Mossad chief’s long march ends in Tehran archive raid
T
hree weeks ago, there was a most unusual ceremony in Jerusalem.
Six Mossad agents were presented with the Israel Security Prize, an annual award that recognizes individuals or organizations who have made outstanding contributions to the security of Israel.
These four men and two women, all between the ages of 35 and 45, certainly fit that description. They made up the team that broke into a nuclear warehouse in Iran and smuggled out 50,000 pages and 163 discs of memoranda, video cassettes, and various plans that revealed how Iran had fooled the world for years while it raced toward a nuclear bomb.
At the ceremony, according to one of the few in attendance who shared details with Mishpacha, these agents, whose lives are spent in the shadows, were overcome with emotion. A man who was present at the ceremony says the commander of the operation in Iran, described as a short and pensive individual, descended from the dais with the diploma he had just received, read the words, and smiled. Most of those present didn’t realize that this same man had received the same prize several years ago for an operation that still remains classified.
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