Isser Be'eri
Isser Be'eri | |
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איסר בארי | |
Isser Be'eri in 1949 | |
| Head of the Israeli Military Intelligence Directorate | |
| In office 30 June 1948 – 3 July 1949 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Isser Birenzweig 1 January 1901 Będzin, Russian Empire |
| Died | 30 January 1958 (aged 57) Israel |
| Nickname | Big Isser |
Isser Be'eri (Hebrew: איסר בארי, born Isser Birenzweig; 30 January 1901 – 1 January 1958) was the director of the Haganah Intelligence Service in Israel and was responsible for helping to reorganise Israeli intelligence services in 1948, as well as ordering the execution of Meir Tobianski, who had been convicted of treason but was later found to have been innocent. He was the founding director of the Israeli Intelligence Department (between 1948 and 1949), which later became the Military Intelligence Directorate.