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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 469

Meir Dagan

The Syrian nuclear reactor site before it was destroyed by the IDF in 2007, as seen by satellite (Photo: Google Earth)
October 9, 2022, 3:06 pm
How Israel nearly failed to spot Syria’s nuclear reactor, from the man who found it
Amnon Sofrin, ex-head of Mossad intelligence, recalls a misguided search, an eventual realization, and the moment he told the PM that Israel faced an immediate existential threat
By Amir Bar Shalom
Former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot speaks during a conference in Netanya on March 18, 2019. (Flash90)
June 9, 2021, 10:05 pm
Ex-IDF chief: Iran nuclear deal would allow army to focus elsewhere
Though stressing that Israel must ensure Iran does not attain nuclear weapons, Eisenkot says this would still not amount to an ‘existential threat’
By Judah Ari Gross
Former Mossad chief Efraim Halevy speaks at a conference commemorating his successor, Meir Dagan, in Netanya on June 9, 2021. (Tamir Bargig/Netanya Academic College)
June 9, 2021, 5:27 pm
Ex-spymaster: PM bragging about Israeli deeds, abilities broke long-time policy
Efraim Halevy accuses PM of self-aggrandizement, notes wryly that Netanyahu practically compared himself to God in recent speech
By Judah Ari Gross
Arnon Milchan (left) and Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference in the Knesset, on March 28, 2005. (Flash90/ File)
November 10, 2020, 10:58 am
Netanyahu allegedly leaked info on Iran to Hollywood mogul Arnon Milchan
According to testimony in PM’s graft case, former Shin Bet head made the discovery after the premier sent him to check if the Mossad head had given Milchan the details
By Michael Bachner
Protesters demonstrate over the US airstrike in Iraq that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in Tehran, Iran, January 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
January 4, 2020, 7:08 pm
The rise, unrivaled reach and inevitable fiery death of Qassam Soleimani
Meir Dagan bitterly called him ‘a very good friend.’ He ran much of 2006 Lebanon War against Israel, enabled Assad’s survival, intervened in Iraq. Then Trump okayed an airstrike…
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot speaks during a conference in Netanya on March 18, 2019. (Flash90)
March 18, 2019, 3:26 pm
Israel was a ‘hair’s breadth’ from war with Hezbollah, ex-IDF chief says
Gadi Eisenkot warns Lebanese terror group remains a serious threat, Iran still wants nuclear weapons
By ToI Staff
Dr Daniel Azoulay on August 15, 2018. (Screen capture: Channel 10)
August 16, 2018, 1:28 pm
Top liver transplant surgeon immigrates to Israel
Daniel Azoulay, who once operated on former Mossad head Meir Dagan, leaves Paris to join staff of Sheba Medical Center
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in the southern city of Dimona, March 20, 2018. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
March 21, 2018, 7:06 pm
Netanyahu: Syrian reactor raid shows Israel won’t let its enemies get nukes
PM hails 2007 strike, doesn’t mention Tehran, but intelligence minister sends direct ‘message to Iran’: We won’t let anybody who threatens to destroy Israel get nuclear capability
By AFP and ToI Staff
Former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo speaks at a conference in memory of his predecessor as head of the spy agency, Meir Dagan, on March 21, 2018. (Tamir Bergig)
March 21, 2018, 1:50 pm
Ex-Mossad chief: Only ‘luck’ corrected ‘intelligence failure’ on Syria
Tamir Pardo queries Israel’s decision, 10 years after blowing up Assad’s nuclear reactor, to confirm responsibility for the strike
By Judah Ari Gross
A mural in Gaza City in 2012 shows (left) Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, killed by Israel in a March 2004 missile strike, and PLO chief Yasser Arafat, who died of a mysterious illness in November of the same year. (Wissam Nassar/Flash90)
January 26, 2018, 9:46 am
How Israel’s leaders use targeted killings to try to ‘stop history’
Ronen Bergman, author of ‘Rise and Kill First,’ a revelatory history of Israeli strikes on individual enemies, dissects his discoveries and their often discomfiting implications
By David Horovitz
President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Monday, March, 5, 2012, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
January 26, 2018, 9:46 am
Netanyahu’s threats to attack Iran ‘panicked’ Obama into nuke talks, author says
Ronen Bergman, writer of new book on Israel’s targeted assassinations, says the prime minister, in his belligerency, helped prompt the very deal he so bitterly opposes
By David Horovitz
In this undated photo distributed on Friday, April 14, 2017, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, watches a military drill at an undisclosed location. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
April 29, 2017, 7:09 pm
N. Korea threatens Israel after Liberman calls Kim a madman
Pyongyang slams defense minister’s ‘malicious’ insults, condemns Israel’s nuclear policy, accuses Jewish state of ‘crimes against humanity’
By ToI Staff
Former Mossad Chief Tamir Pardo speaks at the Netanya Academic College on March 21, 2017. (screen capture: Facebook)
March 21, 2017, 6:39 pm
Lack of 2 state solution is existential threat to Israel — ex-Mossad chief
Tamir Pardo says government is burying its head in the sand and acting as if Arabs will someday disappear in some kind of ‘miracle’
By Tamar Pileggi
This undated handout image released on Friday, May 13, 2016, by Hezbollah Media Department, shows slain top military commander Mustafa Badreddine smiling during a meeting. (Hezbollah Media Department via AP)
March 21, 2017, 12:04 pm
IDF chief: Hezbollah commander killed by his own men last year
Heads of army, Mossad say Shiite extremism presents biggest threats to Israel’s security
By Judah Ari Gross
Former president Shimon Peres attends the opening of the 'Mini World Cup for Peace' soccer event at Herzlyia stadium on May 9, 2016. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
December 30, 2016, 7:30 pm
12 inspiring Jews we bade farewell in 2016
From politicians to performers, the Jewish world lost some of its brightest and best this year
By Gabe Friedman
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