2025-06-22 15:30 <br/> Tags: #people #Intel #Mossad #Israel # Avner Azulay (1936-) - 'Former' high ranking [[Mossad]] agent and colonel in the IDF. Azulay left the Mossad in 1983 after being stationed in Lebanon. - While in Lebanon Azulay connected with [[Ehud Barak]] - Azulay was hired by [[Marc Rich]] in 1984 to head his security. - Through Azulay Marc Rich became connected with the Mossad to fund operations. - Azulay was the driving force behind successful lobbying effort to get Bill Clinton to pardon Marc Rich. - Azulay used his strong connections in Israel to lobby the president. ([[Ehud Barak]] [[Shimon Peres]] [[Shabtai Shavit]] [[Ehud Olmert]] [[Abraham Foxman]] of the [[ADL]] etc.) - Azulay directed Marc Rich's philanthropic foundation. - Azulay sits on the Board of Directors at the [[Institute for Jewish Policy Research]]. - Azulay is an International Council Member at the [[New Israel Fund]], a left wing Jewish NGO. #### Recommended Reading The King of Oil: *The Secret Lives of Marc Rich* - Danial Ammann #### References - Ammann, Daniel. _The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich_. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2009. - “Ex‑Mossad agent is first Sephardi Jew to claim Spanish nationality,” _The Times of Israel_, January 21, 2016, [https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/ex-mossad-agent-is-first-sephardi-jew-to-claim-spanish-nationality/](https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/ex-mossad-agent-is-first-sephardi-jew-to-claim-spanish-nationality/). - “Avner Azulay.” _Powerbase_. Last modified April 21, 2015, 18:36 UTC. Accessed June 22, 2025. [https://powerbase.info/index.php/Avner_Azulay](https://powerbase.info/index.php/Avner_Azulay).