(From Mossad to Eichmann is an Israeli documentary film di...)
From Mossad to Eichmann is an Israeli documentary film directed by Jakov Sedlar telling the story of Raphael Eitan. He plays himself in this movie.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12343414/
2020
tv mini-series
Nazi Hunters
(Nazi Hunters tells how a select band of secret agents and...)
Nazi Hunters tells how a select band of secret agents and avengers hunted down some of the most evil men in history. And finally brought them to justice. Intense, visceral, and narrated by real-life Nazi hunters, every episode tells the story of one electrifying mission.
Raphael Eitan plays himself - former Mossad Agent.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4316650/
2010
TV Movie
Eichmanns Ende
(Eichmanns Ende is a German TV documentary drama directed ...)
Eichmanns Ende is a German TV documentary drama directed by Raymond Ley in 2010.
In 1950, Nazi Adolph Eichmann disappeared, and years later was discovered in Argentina under the name Ricardo Clement. The almost blind Holocaust survivor Lothar Herman also emigrated to Argentina. Ironically, his 15-year-old daughter Sylvia falls in love in 1956 with Eichmann's eldest son, Nicholas. Thus began the incredible story of how a blind man tracked down the elusive Eichmann.
Raphael Eitan plays himself - the Leader of 'Operation Eichmann', Israeli Intelligence Agency, Mossad.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1650405/
2010
TV series
Uvda
(UVDA is the leading investigative and current affairs pro...)
UVDA is the leading investigative and current affairs program on Israeli television, that offers documentary reports on both domestic and and international topics and has cemented its prestige by wining almost every other journalistic broadcast award in Israel. UVDA is hosted by Mrs. Ilana Dayan, Jur. D., one of Israel's leading journalism and television personalities. Every week the host covers a story about the evil inside israel.
Raphael Eitan played himself in one of the episodes.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498452/
1993
Infrarouge
(Infrarouge is a popular and often challenging documentary...)
Infrarouge is a popular and often challenging documentary program broadcast on Tuesday evenings in the second and third part of the evening on French national channel France 2 since 2006.
Raphael Eitan plays himself - former intelligence officer, Mossad.
Raphael Eitan was an Israeli politician and intelligence officer. He also led Gil (Israeli central political party) and served as Minister of Senior Citizens and as an advisor on terrorism to Prime Minister Menachem Begin. He was also chairman of Israel Chemicals Ltd; member of the 17th Knesset, Tel Aviv, Israel; member of the political-security cabinet.
Background
Raphael Eitan was born on November 23, 1926 in Ein Harod, Israel. His parents were Zionist immigrants from Russia who came to Ein Harod in 1923. His father, Noah Hantman, was a farmer and poet, and his mother Yehudit Volwelsky was a social activist. They had four children, Rafi, Oded, Rina and Ami and lived in Ramat HaSharon, then a small settlement of 100 families.
Eitan went to a regular public junior high school, but finished his high school studies at the Agricultural School in Givat HaShlosha in 1940.
Education
Eitan went to a regular public junior high school, but finished his high school studies at the Agricultural School in Givat HaShlosha in 1940.
With Israeli Intelligence Community, 1960's-70's. Advisor to prime minister Prime Minister' General’ s Office, Israel, 1976-1980. Advisor to Minister of Defense, Israel, 1980-1985.
Chairman board director International Computers Limited, Tel Aviv, 1986—1993, GBM, Inc. United Kingdom, Givataim, Israel, since 1993. Chairman Nevatim Aviation Services, since 2002.
(Infrarouge is a popular and often challenging documentary...)
2006
Politics
Eitan was asked to represent the pensioners' party Gil in the 2006 Knesset elections. The party went on to win seven seats. In the 2009 elections the party failed to cross the electoral threshold, and Eitan lost his seat.
In 2018 Eitan surprisingly endorsed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
Views
Speaking to the BBC in 2011, Eitan described Eichmann as "completely average" and laughed off his own hero status, describing himself as only "half of James Bond".
In 2018 Eitan endorsed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party saying: “Please understand that all of us in Israel appreciate your attitude toward Judaism. In any case, I’m sure that if you work wisely strongly and most important realistically… I’m sure that instead of ‘Alternative for Germany,’ you might become an alternative for all of Europe.”
Quotations:
"In principle, when there is a war on terror you conduct it without principles. You simply fight it.".
Membership
Chairman National Committee Jewish Property Restitution. Member 17th Knesset, Tel Aviv, 2006—2009. Minister senior citizens Office of Prime Minister, 2006—2009, member political-security cabinet, 2006—2009.
Personality
He is seen as one of the fathers of Israel's intelligence services. and has a reputation as a “cold-blooded master spy,” occasional assassin and an essential part of some of the most famous intelligence operations in history.
“I’m no bleeding heart, all intelligence work is a partnership with crime. Morals are put aside,” he asserts.
"I’m an archaeological relic, I speak straight to the point. I’m a member of the old generation that helped bring the state into being".
Quotes from others about the person
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Eitan "one of the heroes of Israeli intelligence" and said he was a "close personal friend".
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin described him as "a born fighter who stuck to his mission and to what he knew to be right".
Interests
Sculpting.
Connections
Married Miriam Lutzansky. Children: Yael, Sharon, Yuval.
Father:
Noach Hantman (Eitan)
Mother:
Yehudit Volwelsky
Spouse:
Miriam Luchansky
Throughout the years she was a full partner in everything he did, though she didn’t always agree.
What Israeli spymaster Rafi Eitan couldn't reveal in his memoir
In his book, the late Rafi Eitan recounts central events in his life and that of Israel. But many stories are censored, so readers don't really get to know the Mossad man who nabbed Eichmann and was behind the Pollard affair.
