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	Israeli Special Forces History
		Beside Sayeret MATKAL, Unit 101 is considered to be the unit with the most influence on the Israeli infantry oriented units including both special and conventional units.
		Sayeret MATKAL was also formed one year after the IDF first helicopter squadron became operational in 1957.
		Sayeret MATKAL, then the Israeli unit with the most advanced CT capability (together with Sayeret Golany) was selected to carry out the rescue attempt.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Society_&_Culture/special.html (2650 words)

	Sayeret Matkal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sayeret Matkal is also in charge of hostage rescue missions outside of Israel's borders.
		Sayeret Matkal has participated in many anti- and counter-terrorist operations, including the storming of a Boeing 707 held by Black September terrorists in 1972 (Operation Isotope), and the killing of a force of bus hijackers in the Gaza Strip.
		Although Sayeret Matkal has its own insignia, it is the only unit in the IDF whose soldiers are not allowed to wear it in public due to its classified nature.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sayeret_Matkal (1391 words)

	Sayeret - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sayeret (Hebrew סיירת, pl. sayarot) means "reconnaissance unit" in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
		Sayeret Matkal is a special operations unit under the IDF General Command.
		Sayeret Yahalom (formerly Sayeret Yael) is a special elite combat engineering unit of the Engineering Corps.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sayeret (527 words)

	Sayeret Matkal - ShadowSpear Special Operations
		Sayeret Matkal was formed in 1957 by an officer name by the name of Avraham Arnan.
		Sayeret Matkal has participated in many anti- and counter-terrorist operations, including the storming of a Boeing 707 held by Black September terrorists in 1972 (Operation Isotope), and the killing of a force of bus hijackers in the Gaza Strip.
		Although Sayeret Matkal has its own insignia, it is the only unit in the IDF whose soldiers are not allowed to wear it in public due to its classified nature.
	shadowspear.com /sayeretmatkal.htm (1008 words)

	Courage to Refuse - Press
		Although Sayeret Matkal - the IDF General Staff's elite special-operations force - is rarely involved in operations in the territories, the announcement carries weight because of the group's standing in Israeli society.
		In 1972, Sayeret Matkal commandos, led by former prime minister Ehud Barak, raided a Sabena plane hijacked by Palestinian terrorists.
		The Sayeret letter is the third such public declaration of reservists refusing to serve in the territories since the outset of the current intifada.
	www.seruv.org.il /english/article.asp?msgid=84 (820 words)

	Sayeret
		Sayeret MATKAL commander at that time, Menachem Diglly, had a grudge against S'13 ever since he was only the second in command (after S'13 commander Zehev Almog) in the Green Island attack in 1969, and especially since after this operation S'13's operatives excused Sayeret MATKAL soldiers in bad combat performance.
		S'13 and Sayeret MATKAL considering themselves as elite units also were very picky on what missions they perform, and wanted to do only the high profile national security operations and not just "regular" ambushes and "every day" raids.
		Sayeret MATKAL works in the "projects" method, which means it perform 2-3 missions a year with long months of preparations before each one.
	seals.longboys.net /Sayeret.htm (9348 words)

	Elite reservists join refusal to serve in territories
		The significance of the announcement by the 13 Sayeret Matkal reservists is hard to describe to a non-Israeli observer because of the special status that Sayeret Matkal commands in Israeli society.
		Although Sayeret Matkal - the IDF General Staff's elite special-operations force - is rarely involved in operations in the territories, the announcement carries weight because of the group's standing in Israeli society.
		The Sayeret letter is the third such public declaration of reservists refusing to serve in the territories since the outset of the current intifada.
	www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org /publish/article_442.shtml (1948 words)

	Israeli Intelligence Week 10
		The Sayeret Matkal would use the same technique this time, only being taken in missile boats until they approached closely enough to shore to lower the Zodiacs and go in the rest of the way on them.
		The Sayeret Matkal units, disguised as civilian tourists, would be equipped with Uzis, small arms, and explosive charges, all hidden under their clothes.
		The Sayeret Matkal units decided to go in not only disguised as tourists, but some of them were dressed as women as well.
	www.jafi.org.il /education/juice/service/week10.html (2495 words)

	Counterterrorism and Hostage Rescue Units (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Sayeret Egoz is attached to the Golany infantry brigade.
		Sayeret Yael will, usually, only assists in operations in which the Takeover Unit is either SM or S'13 (military operations).
		Sayeret Egoz and Sayeret Duvedevan units, that are both Special Mission units created to confront terrorists in a specific geographical AO (Sayeret Egoz in south Lebanon and Sayeret Duvedevan in the occupied territories), will not be on CT/HRT alert during war-time, and instead will do Special limited warfare missions along the Israeli borders.
	www.geocities.com /mazanga9/IDF/IDFCounterterrorismHostageRescueUnits.htm (5649 words)

