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Nahum Admoni | |
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נחום אדמוני | |
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| Born | (1929-11-21)21 November 1929 (age 96) |
| Occupation | Director ofMossad |
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| Allegiance |  Israel |
| Service branch | Mossad |
| Service years | 1954–1989 |
Nahum Admoni (Hebrew:נחום אדמוני; born November 21, 1929) is an Israeli former intelligence officer who served as the Director-General of theMossad from 1982 to 1989.
Admoni was born inJerusalem inMandatory Palestine. His parents, Eliyahu and Sima Rothbaum, were middle-classPolish Jewish immigrants. Growing up, he studied at theRehavia Gymnasium. In 1946, he enlisted in theHaganah and joined the Third Battalion of thePalmach. He fought in the1948 Arab–Israeli War in theSHAI, theHaganah intelligence branch, and later in themilitary intelligence of the newly createdIsrael Defense Forces. He was discharged from the army in 1950 with the rank of Lieutenant. He then went to theUnited States and studied international relations at theUniversity of California, Berkeley, returning toIsrael in 1954. There he rejoined the Israeli intelligence community, working his way up thechain of command to be Mossad DirectorYitzhak Hofi's deputy. In 1982 the designated director of the MossadYekutiel Adam was killed in1982 Lebanon War and Admoni was chosen to replace him.
Shortly after becoming the Mossad Director theSabra and Shatila massacre occurred. Admoni was criticized by theKahan Commission for not warning the cabinet before allowing the Gemayel Phalangists into the camps, though no action against him was recommended. During his service as Mossad Director, Admoni watched over theJonathan Pollard affair, in which it was revealed that Israel (though not the Mossad directly) was spying on the United States. He also endured the revelation of Israeli involvement in theIran–Contra Affair and the public abduction ofMordechai Vanunu, who had revealed secrets of theIsraeli nuclear weapons program to theBritish press. Admoni retired in 1989.
On August 28, 2006, he was appointed by prime ministerEhud Olmert to be chairman of an investigation committee, charged with investigating the actions of the government during the2006 Lebanon War.[1]
He is married to Nina Admoni (née Wertans), who was born in Poland, and was among the Jews who fled toChina duringWorld War II. She later moved to the United States, and met Nahum while he was studying inBerkeley. The couple married (they have two daughters Yael Lynne and Irit ) and moved to Israel when he returned there.[2] He has served on the board of directors of several companies, including Mossad's pensioners' association.
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