Eitan, Rafi, 1926-2019
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- Eitan, Rafi. Rafi Etan, pesalim:title page (רפי איתן = Rafi Etan) added title page (Rafi Eitan [in rom.])
- Ish ha-sod, 2020:t.p. (רפי איתן = Rafi Etan) t.p. verso (Rafi Eytan [in rom.]) cover page 4 (1926-2019; born in ʹEn Ḥarod)
- New York times WWW site, viewed Mar. 25, 2019(in obituary published Mar. 23: Rafi Eitan; b. Rafael Eitan, Nov. 23, 1926, in the British Mandate of Palestine to Zionists who had immigrated from Russia three years earlier and lived in a small settlement near Tel Aviv; d. Saturday [Mar. 23, 2019], Tel Aviv, aged 92; canny Israeli spymaster who commanded the Nazi-hunting team that captured Adolf Eichmann in Argentina and many years later was unmasked as the handler of Jonathan Jay Pollard, the American Navy intelligence analyst who pleaded guilty to passing on more than 1,000 secret documents to the Israelis; one of his avocations was sculpture; produced more than 100 pieces over more than 30 years)
- OCLC, viewed Feb. 25, 2016(hdg.: Etan, Rafi, 1926-)
- The Author's ראיון
- לוחם ואיש קהילת המודיעין הישראלית, ולאחר מכן איש עסקים ויו"ר מפלגת גיל בכנסת השבע עשרה. ( (מעריב, נצפה ב- 24 במרץ 2019) )
- רפאל (רפי) איתן (23 בנובמבר 1926 - 23 במרץ 2019) היה לוחם ואיש קהילת המודיעין הישראלית ששירת בשירות הביטחון הכללי ובמוסד למודיעין ולתפקידים מיוחדים, ולאחר מכן איש עסקים ויושב ראש מפלגת גיל בכנסת השבע עשרה. כיהן כשר לענייני גמלאים ולענייני ירושלים וכיושב ראש המועצה הלאומית המייעצת להשבת זכויות ורכוש יהודי במשרד ראש הממשלה, יושב ראש מפלגת הגמלאים "דור", ויושב ראש עמותת ותק - תנועת האזרחים הוותיקים. איתן נודע בהיותו אחד ממפקדי מבצע לכידת אדולף אייכמן בארגנטינה והבאתו למשפט בישראל. ( (ויקיפדיה, נצפה 23 מרס 2019) )
Wikipedia description:
Rafael Eitan (Hebrew: רפי איתן; 23 November 1926 – 23 March 2019) was an Israeli politician and intelligence officer. He also led Gil and served as Minister of Senior Citizens. He was in charge of the Mossad operation that led to the arrest of Adolf Eichmann. He served as an advisor on terrorism to Prime Minister Menachem Begin, and in 1981 he was appointed to head the Bureau of Scientific Relations, then an intelligence entity on par with Mossad, Aman and Shabak. Eitan assumed responsibility for and resigned over the Jonathan Pollard affair, and the Bureau was disbanded. He was subject to an arrest warrant issued by the United States FBI. From 1985 until 1993, he was head of the government's Chemicals company, which was expanded under his leadership. After 1993, he became a businessman, noted for several large scale agricultural and construction ventures in Cuba. He was the chairman of the Vetek (Seniority) Association – the Senior Citizens Movement.
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