IN A SERIES OF leaked recordings, the former head of Israel’s Military Intelligence Directorate, Major General Aharon Haliva, has expressed strong views about Israel’s war in Gaza. General Haliva h…| intelNews.org
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It is a rare occasion to hear directly from a senior veteran of the Mossad. Oded Eilam (or Ailam), now 71, served in the Mossad for 24 years. In an interview with the German newspaper Bild, Eilam d…| intelNews.org
THE CONTROVERSIES THAT CONTINUE to be associated with the Austrian intelligence agencies today took place before December 2021, when the current Directorate of State Security and Intelligence (Dire…| intelNews.org
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THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL recently appointed a new acting chief at the Israel Security Agency (ISA, also known as Shabak). Identified only by their first initial, “S.”, this individual is one of the…| intelNews.org
How did a major American media network come across a few sentences on Iran’s nuclear program, written in German, in the annual report of the domestic intelligence agency of Austria—a country that m…| intelNews.org
EARLIER THIS WEEK THE High Court of Israel delivered its ruling regarding the dismissal of the head of the Israeli Security Agency (ISA, more widely known as the Shin Bet), Ronen Bar, who had alrea…| intelNews.org
VETERAN ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE OFFICER Ronen Bar, who has led the Israeli Security Agency (ISA, more widely known as the Shin Bet) since 2021, has submitted an affidavit to Israel’s Supreme Court, ac…| intelNews.org
The Israel Security Agency (ISA)) has announced the arrest of 18 Israeli citizens suspected of working for Iranian Intelligence. Among them are seven Israelis, who immigrated to Israel from Azerbai…| intelNews.org
LEAKED INFORMATION PUBLISHED BY leading German media outlets has revealed Russia’s plans for an influence campaign targeting Israel. The information was leaked earlier this month by the German news…| intelNews.org
THE OFFICIAL INTERNAL INVESTIGATION into the performance of Israel’s Military Intelligence Directorate (MID) during the run-up to the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, has been released. Known as Th…| intelNews.org
Facing strong criticism from the public, media, and international partners, German intelligence agencies recently participated in two symposia to discuss challenges in the areas of espionage and hy…| intelNews.org
A RETIRED SENIOR MOSSAD official has alleged that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeatedly ignored, and even frustrated, efforts to stop the flow of hundreds of millions of dollars to H…| intelNews.org
THE TARGETED KILLING OF Hassan Mahdawi, a high-ranking member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and the commander of the Quds Force in Syria and Lebanon, was carried out by Israel…| intelNews.org