Editing Isser Harel (section)

{{Short description|Israeli intelligence officer (1912–2003)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Isser Harel 
| native_name         = {{Nobold|{{Script/Hebrew|איסר הראל}}}}
| image               = Isser Harel.jpg
| office              = 2nd [[Mossad|Director of the Mossad]]
| term_start          = January 1, 1952
| term_end            = March 25, 1963
| primeminister       = [[David Ben Gurion]]
| predecessor         = [[Reuven Shiloah]]
| successor           = [[Meir Amit]]
| office2             = Member of the [[Knesset]]
| term_start2         = 1969
| term_end2           = 1974
| party               = [[National List]]
| birth_date          = 1912
| birth_place         = [[Vitebsk]], [[Russian Empire]]
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2003|2|18|1912}}
| death_place         = 
| spouse              = 
| children            = 1
| nationality         = {{flag|Russia|name=Russian Empire}}<br />{{flag|Israel|name=Israel}}
| alma_mater          = 
| signature           = 
| nickname            = Little Isser<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bar-Zohar |first1=Michael |last2=Mishal |first2=Nissim |year=2012 |orig-year=2010 |chapter=One |title=Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3gmPCwAAQBAJ&q=mossad |format=Book |type=Paperback |language=En |edition=First |publisher=HarperCollins |publication-date=November 2012 |page=34 |isbn= 9780062123442}}</ref>
| birth_name          = Yisrael Natanovich Halperin
}}
'''Isser Harel''' ({{langx|he|איסר הראל}}{{ltr}}; 1912 – 18 February 2003) was [[spymaster]] of the [[intelligence (information gathering)|intelligence]] and the [[security]] services of [[Israel]] and the Director of the [[Mossad]] (1952–1963). In his capacity as Mossad director, he oversaw the capture and covert transportation to Israel of [[Holocaust]] organizer [[Adolf Eichmann]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/feb/20/guardianobituaries.israel|title=Obituary: Isser Harel|date=Feb 20, 2003|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=Jan 6, 2023}}</ref> 

Harel was the only individual in the history of the State of Israel to hold a position that consolidated both internal and external intelligence responsibilities.