Eytan Ben-David | |
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איתן בן-דוד | |
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| 10th National Security Advisor (Israel) | |
| In office April 2017 – August 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Yossi Cohen Yaakov Nagel (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Meir Ben-Shabbat |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1963 (age 61–62) Kiryat Ono, Israel |
| Spouse | Ella |
| Children | 3 |
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Eytan Ben-David (Hebrew:איתן בן-דוד; born in 1963) is a former seniorIsrael Security Agency official, currently serving as ActingNational Security Advisor and Head of the National Security Council in the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel.
Ben-David, son of Aliza and the late Azaria Witihovsky, was raised inKiryat Ono. He was drafted into theIDF in 1982. He volunteered as a paratrooper in theParatroopers Brigade. He served as a soldier and asquad leader. In 1983, he became aninfantry officer after completingOfficer Candidate School and served as aplatoon leader and company commander in theBislamach Brigade and fought in thefirst Lebanon War. In 1986, he retired from the IDF and joined the Israel Security Agency (then the General Security Service).
Ben-David began his career in the ISA Protection and Security Division and served in a number of command posts, including Regional Security Director for Europe between 2002 and 2005, Deputy Head ofEl Al's Aviation Security Division (on loan from the ISA) between 2005 and 2006, Head of the Dignitary Protection Unit between 2006–2010 and Deputy Head of the Protection and Security Division. In 2012, he retired from the ISA and was appointed Chief of the Counterterrorism Bureau and Deputy Head of the National Security Council in the Prime Minister's Office,[1] until his appointment as Acting National Security Adviser and Head of the National Security Council in 2017.[2]
Ben-David holds aBA in History of the Middle East and Geography fromTel Aviv University and aMA in Administration and Public Policy from theHerzlia Interdisciplinary Center.
He is married to Ella and the father of three.