Israel
Pretenders vie for top spy slot

The Intelligence Gazette
Hamas in Turkey, GPIS in Paris, NATO in Georgia

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from Paris to Tbilisi by Istanbul.

Palestine/Israel/Turkey: Ankara and Tel Aviv are talking againto Hamas's dismay

France GPIS, Paris's social housing security service provider, collects intelligence for the police

Georgia NATO's ex-liaison officer in Kyiv takes up residence in Tbilisi

Israel
Netanyahu picks Mossad man

After a six months of internecine warring in the Israeli intelligence world, Tamir Pardo has been appointed the new head of Mossad, beating rival contender General Amos Yadlin.

UAE
Israeli commando bungled kidnapping

Abu Dhabi's State Security, which is leading the investigation into [...]

France, Israel
Paris goes easy on Mossad

The use of four French passports by the Mossad commando that killed a Hamas chief in Dubai in January has so far only triggered a standard police investigation.

Israel
Meir Dagan

Meir Dagan, director of Mossad, is not expected to be [...]

UAE
Dubai hunts commando that targeted Hamas

Several intelligence services are helping the Dubai police to hunt down those responsible for the assassination of Mahmoud Abdel Raouf al-Mabhouh, Hamas' head of armaments.

Israel
Senior Mossad Aide Jumps Ship

Upset over failing to be named Meir Dagan's successor as head of Mossad, the agency's number two man has resigned.

Israel
Tel Aviv & Beirut: Who Can Best Infiltrate Other?

Mossad is beavering away at planting spies in southern Lebanon but has run into resistance from Hezbollah and Lebanese intelligence.

Israel
Reprieve for Dagan

Meir Dagan's mandate as boss of Mossad has been extended for a year. That has triggered a race to succeed him.

Spotlight | Iran
A Secret Regional Alliance Against Iran

Intelligence Online has learned from diplomatic sources that Israel and four Sunni Moslem countries - Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey - decided last month to form a regional intelligence alliance to counter Iran both with regards its attempts to [.