Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon appointed a close associate as director of the Mossad foreign intelligence service. Maj. Gen. Meir Dagan will take up the post soon, replacing Ephraim Halevy, who has been appointed director of Israel’s National Security Council.
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