Izi Dorot (; 1916–1980), born Isidor Roth, was an Israeli military official, and director of the Shabak between 1952 and 1953 and a Deputy Director of the

Mossad The Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations (), popularly known as Mossad ( , ), is the national intelligence agency of the Israel, State of Israel. It is one of the main entities in the Israeli Intelligence Community, along with M ...

between 1953 and 1963. Born in

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in 1916, Dorot immigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine in 1936, and served in the Jewish Settlement Police. In

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he volunteered and served in the

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. After his discharge he was recruited to the

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Intelligence Service. Subsequent to the

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he was transferred to the Israel Security Agency (ISA,

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). After one year as Head of

, in October 1953, Dorot followed Isser Harel to the

as Deputy Director; he was replaced as Director of

by Amos Manor. He served as deputy director of the Mossad until 1963.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dorot, Izi 1916 births 1980 deaths Israeli civil servants Directors of the Shin Bet People of the Mossad Polish emigrants to Mandatory Palestine British Army personnel of World War II Mandatory Palestine military personnel of World War II Burials at South Cemetery in Israel People from Ivano-Frankivsk