	Israeli commandos turn to dissent -DAWN - International; 12 February, 2004
		Sayeret Matkal's heroes have freed Israelis held hostage - as in their epic assault on hijackers at Uganda's Entebbe Airport in 1976 - and have drawn Israel's most dangerous military missions, including a 1992 plan, never carried out, to infiltrate Iraq and assassinate Saddam Hussein.
		They also refused to discuss details of their operations in Sayeret Matkal - including the abuses of Palestinians that they said they have witnessed - because they said they remain bound by their unit's code of secrecy.
		Sayeret Matkal is known to perform some of Israel's most sensitive counter-terrorism operations, and has been involved in clandestine attacks on Palestinian militants in the occupied territories.
	www.dawn.com /2004/02/12/int5.htm (707 words)

	Israeli Intelligence Week 8
		The Sayeret Matkal men were not trained for underwater operations, so they would have to remain safely away from the target until the Flotilla 13 unit had arrived on the beach.
		The Sayeret Matkal was supposed to advance with the first rounds of fire from the Flotilla 13 naval unit, but the Sayeret Matkal did not come as planned.
		As they did not know if the back-up force of Sayeret Matkal were going to get there in time or not, the commandos on shore were attacking Egyptian bunkers "reserved for the Sayeret." The Egyptians defended their positions staunchly after the surprise of the attack wore off.
	www.jafi.org.il /education/juice/service/week8.html (2375 words)

	JTA Print News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		But now even Sayeret Matkal, made up of these elite military figures, has been touched by a new moral unease in the Israeli military after three years of conflict with the Palestinians.
		In a nod to the heavy secrecy under which Matkal operates, the petitioners signed only the first letters of their last names and, when making television appearances, insisted their faces be obscured.
		Rarely referred to by name and devoid of official insignia, Matkal is the elite of Israel’s elite, activated directly by the General Staff and its chief executive, Sharon.
	www.jta.org /page_print_story.asp?intarticleid=13600 (614 words)

	Vojska - EGOZ
		However, other more veteran SF units, like Sayeret Golany and Sayeret T'zanhanim, were chosen for the retaliation raids over Sayeret Egoz and the unit was disbanded two years later in 1970.
		The attack canine team even join Sayeret Egoz personnel in their last three months train so they will be full aware with the unit's tactics.
		In Sayeret Egoz case, the unit was formed from an entire team from Sayeret T'zanhanim, and from Shayetet 13 and Sayeret MATKAL dropouts.
	galeb.etf.bg.ac.yu /~preki/vojska/specijalne/egoz.html (905 words)

	Israelis Against Sharon Policies are Right
		The mystique surrounding the Sayeret Matkal unit is even more intense and dramatic than that associated with the U.S. Army Green Berets and Navy SEALs, or the British Special Air Service.
		Sayeret Matkal is, in the words of military historian Yagil Levy, "the No. 1 military unit in Israel."
		In fact, the opposite is true, as the members of the Sayeret Matkal unit made clear in their letter to Sharon.
	www.commondreams.org /views03/1230-06.htm (671 words)

	Sayeret Mat'kal
		Sayeret Mat'kal, otherwise known as General Staff Recon and more popularly as "The Unit", was formed in 1957 by an Officer by the name of Avraham Arnan.
		Sayeret Mat'kal has participated in many anti and counter-terrorist operations, including the storming of a Boeing 707 held by Black September terrorists in 1972 and the killing of a force of bus hijackers in the Gaza Strip.
		Members of Sayeret Matkal go through one year and 8 months of training before they are fully qualified as Matkal commandos.
	www.specwarnet.net /world/matkal.htm (428 words)

	Muslim American Society
		Members of Israel's elite Sayeret Matkal commando unit, posing with their backs to the camera, say they will not serve in the Palestinian Territories because they no longer want to participate in the immoral defense of Jewish settlements.
		The plan was to have been carried out by the Sayeret Matkal unit, but was aborted at the last minute.
		Labor MK Matan Vilnai, who served as deputy commander of Sayeret Matkal, said the refusal to serve was "a phenomenon that must cannot be accepted in any manner...
	www.masnet.org /news.asp?id=774 (972 words)

	USATODAY.com - Israeli commando missions come out of shadows (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		There, commandos from Sayeret Matkal, the army's most elite unit, and from the air force's Shaldag Unit raided a hospital and captured five suspected Hezbollah guerrillas.
		Established in 1957 and modeled after the British Special Air Service, Sayeret Matkal's primary declared mission is to gather field intelligence, often by venturing deep into enemy territory.
		Sayeret Matkal is known for its role in Operation Thunderbolt in 1976, when it rescued 103 Air France passengers — most of them Israelis or Jews — who were being held hostage after their flight was hijacked to Entebbe, Uganda.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2006-08-13-commando-missions_x.htm (815 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Israeli commandos put Sharon policies under fire
		The signatories were all reservists in the Sayeret Matkal, Israel's equivalent of the U.S. Delta Force or Britain's SAS.
		Sayeret Matkal has carried out some of the army's most daring operations such as the freeing of 106 hostages held by Palestinian hijackers at Entebbe Airport in Uganda in 1976.
		The petition was symbolic as not all the signatories still served actively in the Sayeret Matkal.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20031222-0631-mideast-commandos.html (636 words)

