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id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Meir Amit</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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Amit</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size:125%; font-weight:bold;"><div class="nickname" lang="he"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1241449095">.mw-parser-output .script-hebrew,.mw-parser-output .script-Hebr{font-family:"Ezra SIL SR","Ezra SIL","SBL Hebrew","Taamey Frank CLM","SBL BibLit","Taamey Ashkenaz","Frank Ruehl CLM","Keter Aram Tsova","Taamey David CLM","Keter YG","Shofar","David CLM","Hadasim CLM","Simple CLM","Nachlieli",Cardo,Alef,"Noto Serif Hebrew","Noto Sans Hebrew","David Libre",David,"Times New Roman",Gisha,Arial,FreeSerif,FreeSans}</style><span class="script-hebrew" style="font-size: 110%;" dir="rtl">מאיר עמית</span>‎</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Meir_Amit.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Meir_Amit.jpg/220px-Meir_Amit.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="297" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Meir_Amit.jpg/330px-Meir_Amit.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Meir_Amit.jpg/440px-Meir_Amit.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1379" data-file-height="1861" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Amit in 1957</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Director of <a href="/wiki/Mossad" title="Mossad">Mossad</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1963–1968</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Ben-Gurion" title="David Ben-Gurion">David Ben-Gurion</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Levi_Eshkol" title="Levi Eshkol">Levi Eshkol</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Isser_Harel" title="Isser Harel">Isser Harel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zvi_Zamir" title="Zvi Zamir">Zvi Zamir</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Ministerial roles</th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488" /><span class="nobold">1977–78</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Transportation_Minister_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="Transportation Minister of Israel">Minister of Transportation</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488" /><span class="nobold">1977–78</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Communications_Minister_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="Communications Minister of Israel">Minister of Communications</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Faction represented in the <a href="/wiki/Knesset" title="Knesset">Knesset</a></th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488" /><span class="nobold">1977–78</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Movement_for_Change" title="Democratic Movement for Change">Democratic Movement for Change</a></span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488" /><span class="nobold">1978–80</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shinui" title="Shinui">Shinui</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488" /><span class="nobold">1980–81</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alignment_(political_party)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alignment (political party)">Alignment</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1921-03-17</span>)</span>17 March 1921<br /><a href="/wiki/Tiberias" title="Tiberias">Tiberias</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">Mandatory Palestine</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">17 July 2009<span style="display:none">(2009-07-17)</span> (aged 88)<br /><a href="/wiki/Tel_Aviv" title="Tel Aviv">Tel Aviv</a>, <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Meir_Amit_Signature_from_the_Goldman_Collection.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Meir Amit's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Meir_Amit_Signature_from_the_Goldman_Collection.png/250px-Meir_Amit_Signature_from_the_Goldman_Collection.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Meir_Amit_Signature_from_the_Goldman_Collection.png/330px-Meir_Amit_Signature_from_the_Goldman_Collection.png 2x" data-file-width="1015" data-file-height="608" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Meir Amit</b> (<a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">מאיר עמית</span>‎; 17 March 1921 – 17 July 2009)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an Israeli politician and <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet minister">cabinet minister</a>. He served as the Chief Director and the head of global operations for <a href="/wiki/Mossad" title="Mossad">Mossad</a> from 1963 to 1968, before entering into politics and holding two ministerial positions. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meir_Amit&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Amit was born in <a href="/wiki/Tiberias" title="Tiberias">Tiberias</a> as <b>Meir Slutsky</b> during the <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">Mandate era</a>, cousin of the Russian-Jewish poet, <a href="/wiki/Boris_Slutsky" title="Boris Slutsky">Boris Slutsky</a>. He later adopted the name Amit which means "colleague" in Hebrew and was called Meir Amit Slutsky. At a young age, he joined <a href="/wiki/Kibbutz" title="Kibbutz">kibbutz</a> <a href="/wiki/Alonim" title="Alonim">Alonim</a> in the lower <a href="/wiki/Galilee" title="Galilee">Galilee</a> and enlisted in the <a href="/wiki/Haganah" title="Haganah">Haganah</a>. He fought for the Haganah during the <a href="/wiki/1948_Arab-Israeli_War" class="mw-redirect" title="1948 Arab-Israeli War">1948 Arab-Israeli War</a>. He remained in the military and rose through the ranks to become a <a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">major general</a>. In the late 1950s, Amit studied at <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Business_School" title="Columbia Business School">Columbia Business School</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, earning an <a href="/wiki/MBA" class="mw-redirect" title="MBA">MBA</a> degree. