Zvi Zamir directed the Mossad from 1968 to 1974 and ran Israel's response to the killing of its athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Through 2015 the opening said he "helped carry out Operation Wrath of God, the Israeli response to the Munich Massacre, and dealt with the lead up and aftermath of the Yom Kippur War." Today's opening omits this entirely, though massacre survives four times in the body. A reader today does not learn that Zamir directed Israel's response to the Munich Massacre.
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Zvi Zamir ( ) born Zvicka Zarzevsky (born 1925) was a Major General in the Israel Defense Forces and the Director of the Mossad from 1968 to 1974.1Born in Poland , Zamir immigrated with his family to the then British Mandate of Palestine when only seven months old. At the age of 18 Zamir began his military career, first as a soldier in the Haganah's Palmach , a unit that included future Israeli leaders among the likes of Moshe Dayan and Yitzhak Rabin . During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War , Zamir fought in the newly created Israel Defense Forces . After the war he continued climbing the chain of command, eventually promoted to the Commander of the Southern Command . His final IDF post before being appointed Mossad Director came in 1966 when he was appointed the military attaché to London . During his tenure at the Mossad, he helped carry out Operation Wrath of God , the Israeli response to the Munich Massacre , and dealt with the lead up and aftermath of the Yom Kippur War in 1973. After the German government refused to accept an Israeli team during the Munich hostage crisis, Zamir was sent to observe any activities. He was at the Fürstenfeldbruck airbase the night that the failed rescue attempt left all nine remaining Israeli hostages dead. Zamir was interviewed about the incident in 1999 when he spoke with the producer of One Day in September , a documentary on the massacre. In it he strongly criticized the German rescue effort for its complete lack of coordination. He had previously been interviewed on this subject for an NBC profile during their coverage of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics , and he has discussed the massacre several times since.2Zamir currently resides in Zahala , Israel, just north of Tel Aviv .3Zamir was played by Ami Weinberg in Steven Spielberg's 2005 movie Munich .4
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Zvi Zamir ( ) born Zvicka Zarzevsky (born 1925) was a Major General in the Israel Defense Forces and the Director of the Mossad from 1968 to 1974. Born in Poland , Zamir immigrated with his family to the then British Mandate of Palestine when only seven months old. At the age of 18 Zamir began his military career, first as a soldier in the Haganah's Palmach , a unit that included future Israeli leaders among the likes of Moshe Dayan and Yitzhak Rabin . During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , Zamir fought in the newly created Israel Defense Forces . After the war he continued climbing the chain of command, eventually promoted to the Commander of the Southern Command . His final IDF post before being appointed Mossad Director came in 1966 when he was appointed the military attaché to London . During his tenure at the Mossad, he helped carry out Operation Wrath of God , the Israeli response to the Munich Massacre , and dealt with the lead up and aftermath of the Yom Kippur War in 1973. After the German government refused to accept an Israeli team during the Munich hostage crisis, Zamir was sent to observe any activities. He was at the Fürstenfeldbruck airbase the night that the failed rescue attempt left all nine remaining Israeli hostages dead. Zamir was interviewed about the incident in 1999 when he spoke with the producer of One Day in September , a documentary on the massacre. In it he strongly criticized the German rescue effort for its complete lack of coordination. He had previously been interviewed on this subject for an NBC profile during their coverage of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics , and he has discussed the massacre several times since. Zamir currently resides in Zahala, a neighborhood in the north of Tel Aviv . Zamir was played by Ami Weinberg in Steven Spielberg's 2005 movie Munich .
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Zvi Zamir ( ) born Zvicka Zarzevsky (born 3 March 1925) is a former major general in the Israel Defense Forces and the director of the Mossad from 1968 to 1974.He is currently retired and lives in Israel.Profile of Zvi Zamir http://idfarchives.bloger.co.il/230297/
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Director of the Mossad Zvi Zamir ( ) born Zvicka Zarzevsky (born 3 March 1925) is a former major general in the Israel Defense Forces and the director of the Mossad from 1968 to 1974. He is currently retired and lives in Israel. Profile of Zvi Zamir "צבי זמיר" .
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Director of the Mossad (1968–1974) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Zamir 2004 Zvi Zamir ( Hebrew : צבי זמיר ; born Zvicka Zarzevsky ; 3 March 1925 – 2 January 2024) was a major general in the Israel Defense Forces and the director of the Mossad from 1968 to 1974.
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major general in the israel defense forces and the director of the mossad from 1968 to 1974
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former major general in the israel defense forces and the director of the mossad from 1968 to 1974
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