	Mideast Dispatch Archive: Israelis operating in Iraq
		It states that Israel's elite Sayeret Matkal commando unit has been ordered into Iraq to find and identify places likely to be used by Iraqi Scud missile launchers against Israeli population centers.
		The newsletter said the elite Sayeret Matkal commando unit was ordered into Iraq to find and identify places used by, or likely to be used by, Iraqi Scud missile launchers.
		It was this ignorance that persuaded the (Israeli) prime minister, Ariel Sharon, to assign the Sayeret Matkal to a job that is sensitive and dangerous, it said.
	www.tomgrossmedia.com /mideastdispatches/archives/000680.html (677 words)

	Sayeret matkal - Uncyclopedia
		Sayeret Matkal (Hebrew: סיירת מטכ"ל - General Staff Reconnaissance unit) is the elite special forces unit of the Israeli Defence Force, established in 1957 by an Officer by the name of Avraham Arnan.
		Since the introduction of the national and international "Idol" shows, however, hardly anyone watches the European Song Contest anymore, and in September, 2004, the Sayeret matkal was turned into a boy band - The Mitzvahs - which enjoyed limited fame among the settlers on tha Gaza Strip for a few months that winter.
		However, there seems to be a bit of a rebound going on, as the Mitzvahs have themselves formed a spin off group called the PLO - Pretty Lazy Onions - which have seen renewed popularity in the Gaza Strip Joint.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Sayeret_matkal (210 words)

	Israeli commandos refuse to serve in W.Bank, Gaza
		The Sayeret Matkal, or General Staff Reconnaissance Unit, is Israel's most elite commando unit and has often been compared to the U.S. military's Delta Force or the British army's SAS.
		During the uprising, the Sayeret Matkal has been involved in raids to arrest senior Palestinian militant commanders behind a suicide bombing campaign against Israel.
		Some of Israel's top military and political figures served in the Sayeret Matkal, including former prime ministers Ehud Barak and Benjamin Netanyahu, whose elder brother was killed in the Entebbe rescue operation.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /en/doc/2003-12/22/content_292373.htm (599 words)

	israelinsider: security: IDF planned to assassinate Saddam Hussein (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Sayeret Matkal, the General Staff's elite special-operations force, trained to assassinate Saddam in a daring operation that would have landed commandos in Iraq and fired sophisticated missiles at him during a funeral.
		According to media reports, the army planned to transport members of the Sayeret Matkal in Yasour helicopters to a specially prepared airfield in Iraq, not far from Saddam's hometown of Tikrit.
		On November 5, 1992, the Sayeret Matkal held a final training exercise at the Tzeelim base to drill the planned operation.
	web.israelinsider.com /bin/en.jsp?enPage=ArticlePage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enDispWho=Article^l3085&enZone=Security&enVersion=0& (783 words)

	13 Israeli reservists from elite unit refuse to serve the occupation - Talking Points (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Today 13 Israeli reservists from the Israeli army's top commando unit, "Sayeret Matkal" announced they would no longer serve in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, reflecting growing unease with Israel's occupation of Palestine.
		"Sayeret Matkal" is the top commando unit in the Israeli army.
		We, citizens who serve in active reserve duty, soldiers and officers, Sayeret Matkal veterans, have also chosen to join the front guard in the way we have been trained.
	www.palestinemonitor.org /takpoints/elite_refuse_to_serve_.htm (338 words)

	Sayerat_Matkal
		During the 1970s and 1980s, Sayeret Matkal - a secretive Israeli anti-terrorist unit (akin to the Delta Force) - thwarted many attempted hijackings.
		Palestinians hijack a jet to Kenya and the Sayeret Matkal flew in at night and killed all the Arabs.
		The Sayeret Matkal stormed it killing the hijackers.
	judicial-inc.biz /Sayeret_Matkal.htm (432 words)

	Moshe Biol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In 1978, Ya'alon was the commanding officer of the Paratroops' sayeret (reconnaissance unit), taking part with it in Operation Litani in southern Lebanon.
		He spent the next three years in the elite Sayeret Matkal reconnaissance unit and then was appointed commander of a battalion in the Paratroops.
		He was sent to England for advanced studies in 1986 and, on his return, was named commander of Sayeret Matkal.
	www.sar-el.org /MosheBio.html (360 words)

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