Summary
Head of the Mossad at the time of the Ben-Barka assassination, and, as a colonel in 1953, the Staff Directorate officer who transmitted the Qibya operation order, in the appendices to Peace, Peace, When There Is No Peace (Peace, Peace, When There Is No Peace, PDF p.531, p.564).
Details
- Asked by Yuval Ne’eman’s interviewer about a Ben-Barka connection, Ne’eman replied: “Ask Meir Amit, who was the head of the Mossad then” (PDF p.526).
- In the Ben-Barka affair Amit reported to Prime Minister Levi Eshkol on 4 October 1965, agreed the business “smells bad”, promised no measures without notification, and with Eshkol decided Israel would take part; on 5 November he reported the liquidation complete and took “all responsibility” for mistakes, claiming Israel provided “technical help only” (PDF p.531).
- As head of the Staff Directorate in October 1953, Amit received Dayan’s order for Qibya and ordered his aides to prepare the “Operation Shoshanna” order (PDF p.564-565).
Related pages
Peace, Peace, When There Is No Peace, Mahdi Ben-Barka, Qibya, Unit 101