The word “terror” appeared 3 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none. 3 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. “terror” appeared 3 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 3.
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Shabtai Shavit ( ) was the Director General of the Mossad from 1989 to 1996.1Shavit first joined the Israel Defense Forces , where he served in the Sayeret Matkal and from 1958 to 1959 he was the Military Governor of the Southern Command .2He then joined the Mossad in 1964, where he worked his way up to his appointment as Director. At the end of his tenure, he wrote a book about the disposal of nuclear waste by the government.3After retiring from the Mossad he spent five years as CEO of Maccabi Health Services Group . Thereafter he became the chairman of the Institute for Counter-Terrorism at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya , Israel in 2001, and also President and CEO of EMG Israel and Chairman of Athena. Shavit has also continued to work in government roles, including as Advisor to the Israeli National Security Council, Advisor to the Sub-Committee on intelligence of the Knesset , Committee on Foreign Affairs and National Security, and as a member of the N.Y.F.D.4
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Shabtai Shavit ( ; born 17 July 1939) was director general of the Mossad from 1989 to 1996. Shavit first joined the Israel Defense Forces , where he served in the Sayeret Matkal . From 1958 to 1959, he was military governor of the Southern Command .In 1964, he joined the Mossad, where he worked his way up to director general. After retiring from the Mossad, he spent five years as CEO of Maccabi Health Services Group . From 2001, he was chairman of the Institute for Counter-Terrorism at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya , Israel . He was president and CEO of EMG Israel and chairman of Athena. Shavit continued to work in government, including as advisor to the Israeli National Security Council, advisor to the Knesset Committee on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sub-Committee on Intelligence, and as a member of the N.Y.F.D.
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Israeli intelligence officer (1939–2023) Shabtai Shavit ( ; 17 July 1939 – 5 September 2023) was an Israeli intelligence officer who served as the Director-General of the Mossad from 1989 to 1996.
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Israeli intelligence officer (1939–2023) Shabtai Shavit ( Hebrew : שבתי שביט ; 17 July 1939 – 5 September 2023) was an Israeli intelligence officer who served as the Director-General of the Mossad from 1989 to 1996.
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“terror” appeared 3 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 3. Read the current article and compare.
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director general of the mossad from 1989 to 1996
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israeli intelligence officer who served as the director-general of the mossad from 1989 to 1996
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