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meir_Amit&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After returning to Israel, Amit entered the Israeli intelligence community, first as a major general at the head of <a href="/wiki/Military_Intelligence_Directorate_(Israel)" title="Military Intelligence Directorate (Israel)">IDF Intelligence</a> in 1961, and then as Mossad Director in 1963. </p><p>As director, he orchestrated some of the Mossad's most important exploits, including sending <a href="/wiki/Eli_Cohen" title="Eli Cohen">Eli Cohen</a> to penetrate the highest levels of the <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syrian</a> government, and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Diamond" title="Operation Diamond">Operation Diamond</a> in which an Iraqi pilot flew a <a href="/wiki/Mig-21" class="mw-redirect" title="Mig-21">Mig-21</a> from <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> to Israel. During the lead up to the <a href="/wiki/Six-Day_War" title="Six-Day War">Six-Day War</a> in 1967, Amit operated a network of informants that permeated the <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_military" class="mw-redirect" title="Egyptian military">Egyptian military</a> and provided key details for <a href="/wiki/Operation_Focus" title="Operation Focus">Operation Focus</a>, Israel's pre-emptive strike on Egyptian air bases and subsequent ground offensive. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_career">Later career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meir_Amit&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Later career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following his retirement from the Mossad, he continued to be an active voice in the intelligence community and did work for the Israeli government. Following the lead of other former generals, Amit joined the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Movement_for_Change" title="Democratic Movement for Change">Democratic Movement for Change</a> party, and was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Knesset" title="Knesset">Knesset</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1977_Israeli_legislative_election" title="1977 Israeli legislative election">1977 elections</a>. He was appointed <a href="/wiki/Transportation_Minister_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="Transportation Minister of Israel">Minister of Transportation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Communications_Minister_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="Communications Minister of Israel">Minister of Communications</a> in <a href="/wiki/Menachem_Begin" title="Menachem Begin">Menachem Begin</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_government_of_Israel" title="Eighteenth government of Israel">government</a>, but resigned both posts on 15 September 1978 after the Democratic Movement for Change broke up. Amit subsequently joined <a href="/wiki/Shinui" title="Shinui">Shinui</a>, before defecting to the <a href="/wiki/Alignment_(political_party)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alignment (political party)">Alignment</a> (The Israeli labor party) in 1980. He lost his seat in the <a href="/wiki/1981_Israeli_legislative_election" title="1981 Israeli legislative election">1981 elections</a>. </p><p>He was later the chairman of Israel's <a href="/wiki/Center_for_Special_Studies" title="Center for Special Studies">Center for Special Studies</a>, and in 2003, was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Prize" title="Israel Prize">Israel Prize</a> for lifetime achievement and special contribution to society and the State.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_commemoration">Death and commemoration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meir_Amit&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death and commemoration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Meir_Amit_neighborhood_-_Ramat_Gan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Meir_Amit_neighborhood_-_Ramat_Gan.jpg/250px-Meir_Amit_neighborhood_-_Ramat_Gan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Meir_Amit_neighborhood_-_Ramat_Gan.jpg/330px-Meir_Amit_neighborhood_-_Ramat_Gan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Meir_Amit_neighborhood_-_Ramat_Gan.jpg/500px-Meir_Amit_neighborhood_-_Ramat_Gan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Meir Amit neighborhood in <a href="/wiki/Ramat_Gan" title="Ramat Gan">Ramat Gan</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Upon news of his death in July 2009, <a href="/wiki/Israeli_President" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli President">Israeli President</a> <a href="/wiki/Shimon_Peres" title="Shimon Peres">Shimon Peres</a> stated:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote> <p>"Entire Generations owe Meir Amit Slutsky a debt of gratitude for his immense contribution to Mossad and the defense community, a large part which remains secret now in building the strength and deterrence of Israel. He was a natural leader, whom people trusted, and at the same time he was a visionary for the state. We are proud to have a personality of his stature born in our country " </p> </blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meir_Amit&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMelman2009" class="citation news cs1">Melman, Yossi (2009-07-17). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1100979.html">"Ex-Mossad chief Meir Amit dies at 88"</a>. Haaretz<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-07-17</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Ex-Mossad+chief+Meir+Amit+dies+at+88&rft.date=2009-07-17&rft.aulast=Melman&rft.aufirst=Yossi&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.haaretz.com%2Fhasen%2Fspages%2F1100979.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeir+Amit" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashsag/MeirAmit/">"Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Recipient's C.V."</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Israel+Prize+Official+Site+%28in+Hebrew%29+%E2%80%93+Recipient%27s+C.V.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fcms.education.gov.il%2FEducationCMS%2FUnits%2FPrasIsrael%2FTashsag%2FMeirAmit%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeir+Amit" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashsag/MeirAmit/NimokyHsoftim.htm">"Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Judges' Rationale for Grant to Recipient"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Israel+Prize+Official+Site+%28in+Hebrew%29+%E2%80%93+Judges%27+Rationale+for+Grant+to+Recipient&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fcms.education.gov.il%2FEducationCMS%2FUnits%2FPrasIsrael%2FTashsag%2FMeirAmit%2FNimokyHsoftim.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeir+Amit" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120526101119/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443840018&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull">"Meir Amit passes away aged 88"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-07-17</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Meir+Amit+passes+away+aged+88&rft.date=2009-07-17&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ffr.jpost.com%2Fservlet%2FSatellite%3Fcid%3D1246443840018%26pagename%3DJPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeir+Amit" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meir_Amit&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Oren" title="Michael Oren">Oren, Michael B.</a> <i>Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East</i>. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-515174-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-515174-7">0-19-515174-7</a>, 145-6 p.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Thomas_(author)" title="Gordon Thomas (author)">Thomas Gordon</a>. <i>Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad</i>. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-312-25284-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-312-25284-6">0-312-25284-6</a>, 58-60 p.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meir_Amit&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://main.knesset.gov.il/en/MK/APPS/mk/mk-personal-details/556">Meir Amit</a> on the Knesset website</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output 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title="Ehud Barak">Barak</a> (1983–1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amnon_Lipkin-Shahak" title="Amnon Lipkin-Shahak">Lipkin-Shahak</a> (1986–1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uri_Sagi" title="Uri Sagi">Sagi</a> (1991–1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moshe_Ya%27alon" title="Moshe Ya'alon">Ya'alon</a> (1995–1998)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amos_Malka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Amos Malka (page does not exist)">Malka</a> (1998–2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aharon_Ze%27evi-Farkash" title="Aharon Ze'evi-Farkash">Ze'evi-Farkash</a> (2002–2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amos_Yadlin" title="Amos Yadlin">Yadlin</a> (2006–2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aviv_Kohavi" title="Aviv Kohavi">Kohavi</a> (2010–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herzi_Halevi" title="Herzi Halevi">Halevi</a> (2014–2018)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tamir_Heyman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tamir Heyman (page does not exist)">Heyman</a> (2018–2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aharon_Haliva" 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(1998–2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Meir_Dagan" title="Meir Dagan">Dagan</a> (2002–11)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tamir_Pardo" title="Tamir Pardo">Pardo</a> (2011–16)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Yossi_Cohen" title="Yossi Cohen">Cohen</a> (2016–2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Barnea" title="David Barnea">Barnea</a> (2021–present)</span></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_Israel.