Reuven Shiloah

Reuven Shiloah (Hebrew ראובן שילוח; * December 1909 in Jerusalem, † 1959) was from 1949 to 1952, the first director of the Israeli intelligence service Mossad.

He was born under the name Reuven, the son of an Orthodox rabbi Zaslanski in Jerusalem, later shortened his surname, first to Zlani and then took the name of Siloam. From a young age he turned away from the religious orientation of his family. In the 1930s, he became acquainted with the New Yorker, Betty Borden, whom he married in 1936.

Siloam is a close confidant of David Ben Gurion and even before the creation of Israel was active in intelligence for the Zionist movement in Palestine. Before the Palestine war of 1948 he brought the military plans of the Arab states in experience and established contacts with secret services of the western world. The establishment of the Mossad in December 1949 was largely due to Shiloahs initiative. However, bureaucratic disputes ensured that the Mossad until April 1, 1951 his work actually recorded. After retiring from office in 1952 remained Reuven Shiloah intelligence advisor to the Israeli government and worked on his country's embassy in Washington.

• Person ( Mossad )
• Israeli
• Born in 1909
• Died in 1959
• Man