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Avraham Ahituv
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Born
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1930-12-10
)
December 10, 1930
Germany
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Died
| July 15, 2009
(2009-07-15)
(aged 78)
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Nationality
| Israeli
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Occupation
| Civil servant
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Avraham Ahituv
(
Hebrew
:
????? ??????
;
ne
Gottfried; December 10, 1930 ? July 15, 2009
[1]
) was an Israeli civil servant who served as director of the
Shin Bet
, Israel's security agency, from 1974 to 1980.
Life
[
edit
]
Ahituv was born Abraham Gottfried in Germany in 1930, and immigrated to British-controlled
Mandatory Palestine
with his family in 1935. In 1946 he joined the
Haganah
while a student in the
Kfar Ha-Ro'eh
seminary, where he completed high school. In 1949 he joined the Internal Intelligence Service, (
SHAI
), which was founded during the
1948 Arab?Israeli War
and later became the
Shin Bet
, Israel's security agency. During the conflict period he adopted the surname Ahituv.
[2]
Through the 1950s Ahituv served in the Arab division of the Shin Bet. Ahituv was instrumental in adopting a policy of "practical moderation" in relation to the
Israeli Arab
demographic. This policy was to enable full integration of the Israeli Arab population into Israeli mainstream society.
[3]
Ahituv authorized the use of lies in Israeli courts to cover confessions obtained by torture.
[4]
In August 1982 a controversial report appeared in
The Washington Star
, indicating that Ahituv's resignation was caused by the intervention of Prime Minister Begin in the investigations in the bombing of Palestinian town mayors by Jewish extremist groups.
[5]
The allegation was denied by both Begin and Ahituv. After Ahituv testified that his resignation had been submitted before the spate of bombs, the Knesset defense dismissed the
Washington Star
report as "groundless" and having "no basis in fact".
[6]
References
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]
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[Abraham Achituv, former Shin Bet chief, dies] (in Hebrew). nana10.co.il. 15 July 2009. Archived from
the original
on 23 February 2012
. Retrieved
13 January
2014
.
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"Avraham Ahituv - Director of the Israel Security Agency between the years 1974-1980"
. Israel Security Agency (Shabak)
. Retrieved
13 January
2014
.
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Yossi Melman (May 25, 2004).
"Even the Shin Bet is against discrimination"
.
Haaretz
. Retrieved
13 January
2014
.
- ^
Haaretz
Archived
August 28, 2008, at the
Wayback Machine
- ^
Saad Shazly (1986)
The Arab military option
American Mideast Research,
ISBN
0-9604562-1-X
and
ISBN
978-0-9604562-1-5
p. 57
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AJC archives
Archived
September 27, 2007, at the
Wayback Machine