Yuval Diskin

Juval Diskin (Hebrew יובל דיסקין, English transcription Yuval Diskin, . * 1956 ) is the former head of Israel's domestic intelligence agency Shin bet from 2005 to 2011.

Life

In his service as an officer in the Israel Defence Forces (IDF ) Diskin was, among others, Commander of the Special Sajeret Shaked in the south of Israel. In 1978, he was the Israeli domestic intelligence service Shin Bet, also known as Shabak, adjusted and worked for them in the subsequent period in different positions. 15 May 2005 Diskin was appointed director of the service, appointed to succeed Avi Dichter. 15 May 2011 he was succeeded as director of the Shin Bet Yoram Cohen.

In 2008, he warned that the evacuation of Israeli settlements could lead to armed violence on the part of the settlers. In April 2012, he criticized the Iran policy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak and gave him the right to make decisions based on " messianic feelings ".

Diskin received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Bar - Ilan University. In 2005, he had five children and was repeated married.

Documentary

Diskin 2012 was one of the six interviewees Israeli filmmaker Dror Moreh in his film Kill first ( English: The Gatekeepers ). In the film, the six still living, former directors of Shin Bet spoke very openly about their activities and their hopes and fears for the future of Israel and the Middle East. The film was released in early 2013 in the Israeli cinema and was the beginning of March 2013, broadcast by ARD in both the French-German TV channel Arte as.