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Shabtai Shavit was the Director General of the Mossad
Mossad

The Mossad is the national intelligence agency of Israel. "Mossad" is the Hebrew word for institute or institution. Membership in the Mossad is very prestigious in Israeli society, and the organization is considered to rank among the most effective intelligence agencies in the world....
 from 1989 to 1996.

Shavit first joined the Israel Defense Forces
Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew Acronym and initialism Tzahal , are Israel's military forces, comprising the GOC Army Headquarters, Israeli Air Force and Israeli navy....
, where he served in the Sayeret Matkal
Sayeret Matkal

Sayeret Matkal is the main special forces unit of the Israeli Defence Force . Its main roles are counter-terrorism, deep reconnaissance and military intelligence, but the unit is first and foremost a field intelligence-gathering unit, used to obtain strategic intelligence behind enemy lines....
 and from 1958 to 1959 he was the Military Governor of the Southern Command
Israeli Southern Command

The Israeli Southern Command , often abbreviated to Padam is a regional Command of the Israel Defense Forces. It is responsible for the Negev, the Arabah, and Eilat....
. He then joined the Mossad in 1964, where he worked his way up to his appointment as Director.

After retiring from the Mossad he spent five years as CEO of Maccabi Health Services Group. Thereafter he became the chairman of the Institute for Counter-Terrorism at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya
Herzliya

File:Location_herzliya.pngHerzliya is a List of Israeli cities of 84,200 residents located on the Israeli coastal plain of Israel. It is part of the Tel Aviv District....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
 in 2001, and also President and CEO of EMG Israel and Chairman of Athena.






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Shabtai Shavit was the Director General of the Mossad
Mossad

The Mossad is the national intelligence agency of Israel. "Mossad" is the Hebrew word for institute or institution. Membership in the Mossad is very prestigious in Israeli society, and the organization is considered to rank among the most effective intelligence agencies in the world....
 from 1989 to 1996.

Shavit first joined the Israel Defense Forces
Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew Acronym and initialism Tzahal , are Israel's military forces, comprising the GOC Army Headquarters, Israeli Air Force and Israeli navy....
, where he served in the Sayeret Matkal
Sayeret Matkal

Sayeret Matkal is the main special forces unit of the Israeli Defence Force . Its main roles are counter-terrorism, deep reconnaissance and military intelligence, but the unit is first and foremost a field intelligence-gathering unit, used to obtain strategic intelligence behind enemy lines....
 and from 1958 to 1959 he was the Military Governor of the Southern Command
Israeli Southern Command

The Israeli Southern Command , often abbreviated to Padam is a regional Command of the Israel Defense Forces. It is responsible for the Negev, the Arabah, and Eilat....
. He then joined the Mossad in 1964, where he worked his way up to his appointment as Director.

After retiring from the Mossad he spent five years as CEO of Maccabi Health Services Group. Thereafter he became the chairman of the Institute for Counter-Terrorism at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya
Herzliya

File:Location_herzliya.pngHerzliya is a List of Israeli cities of 84,200 residents located on the Israeli coastal plain of Israel. It is part of the Tel Aviv District....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
 in 2001, and also President and CEO of EMG Israel and Chairman of Athena. Shavit has also continued to work in government roles, including as Advisor to the Israeli National Security Council, Advisor to the Sub-Committee on intelligence of the Knesset
Knesset

The Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem....
, Committee on Foreign Affairs and National Security, and as a member of the N.Y.F.D. Task Force for Future Preparedness against Terrorism.