Zohar Palti

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Zohar Palti (born 1964) was head of the Political-Military Bureau at Israel's Ministry of Defense. He previously served as the head of the Mossad's intelligence directorate, as well as deputy head of the Research Division in the IDF Intelligence Corps at the rank of colonel.

Palti was born in Tel Aviv and was raised in Ramat HaSharon, where he studied at the "Rutberg" High School. In 1982 he was drafted into the IDF Intelligence Corps. During his service, he served as an intelligence officer in the Golani Infantry Brigade, chief-of staff to then-deputy IDF chief of staff, Major General Matan Vilnai, intelligence officer in the Judea and Samaria Division, and head of Counter Terrorism arena in the IDF Intelligence Corps. In his final IDF posting, Palti served as deputy head of the Intelligence Corps' Research Division.

In 2006, Palti began working at the Mossad intelligence agency at the request of then-director, Meir Dagan, who appointed him head of the Counter Terrorism division within the organization's intelligence branch. In 2010, he was appointed head of the Mossad's strategic research division. In 2011, he was appointed by then-director Tamir Pardo as head of the intelligence directorate.

Palti's tenure as head of the Mossad's intelligence directorate was characterized by Israel and its intelligence community facing a wave of threats and challenges including revolutions across the Arab world, the Syrian Civil War, and the Iranian nuclear program.

In 2016, Palti finished his tenure and went on to be a senior research fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center. In February 2017, a professional committee, chaired by Ministry of Defense Director General, Gen. (res.) Udi Adam, recommended that Palti be selected to serve as head of the ministry's Political-Military Bureau. Minister of Defense Avigdor Liberman approved the recommendation. [1]

Palti has BA and Executive MA in Middle-Eastern studies from Tel Aviv University, with honorary distinction. He is a graduate of the National Defense University's Advanced Management program, and was a research fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy [2] in Washington, DC. Palti was also a Reccanati-Kaplan senior fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

Palti is married and has two children.

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References

  1. ↑ Judah Ari Gross, Mossad spook to replace Amos Gilad in powerful defense post, Times of Israel, January 30, 2017
  2. ↑ Zohar Palti, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
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