Mossad

Israel's spy agency

Mossad is Israel's national intelligence agency, responsible for foreign espionage, counterterrorism, and covert operations.

Comparable to the CIA or MI6, it has a reputation for audacious missions—assassinations, extractions, and sabotage abroad.

Mossad agents reportedly tracked down Nazi war criminals.

The name is Hebrew for "institute."

espionage

intelligence

Mental ability, cognitive capacity

tradecraft · clandestine · operations · surveillance · infiltration · counterintelligence · sabotage · reconnaissance · dead-drops · exfiltration

Israel

IDF

Israel's national military

Zionism · Hebrew · Aliyah · Netanyahu · Ben-Gurion · Negev · Galilee · Entebbe · Eichmann · Pollard

counterterrorism

Hamas

Gazan Islamist governing body

  • HezbollahLebanese Shiite militant organization
  • PLOPalestinian political body
  • IranIslamic republic in Asia

nuclear proliferation · threat assessment · intelligence gathering · prevention · Fatah · aircraft hijacking · Munich Olympics · hostage rescue · terrorist networks · Arafat

operations

targeted killings

Intentional killing of specific individuals

Categories
Opposites
intelligence agency allegiance

MossadKGB

USSR intelligence service

GRU · Stasi · CIA · MI6

organizational transparency

Mossadopen government

Right to state information

press office · freedom of information

intelligence function type

Mossadmilitary intelligence

Wartime information gathering

NSA

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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