A'man
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Head of A'man
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- Intelligence Corps
- Research Department
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- Collection Department
- Field Security
- External Relations Department
- Organization
- Censorship
- Combat Intelligence
- Naval Intelligence Department
- Air Intelligence Squadron
- General Staff Reconnaissance unit
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New head of A'man announced
On 10 June 2005, the IDF's chief, Lieutenant General Dan Halutz, in a move viewed as surprising, announced that Major General Aharon Zeevi-Farkash will be replaced by Major General Amos Yidlin. Yidlin, currently the IDF's military attaché in Washington, was a combat pilot, former head of the Air Intelligence Squadron, and Halutz's deputy. The new appointment has already met the approval of Israel's Defence Minister, Shaul Mofaz, and will take effect in the next several few months.
Roles and jurisdictions
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The IDF's Intelligence Corps (חיל המודיעין), abbreviated as Ha'man and headed by a Brigadier General, has been detached from A'man since the Yom Kipur War, but remains under its jurisdiction. In April 2000, the newest IDF corps was founded (the IDF's fifth land corps), the Field Intelligence Corps (מוד"ש), abbreviated as Moda'sh. It was designed to fulfil some of Ha'man's former combat intelligence functions, and is also headed by a Brigadier General. Unlike Ha'man, however, Moda'sh falls under the jurisdiction of the GOC Army Headquarters (מז"י), abbreviated as Mazi, and currently headed by Major General Yiftach Ron-Tal (as of 10 June 2005, outgoing: to be replaced by Major General Benny Gantz, outgoing head of GOC Northern Command). In 1976, according to the Lexicon of National Security, some of A'man's principal roles consisted of:
1. Intelligence evaluation for security policy, military planning and 'fluid security policy,' and the dissemination of intelligence to IDF and governmental bodies.
2. Field security at the level of the General Staff (today, Matk'al: מטכ"ל), and the training and operation of field security in general (all levels).
3. The operation of military censorship.
4. Direction and operation of the 'Collection Agencies.'
5. Drawing maps; providing the direction and supervision for the dissemination of maps.
6. The development of 'special measures' for intelligence work.
7. The development of intelligence doctrine in the realms of research, collection, and field security.
8. Staff responsibility for military attachés overseas.
A'man Directors (1948-1950, Intelligence Department)
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1948-1949 — Isser Be'eri
1949-1950 — Colonel Chaim Herzog
1950-1955 — Colonel Binyamin Gibli
1955-1959 — Major General Yehoshafat Harkabi
1959-1962 — Major General Chaim Herzog
1962-1963 — Major General Meir Amit
1964-1972 — Major General Aharon Yariv
1972-1974 — Major General Eli Zeira
1974-1978 — Major General Shlomo Gazit
1979-1983 — Major General Yehoshua Saguy
1983-1985 — Major General Ehud Barak
1986-1991 — Major General Amnon Shahak
1991-1995 — Major General Uri Saguy
1995-2002 — Major General Moshe Ya'alon
2002-2005 — Major General Aaharon Zeevi-Farkash (outgoing)
2005-Present – Major General Amos Yidlin (recent nomination)