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Shalom, Avraham, 1928-2014

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Personal name headingShalom, Avraham, 1928-2014
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Variant(s)Bendor, Avraham, 1928-2014
Associated countryIsrael
Birth date1928-06-07?
Death date2014-06-19
Place of birthVienna (Austria)
Place of deathTel Aviv (Israel)
Field of activityIntelligence service Internal security
AffiliationIsrael. Sherut ha-biṭaḥon ha-kelali
Palmaḥ
Profession or occupationIntelligence officers
Found inThe gatekeepers, 2013: title frame (Avraham Shalom; Head of Shin Bet, 1980-1986)
Wikipedia, July 29, 2013 (Avraham Shalom; born, 1928 in Vienna)
New York times (online), viewed June 24, 2014 (in obituary published June 19: Avraham Shalom; formerly known as Avraham Bendor; b. 1928 (some sources say on June 7), Vienna; immigrated with his parents to Palestine, then under the British Mandate, at age 11; d. Thursday [June 19, 2014], Tel Aviv, aged 86; helped track down Adolf Eichmann and led Israel's internal security agency in a long spying career for his country before resigning under a cloud over the killing of two Palestinian hijackers)