Mossad has been hiding behind the shadow of Israeli greatness. Their lunge is little known compared to issues on CIA football. Only a handful of people know that to compare Mossad and CIA (America), KGB (Russia), and MI6 (English) let alone Kopassus (Indonesia) is a stupid thing. Mossad is no match for them.
In their emblem written "Ha-Mossad le-Modiin ule-Tafkidim Meyuhadim" (Hebrew: "המוסד למודיעין ולתפקידים מיוחדים", I salute for those of you who can read it.) Meaning "Institute of Intelligence and Special Operations".
Mossad was formed by Israeli Prime Minister David ben Gurion on April 1, 1951. At the beginning of its formation Gurion said that Mossad's goal was, "For our country which since its foundation has been under the threat of its enemies. The constitution of intelligence is the forefront of defense ... We must learn in a good way to know what is going on around us. "
Mossad itself has its headquarter in Tel Aviv. In the 1980s, personnel were estimated to number 1500-2000 people. Until 1996, the Mossad council was kept secret until the Israeli government announced to Maj Gen Danny Yatom as director to replace Shabtai Shavit who was fired in early 1996.
Their Operations
Somehow up to now very difficult to find books about them. I once hunted information about them in one of the bookstores in my area, not much to find compared to hunting for information on the CIA. The only way to make it easier for them to search is to replace search keywords with "Israeli agents".

One of the books I have read tells about the testimony of former Mossad members. From the book I have learned, that the Mossad agents who were ordered to execute, never got a second assignment. in the book it is narrated that during the reign of prime minister Ariel Sharon, Israel had summoned his ex-military supposedly immune, stubborn, and the most obsessed. Those who numbered 4 people were then taken to the prime minister's house at midnight. There has been waiting for the prime minister is also one of the members of parliament, this is where they will be raised a sense of their nationalism. The Prime Minister will weep in front of them until they are inspired to defend his nation. Once they have finished 'enlightened', then live operations. be aware, if the operation mode of the agents is very unique. The agents will only be given understanding of their targets, photos, data, and all sorts of things related to the target. If it's done with this, they'll then do the money. After they have been given money, the mission must be executed, AND NO MAY BE CONTACT BACK WITH ISRAEL. Israel only knows if in some future time, the target will soon be found dead, and Israel is clean of this. His agents will not find a single person in Israel if they find one obstacle in carrying out the mission. FAIL is not an option in Mossad. If the mission is complete, they are free to enjoy their lives as usual, they are free to move to America or anywhere with the money left in the first.
In an action I read, in 1973, once the Mossad agents made a mistake, they unintentionally killed Ahmed Bouchiki who was thought to be Ali Hassan Salameh, they then chased Salameh who was in a hotel. The bomb was designed, and successfully infiltrated in Salameh's hotel room before Salameh arrived at the hotel, unfortunately once the detonator was activated, the bomb did not explode. One of the team members immediately took two sticks of dynamite and went straight to Salameh's room and said, "For my country's sake, if the bomb can not eliminate Ali Hassan Salameh, then I will let him alone". He finally succeeded in eliminating Ali Hassan Salemeh with his own two hands. That's the story that illustrates how great these Mossad secret agents are.