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Emblem_of_Israel.svg/40px-Emblem_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Emblem_of_Israel.svg/60px-Emblem_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, 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(1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yosef_Burg" title="Yosef Burg">Burg</a> (1952–58)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yisrael_Barzilai" title="Yisrael Barzilai">Barzilai</a> (1958–59)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binyamin_Mintz" title="Binyamin Mintz">Mintz</a> (1960–61)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eliyahu_Sasson" title="Eliyahu Sasson">Sasson</a> (1961–67)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yisrael_Yeshayahu" title="Yisrael Yeshayahu">Yeshayahu</a> (1967–69)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elimelekh_Rimalt" title="Elimelekh Rimalt">Rimalt</a> (1969–70)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shimon_Peres" title="Shimon Peres">Peres</a> (1970–74)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aharon_Uzan" title="Aharon Uzan">Uzan</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yitzhak_Rabin" title="Yitzhak Rabin">Rabin</a> (1974–75)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aharon_Uzan" title="Aharon Uzan">Uzan</a> (1975–77)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menachem_Begin" title="Menachem Begin">Begin</a> (1977)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Amit</a> (1977–78)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yitzhak_Moda%27i" title="Yitzhak Moda'i">Moda'i</a> (1979–80)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoram_Aridor" title="Yoram Aridor">Aridor</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mordechai_Tzipori" title="Mordechai Tzipori">Tzipori</a> (1981–84)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amnon_Rubinstein" title="Amnon Rubinstein">Rubinstein</a> (1984–87)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gad_Yaacobi" title="Gad Yaacobi">Yaacobi</a> (1987–90)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rafael_Pinhasi" title="Rafael Pinhasi">Pinhasi</a> (1990–92)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moshe_Shahal" title="Moshe Shahal">Shahal</a> (1992–93)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shulamit_Aloni" title="Shulamit Aloni">Aloni</a> (1993–96)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limor_Livnat" title="Limor Livnat">Livnat</a> (1996–99)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binyamin_Ben-Eliezer" title="Binyamin Ben-Eliezer">Ben-Eliezer</a> (1999–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reuven_Rivlin" title="Reuven Rivlin">Rivlin</a> (2001–03)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariel_Sharon" title="Ariel Sharon">Sharon</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ehud_Olmert" title="Ehud Olmert">Olmert</a> (2003–05)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalia_Itzik" title="Dalia Itzik">Itzik</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avraham_Hirschson" title="Avraham Hirschson">Hirschson</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariel_Atias" title="Ariel Atias">Atias</a> (2006–2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moshe_Kahlon" title="Moshe Kahlon">Kahlon</a> (2009–13)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilad_Erdan" title="Gilad Erdan">Erdan</a> (2013–14)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" title="Benjamin Netanyahu">Netanyahu</a> (2014–17)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tzachi_Hanegbi" title="Tzachi Hanegbi">Hanegbi</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayoob_Kara" title="Ayoob Kara">Kara</a> (2017–19)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudi_Amsalem" title="Dudi Amsalem">Amsalem</a> (2019–20)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoaz_Hendel" title="Yoaz Hendel">Hendel</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eitan_Ginzburg" title="Eitan Ginzburg">Ginzburg</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoaz_Hendel" title="Yoaz Hendel">Hendel</a> (2021–22)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shlomo_Karhi" title="Shlomo Karhi">Karhi</a> (2022–)</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel"><img alt="Israel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Emblem_of_Israel.svg/40px-Emblem_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Emblem_of_Israel.svg/60px-Emblem_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Emblem_of_Israel.svg/120px-Emblem_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="863" data-file-height="1071" /></a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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title="Yosef Sapir">Sapir</a> (1952–55)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zalman_Aran" title="Zalman Aran">Aran</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moshe_Carmel" title="Moshe Carmel">Carmel</a> (1955–59)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yitzhak_Ben-Aharon" title="Yitzhak Ben-Aharon">Ben-Aharon</a> (1959–62)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yisrael_Bar-Yehuda" title="Yisrael Bar-Yehuda">Bar-Yehuda</a> (1962–65)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moshe_Carmel" title="Moshe Carmel">Carmel</a> (1965–69)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezer_Weizman" title="Ezer Weizman">Weizman</a> (1969–70)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shimon_Peres" title="Shimon Peres">Peres</a> (1970–74)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aharon_Yariv" title="Aharon Yariv">Yariv</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gad_Yaacobi" title="Gad Yaacobi">Yaacobi</a> (1974–77)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menachem_Begin" title="Menachem Begin">Begin</a> (1977)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Amit</a> (1977–78)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haim_Landau" title="Haim Landau">Landau</a> 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