intelligence agency at the request of then-director, Meir Dagan, who appointed him head of the Counter Terrorism division within the organization's intelligence branch. In 2010, he was appointed head of the Mossad's strategic research division. In 2011, he was appointed by then-director Tamir Pardo as head of the intelligence directorate.
Palti's tenure as head of the Mossad's intelligence directorate was characterized by Israel and its intelligence community facing a wave of threats and challenges including
In 2016, Palti finished his tenure and went on to be a senior research fellow at
Palti has BA and Executive MA in
Palti is married and has two children.
References
- ^ Judah Ari Gross, Mossad spook to replace Amos Gilad in powerful defense post, Times of Israel, January 30, 2017
- ^ Zohar Palti, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
External links
- Amir Rapaport, Changes within the Ministry of Defense, Israel Defence, February 9, 2017
- Amos Harel, The Dramatic Moment When Israel Almost Struck Iran, Haaretz, March 24, 2022