13 Facts About Tamir Pardo

Tamir Pardo is the former Director of Mossad, taking over the role from Meir Dagan on January 1,2011.

Tamir Pardo served in the role from 2011 until 2016.

Tamir Pardo has called for Netanyahu to resign and stand trial on charges of engaging in a coup, and accused the Israeli government of overseeing an apartheid state.

Tamir Pardo has accused Netanyahu of planning to directly attack Iran, and of spying on both himself and Benny Gantz, then chief of General Staff of the IDF.

Tamir Pardo's father was an immigrant from Turkey, and his mother was of Serbian-Jewish origin.

Tamir Pardo graduated from an officers' course, and later served as a communication officer in the elite special forces unit Sayeret Matkal.

Tamir Pardo was a member of the unit under the command of Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu and participated in Operation Entebbe.

Tamir Pardo took part in several classified operations, and was awarded the Israel Security Prize three times.

Tamir Pardo rose through the ranks and eventually became head of the "Keshet" department, responsible for operations, including obtaining electronic intelligence through wiretaps and photographic methods.

Tamir Pardo served in this position during the 2006 Lebanon War.

Tamir Pardo did so in the belief that when Dagan retired, he would be offered the job.

In June 2016, the American NGO United Against Nuclear Iran announced that Tamir Pardo had joined the group's Advisory Board.

In June 2018 Tamir Pardo stated that Mossad was 'a crime organization with a license,' something which, he added, made working for it the 'fun part'.