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Michael Harari

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Spy

The Resume

    (February 18, 1927-September 21, 2014)
    Born in Tel Aviv, Israel
    Intelligence officer in the Mossad
    In charge of embassy security (1952)
    Head of Tzomit, Mossad's human intelligence gathering division (1954-81)
    Lead Operation Wrath of God to track down and assassinate members of Black September involved in the killing of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics
    Known as 'Israeli's #1 Spy' and 'the Zionist James Bond'

Why he might be annoying:

    He lied about his age to join an underground Zionist organization at age 16.
    He headed a team that gunned down an innocent waiter in front of his pregnant wife, having mistaken the man for Black September organizer Ali Hassan Salameh (July 21, 1973).
    His teams caught up with the real Salameh six years later, and dispatched him with a car bomb -- also killing four innocent bystanders in the blast.
    He kept a framed Beretta from a successful hit as a memento of Operation Wrath of God.
    After officially retiring from Mossad, he was an advisor to Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega, and was rumored to be involved in drug and weapons trafficking.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was fluent in Hebrew, Arabic, English, French, Spanish and Italian.
    His teams tracked down twenty or so Black September terrorists.
    He disguised himself as an Italian businessman to enter the airport in Entebbe, Uganda, gathering information to plan a successful raid that rescued 102 Jewish and Israeli hostages (July, 1976).
    He also successfully negotiated for the use of Kenyan airfields to refuel Israeli planes returning from the raid.
    He received Mossad's highest honor for a clandestine mission he undertook at age 80 to undermine Iran's nuclear weapons program.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 31 Votes: 51.61% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 22 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 12 Votes: 8.33% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 75 Votes: 52.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 74 Votes: 51.35% Annoying