Danny Yatom

Dani Yatom ( born March 15, 1945 in Palestine) was from 1996 to 1998 head of Israel's intelligence service Mossad.

Yatom served from 1963 to 1996 in the Sayeret Matkal special forces and was at the end of their deputy commander. Before he moved to the top of the Mossad in 1996, he was chief of the Central Command of the Israel Defense Forces. Yatom was the first Mossad chief, whose name was publicly announced during his service.

Resignation

On 24 February 1998 Yatom handed in his resignation as a Mossaddirektor after two unsuccessful commando actions within six months and a government commission had criticized the work of the Mossad. There are two main events that have been raised: On 25 September 1997, the failed assassination attempt on Khaled Meshaal in Jordan. On February 19, 1998, a wiretap failed in Bern. The relationship between Yatom and the Mossad was at the end so shattered that he wrote his handwritten resignation because he did not even trust more his secretary.

Political career

After his tenure at the head of the Mossad, he was security advisor to the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and the Israeli Ministry of Defense. 2003 Yatom was member of the Knesset of the Labor Party for the first time. 2006 saw his re-election. July 2008, he resigned his seat and Leon Litinski moved for him in the Knesset after.

Training

At the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, he earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics, physics and computer science. In the rank of major general, he is a member of the reserve of the Israeli army. He is chairman of the Institute for Strategic Studies at the College of Netanya.

Family

Dani Yatom is married and has five children.

Swell

• Knesset
• Military person (Israel )
• Person ( Mossad )
• Israeli
• Born in 1945
• Man