Military Intelligence (Palestine)

The Palestinian Military Intelligence Service (PMIS; ) is one of the main security agencies in the State of Palestine, established in 1994 following the establishment of the Palestinian National Authority.

Origins

The Palestinian Military Intelligence Service was established in 1994 by a decision of the President of Palestine, Yasser Arafat.

On 11 June 2005, Major General , Minister of Interior and National Security, decided to merge the Special Units in the Northern Governorates into the Military Intelligence Service, and appointed as its head.

On 5 April 2014, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas decided to grant the Palestinian intelligence service the status of a judicial officer.

Functions

The main tasks of the Palestinian Military Intelligence Service are summarized as follows:

• Gather information about the "external enemy", while tracking all information directly related to the Palestinian National Security Forces.
• Protecting the Palestinian National Security Forces from any harmful activities or security risks, such as espionage.
• Follow up and treat the defects, problems, or violations of the Palestinian security establishment.

List of directors general

See also

• Palestinian National Security Forces

Other military intelligence agencies

• Defence Intelligence Agency (India)
• Strategic Intelligence Agency (Indonesia)
• Glavnoye Razvedyvatel'noye Upravleniye (GRU – Russian Military Intelligence)
• Defence Intelligence and the Intelligence Corps (UK)
• Direction du Renseignement Militaire (France)
• Defense Intelligence Agency (US)

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