- Israel Hasson
MKs
Date of birth = Birth date and age|1955|4|27|df=y
Year of Aliyah = 1962
Date of death =
Knesset(s) = 17th (current)
Party =Yisrael Beiteinu
Former parties =
Gov't roles =Israel Hasson ( _he. ישראל חסון, born
27 April 1955 ) is anIsrael i politician and former Deputy Director of the Shabak. He is currently a Member of theKnesset forYisrael Beiteinu .Hasson was born in
Syria , and emigrated to Israel at the age of seven. He has served in the Shabak for twenty-three years, and is considered a celebrated agents recruiter and operations leader. He was involved in the negotiations behind the Wye River, Taba, andHebron agreements, as well asEhud Barak 's negotiations inCamp David . He has also been Israel's envoy to Arab countries on numerous occasions. During his last position in the Shabak, he was nominated as its Deputy Director, underAmi Ayalon .In 2000, after
Avi Dichter was preferred over him as Shabak Director, Hasson resigned from the organization and entered business. He founded the Hasson Energy company which delivers fuel to factories and gas stations in Israel's north, and also traded with thePalestinian National Authority . He was voted to the seventeenth Knesset in the 2006 elections.In 2006 Hasson proposed a
Knesset bill which require the internet websites to identify and tag every talkbacker who clicks on the talkback button, stating "I'm not seeking censorship... I only want people to know they must take responsibility for the words they write – just as they are responsible for what they say before a live audience." [ [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3340216,00.html Let the talkback rein free?] Ynetnews, 14 December 2006]References
External links
* [http://www.beytenu.org Israely Beytenu official English Website]
* [http://beytenu.org/116/688/article.html Israel Hasson page on Israel Beytenu website]
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