Born in Israel, undergraduate studies at Tel Aviv University in Social Sciences and Middle East History, and graduate studies in Political Science at Haifa University. 1972 – served in the Mossad as an operative and then served in a range of field and staff positions, including the head of the Human Intelligence division, and the founder and commander of the Intelligence division. 2001 – served for two years as the Deputy Chief of the Mossad.

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Born in 1952, with an undergraduate degree in Economics and graduate degree in Business Administration. Married and father to two sons and one daughter. 1970 - Enlisted into the army's Paratrooper unit. 1973 - Platoon commander in regiment 890 participating in the Chinese Farm battle during the Yom Kippur War 1976 - Company commander in the Entebbe Operation 1982 - Regiment commander of the Infantry Officer Training course during the Lebanon War 1999 – Appointed as a General and served as the commander of the Operations Division, and later as commander of the Planning Branch

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Born in 1934 in the UK, immigrated to Israel in 1948 on the eve of the Proclamation of Independence. 1953 – Treasurer of the Students Union at the Hebrew University 1955 – General Secretary of the National Students Union and Coordinator of the Union's Presidency. 1957 – Wrote and edited the monthly review published by the IDF / Education Officer and served as a staff officer for information in the Education Officer's HQ. 1960 – political commentator in Geali Zahal (IDF radio) 1961 – Served in the Mossad as the commander of three different divisions 1990 – Deputy Head of the Mossad 1998 – Head of the Mossad under three Prime Ministers. Served abroad, among other capacities as the political advisor to the Israeli embassy in Washington during the later Ambassador Yitzhak Rabin's tenure, and in Paris, as the Israeli ambassador to the EU and NATO (1996-1998) 2002 – Head of the NSC and National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister

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Born in 1948, raised in Moshav Yogev in the Yizrael valley. Undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Physics from the Hebrew University and graduate in Operations Research from Stanford University in California. Married to Tamar, a professor in Zoology at Tel Aviv University, and father of Itai, Aya and Zohar. 1966 – served as a fighter, group commander, company commander and unit commander of Sayerat Matkal. 1997 – Commander of an armored regiment, brigades and divisions. Later, served as the Corps commander and Head of the IDF's Planning Division, and within this framework served as the head of the Defense delegation in the negotiations with the Jordanians, Palestinians and Syrians. He also served as the senior liaison officer with the Jordanian army. 1996 - General of the Northern Command 1998 – Deputy Army Chief of Staff and Commander of the General Staff Branch 2000 – Head of the NSC and National Security Advisor

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Born in 1934, married to Ofra and father of 3 sons. 1970-1977 – served in senior positions in the Air Force – head of the Operations department, Commander of the Tel Nof Base, Air Force Group Captain 1977-1982 – Commander of the Air Force 1983-1985 – Deputy Army Chief of Staff 1985-1986 – Served as the Chairman of the Israeli Aerospace Industries 1986-1996 – General Manager of the Ministry of Defense. During this period, until 1999, he served as the senior Israeli representative to the strategic talks with the US and Head of the steering committee for the regional weapons control and security. 1996-1999 – Served as the senior strategic advisor to the Minister of Defense. 2000-2002 – Israeli ambassador to the US 2002-2003 – Chairman of Elul Asia Ltd. 2003 – President of Boeing Israel, Boeing VP for International Relations. Serves as member of the Board of Trustees of the Tehnion in Haifa, member of the Board of Directors of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Fisher Institute for Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies. Served as a member of the Board of Directors of El Al. After the helicopter disaster in 1997, appointed to serve as the Chairman of the inquiry commission. 2003-2005 – serves as the Chairman of the Committee for the Establishment of Civilian – National Service.

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