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| Mossad Katsas often utilise ''Sayanim'', singular: ''Sayan'', ({{lang-he|סייענים}}, lit. ''Helpers, Assistants'') for their operations. The concept of Sayanim was started by ].<ref>{{cite book |last=Thomas |first=Gordon |year=2015 |title=Gideon's Spies: Mossad's Secret Warriors |publisher=Pan Macmillan |isbn=978-0330375375}}</ref> They are recruited to provide logistical support for Mossad operations. A car Sayan running a rental agency, for instance, could help Mossad agents rent a car without the usual documentation.<ref>{{cite news |last=Thomas |first=Gordon |date=17 February 2010 |title=Mossad's licence to kill |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/7254807/Mossads-licence-to-kill.html |work=Daily Telegraph |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Kahana |first=Ephraim |author-link= |year=2006 |title=Historical Dictionary of Israeli Intelligence (Historical Dictionaries of Intelligence and Counterintelligence) |url= |location= |publisher=Scarecrow Press; Illustrated edition |page=244 |isbn=978-0810855816}}</ref> Sayanim are often non-Israeli citizens but have full loyalty to the state of Israel and can be a dual national.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Richelson |first1=Jeffrey T. |date=15 February 2007 |title=The Mossad Imagined: The Israeli Secret Service in Film and Fiction |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08850600600889431?mobileUi=0&journalCode=ujic20 |journal=International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=138 |doi= 10.1080/08850600600889431|s2cid=154278415 |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The article about Mossad *in film and fiction* doesn't seem to be an appropriate source|date=January 2021}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Dajani |first=Jamal |date=6 December 2017 |title=Mossad's Little Helpers |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mossads-little-helpers_b_487173 |work=Huffington Post |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Huffpost contributors are unreliable per Misplaced Pages:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources#HuffPost_contributors|date=January 2021}} The usage of Sayanim allows the Mossad to operate with a slim budget yet conduct vast operations worldwide.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hallel |first=Amir |date=1 October 2004 |title=At home with the Mossad men |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/at-home-with-the-mossad-men/DUYRY353K67IPSLKMGKSNBJVTI/ |work=New Zealand Herald |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref> The support that Sayanim provide is unpaid.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=What if they are innocent? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/apr/17/lockerbie |work=The Guardian |date=17 April 2009 |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref> | Mossad Katsas often utilise ''Sayanim'', singular: ''Sayan'', ({{lang-he|סייענים}}, lit. ''Helpers, Assistants'') for their operations. The concept of Sayanim was started by ].<ref>{{cite book |last=Thomas |first=Gordon |year=2015 |title=Gideon's Spies: Mossad's Secret Warriors |publisher=Pan Macmillan |isbn=978-0330375375}}</ref> They are recruited to provide logistical support for Mossad operations. A car Sayan running a rental agency, for instance, could help Mossad agents rent a car without the usual documentation.<ref>{{cite news |last=Thomas |first=Gordon |date=17 February 2010 |title=Mossad's licence to kill |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/7254807/Mossads-licence-to-kill.html |work=Daily Telegraph |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Kahana |first=Ephraim |author-link= |year=2006 |title=Historical Dictionary of Israeli Intelligence (Historical Dictionaries of Intelligence and Counterintelligence) |url= |location= |publisher=Scarecrow Press; Illustrated edition |page=244 |isbn=978-0810855816}}</ref> Sayanim are often non-Israeli citizens but have full loyalty to the state of Israel and can be a dual national.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Richelson |first1=Jeffrey T. |date=15 February 2007 |title=The Mossad Imagined: The Israeli Secret Service in Film and Fiction |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08850600600889431?mobileUi=0&journalCode=ujic20 |journal=International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=138 |doi= 10.1080/08850600600889431|s2cid=154278415 |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The article about Mossad *in film and fiction* doesn't seem to be an appropriate source|date=January 2021}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Dajani |first=Jamal |date=6 December 2017 |title=Mossad's Little Helpers |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mossads-little-helpers_b_487173 |work=Huffington Post |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Huffpost contributors are unreliable per Misplaced Pages:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources#HuffPost_contributors|date=January 2021}} The usage of Sayanim allows the Mossad to operate with a slim budget yet conduct vast operations worldwide.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hallel |first=Amir |date=1 October 2004 |title=At home with the Mossad men |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/at-home-with-the-mossad-men/DUYRY353K67IPSLKMGKSNBJVTI/ |work=New Zealand Herald |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref> The support that Sayanim provide is unpaid.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=What if they are innocent? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/apr/17/lockerbie |work=The Guardian |date=17 April 2009 |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 05:15, 19 July 2023
Field intelligence officer of the Mossad For the percussion instrument, see Katsa (instrument).A Katsa is a field intelligence officer of the Mossad, the national intelligence agency of Israel. The word katsa is a Hebrew acronym for Template:Lang-he, "intelligence officer", literally "gathering officer". A katsa collects information and runs agents, similar to a case officer of the CIA.
Mossad Katsas often utilise Sayanim, singular: Sayan, (Template:Lang-he, lit. Helpers, Assistants) for their operations. The concept of Sayanim was started by Meir Amit. They are recruited to provide logistical support for Mossad operations. A car Sayan running a rental agency, for instance, could help Mossad agents rent a car without the usual documentation. Sayanim are often non-Israeli citizens but have full loyalty to the state of Israel and can be a dual national. The usage of Sayanim allows the Mossad to operate with a slim budget yet conduct vast operations worldwide. The support that Sayanim provide is unpaid.
Notable katsas
- David Barnea, Mossad director appointed in 2021
- Victor Ostrovsky, author
- Baruch Cohen, assassinated by Black September Organization in 1973
References
- "Mossad's licence to kill". The Telegraph. 17 February 2010.
- Thomas, Gordon (2015). Gideon's Spies: Mossad's Secret Warriors. Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-0330375375.
- Thomas, Gordon (17 February 2010). "Mossad's licence to kill". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- Kahana, Ephraim (2006). Historical Dictionary of Israeli Intelligence (Historical Dictionaries of Intelligence and Counterintelligence). Scarecrow Press; Illustrated edition. p. 244. ISBN 978-0810855816.
- Richelson, Jeffrey T. (15 February 2007). "The Mossad Imagined: The Israeli Secret Service in Film and Fiction". International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence. 20 (1): 138. doi:10.1080/08850600600889431. S2CID 154278415. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- Dajani, Jamal (6 December 2017). "Mossad's Little Helpers". Huffington Post. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- Hallel, Amir (1 October 2004). "At home with the Mossad men". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- "What if they are innocent?". The Guardian. 17 April 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2021.