Report: Mossad Chief’s Request to Extend Term Denied, Paying Price for Dubai Hit?
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Mossad Director Meir Dagan's request to extend his term by another year has been denied and he will step down in three months' time, Channel 2 reported Friday.
According to the YNET news, Dagan is to step down as intelligence agency director after eight years as backlash from Mabhouh assassination continues to reverberate.
His term was extended twice by former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and in June 2009 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to keep Dagan on as Mossad chief for another year.
Degan is said to be responsible for different assassination operations of which the latest was the January 19 assassination of Hamas commander Mahmoud Al Mabhouh in Dubai. A number of Mossad representatives were expelled from Britain after it was made known that the hit squad used European and Australian passports.
A number of countries expelled "Israeli" diplomats. Criticism of Dagan's handling of the affair grew amid the diplomatic crisis that followed the assassination.
During his service, Dagan also commanded "Israeli" troops in southern Lebanon.
Dagan, 65, known for his ruthless reputation, was appointed head of the "Israeli" intelligence agency in 2002 by then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, replacing Efraim Halevy.
The Prime Minister's Office refused to comment on the report.
Mossad Director Meir Dagan's request to extend his term by another year has been denied and he will step down in three months' time, Channel 2 reported Friday.
According to the YNET news, Dagan is to step down as intelligence agency director after eight years as backlash from Mabhouh assassination continues to reverberate.
His term was extended twice by former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and in June 2009 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to keep Dagan on as Mossad chief for another year.
Degan is said to be responsible for different assassination operations of which the latest was the January 19 assassination of Hamas commander Mahmoud Al Mabhouh in Dubai. A number of Mossad representatives were expelled from Britain after it was made known that the hit squad used European and Australian passports.
A number of countries expelled "Israeli" diplomats. Criticism of Dagan's handling of the affair grew amid the diplomatic crisis that followed the assassination.
During his service, Dagan also commanded "Israeli" troops in southern Lebanon.
Dagan, 65, known for his ruthless reputation, was appointed head of the "Israeli" intelligence agency in 2002 by then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, replacing Efraim Halevy.
The Prime Minister's Office refused to comment on the report.
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