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1 Introduction

Mossad is one of the world's most famous intelligence agencies, and is often viewed in the same regard as the CIA and MI6. It is known for its efficiency and many view it as having made a large contribution to the stability and security of Israel.

Mossad was formed in April 1951 from the Central Institute for Coordination and the Central Institute for Intelligence and Security. It was created by then Prime Minister David Ben Gurion. It is headquartered in Tel Aviv. It has a current staff of approximately 1200.

Mossad is a civilian service, and does not use military ranks, although most of the Mossad's staff have served in the Israeli Defence Force (as a part of Israel's compulsory draft system), and many of them are officers. Note: Foreign Katsas (Spies) have not always served in the Israeli Defense Force.

Mossad policy permits assassination on the soil of (and of the citizens of) allied nations [1], but it has a strict policy against assassinating Israeli citizens. However Mossad agents did kidnap Israeli citizen Mordechai VanunuMordechai Vanunu (born October 13, 1954) is a former Israeli nuclear technician who publicly exposed Israel's possession of nuclear weapons. When Israel learned of this, he was abducted by Mossad (although upon release Vanunu claimed it was the CIA) from from ItalyThe Italian Republic or Italy ( Italian: Italia is a country in the south of Europe, consisting mainly of a boot-shaped peninsula together with two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea: Sicily and Sardinia. To the north, where it borders France, Switzer.

Mossad has long had a reputation for being an extremely effective agency. However, it has also been involved in several spectacular debacles.

2 Departments

Mossad is headquartered in Tel Aviv and has eight departments:

• Collections Department is the largest, with responsibility for espionage operations.
• Political Action and Liaison Department conducts political activities and liaison with friendly foreign intelligence services and with nations with which Israel does not have normal diplomatic relations.
• Special Operations Division (Metsada) conducts assassination, sabotageDisambiguation This article is about Sabotage the destructive action. The term sabotage can also refer to: an early Black Sabbath album ( Sabotage), a Alfred Hitchcock film ( Sabotage), a Beastie Boys song, or a type of shock site. Sabotage is a deliberat, and paramilitaryA paramilitary is a group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion. Paramilitary groups can serve many different functions. Some are created by governments as internal security forces. Some are formed as revolutionary groups, or engage in projects.
• LAP (Lohamah Psichlogit) Department is responsible for psychological warfareDepartment of Defense defines Psychological warfare PSYWAR as: :"The planned use of propaganda and other psychological actions having the primary purpose of influencing the opinions, emotions, attitudes, and behavior of hostile foreign groups in such a wa, propagandaNorth Korean propaganda showing a soldier destroying the Capitol building. This article is about the type of communication. For other meanings, see Propaganda (disambiguation). Propaganda is a specific type of message presentation, aimed at serving an age and deception operations.
• Research Department is responsible for intelligence synthesis.
• Technology Department is responsible for development of technologies to support of Mossad operations.