Yigal Carmon | |
|---|---|
| Native name | יגאל כרמון |
| Born | 1946 (age 77–78) Romania |
| Allegiance |  Israel |
| Service/ | Israel Defense Forces |
| Years of service | 1968–1988 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit | Intelligence Corps |
| Other work | Co-founder and president of MEMRI |
| Education | Degree in Orientalism from Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Yigal Carmon (Hebrew: יגאל כרמון, born 1946)[1] is the president and cofounder of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), an organization which monitors and translates Arabic and Persian publications; radio and TV broadcasts; and religious sermons into many languages and circulates them over the Internet.
Carmon was a colonel at Aman, the Israeli military intelligence service, and later counter-terrorism advisor to Israeli prime ministers Yitzhak Rabin and Yitzhak Shamir.
- ^ Kahana, Ephraim (19 April 2006). Historical Dictionary of Israeli Intelligence. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810865006. Retrieved 13 June 2015.