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'''Meir Max Bineth''' ('''Max Bennett''') (27 June 1917 - 21 December 1954) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Israeli Intelligence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meirmaxbineth.org |title=Meir Max Bineth - Dedicated to his memory| accessdate=2008-03-01| language=Mostly Hebrew, but there's also an English section}}</ref> '''Meir Max Bineth''' ('''Max Bennett''') (27 June 1917 - 21 December 1954) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Israeli Intelligence.<ref name="memory site">{{cite web|url=http://www.meirmaxbineth.org/?page_id=80 |title=Meir Max Bineth |publisher=meirmaxbineth.org | accessdate=2014-09-03}}</ref>


==Biography== ==Biography==
Bineth was born in ], the grandson of the scholar ]. He grew up in ] from 1919 until 1935, when he and his parents left Nazi Germany and emigrated to Palestine. Bineth was born in ], the grandson of the scholar ]. He grew up in ], from 1919 until 1935, when he and his parents left Nazi Germany and emigrated to Palestine.


Meir's last duty and mission was as an Israeli intelligence spy (Secret Fighter) in ], from 1952 to the end of 1954. He was sent there undercover as a German businessman, representing various German firms – primarily "von Laufenberg", a firm manufacturing equipment for the disabled and crippled. He was the first Israeli intelligence agent sent to an enemy country under a German identity, and was likely partly selected due to his early years in Germany. Meir's last duty and mission was as an Israeli intelligence spy (Secret Fighter) in ], from 1952 to the end of 1954. He was sent there undercover as a German businessman, representing various German firms – primarily "von Laufenberg", a firm manufacturing equipment for the disabled and crippled. He was the first Israeli intelligence agent sent to an enemy country under a German identity, and was likely partly selected due to his early years in Germany.
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Meir's mission in Egypt was to gather information for Israeli Intelligence about the strength of the Egyptian army, the power of the military industry, Egyptian strategy and intentions toward Israel, the activities of significant anti-Israeli bodies, propaganda etc. Meir's mission in Egypt was to gather information for Israeli Intelligence about the strength of the Egyptian army, the power of the military industry, Egyptian strategy and intentions toward Israel, the activities of significant anti-Israeli bodies, propaganda etc.


Many doors of Egypt’s top military echelon opened before him; he became acquainted with General ], then President of Egypt. He also built relations with German military and intelligence personnel and ranking ex-Nazi "advisors" who had found refuge in Egypt after the ]. Some of them were scientists who were helping Egypt develop missiles that could potentially threaten Israel. Many doors of Egypt's top military echelon opened before him; he became acquainted with General ], then President of Egypt. He also built relations with German military and intelligence personnel and ranking ex-Nazi "advisors" who had found refuge in Egypt after the ]. Some of them were scientists who were helping Egypt develop missiles that could potentially threaten Israel.


Whilst working in Egypt, Meir was nominated as a consultant engineer at the "Anglo Egyptian Motors Company" (the German branch of the ] in Egypt), and suggested several projects to help improve Egypt's economy, believing that a crucial reason that generates wars between nations and communities is the lack of economical and social equilibrium; amongst other things he wrote in his prison cell for his defense was the line While working in Egypt, Meir was nominated as a consultant engineer at the "Anglo Egyptian Motors Company" (the German branch of the ] in Egypt), and suggested several projects to help improve Egypt's economy, believing that a crucial reason that generates wars between nations and communities is the lack of economic and social equilibrium; among other things he wrote in his prison cell for his defense was the line "I think that the principal cause of wars is the age-old fear existing between man and communities that there may not be enough bread for all."
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"I think that the principal cause of wars is the age-old fear existing between man and communities that there may not be enough bread for all."
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Meir's cover and conduct were perfect - he had German citizenship, grew up with German culture, literature and music, and German was his mother tongue. During the last seven months of his secret mission in Egypt, his wife Jane (South African in origin) and daughter joined him. Meir's cover and conduct were perfect—he had German citizenship, grew up with German culture, literature and music, and German was his mother tongue. During the last seven months of his secret mission in Egypt, his wife Jane (South African in origin) and daughter joined him.


Bineth was caught and arrested after the failure of ] Operation Susannah, an incident which later became known as the ]. Meir had been ordered by a senior officer in Israel to deliver money for the groups' needs and had met Marcelle Ninio a few times. Ninio was the last to be caught; under torture she gave a description of Meir’s car, which led to his capture. Bineth was caught and arrested after the failure of ] Operation Susannah, an incident later known as the ]. Meir had been ordered by a senior officer in Israel to deliver money for the groups' needs and had met Marcelle Ninio a few times. Ninio was the last to be caught; under torture she gave a description of Meir's car, which led to his capture.


After five months of interrogation and torture, on the day before his trial, Meir committed suicide in his prison cell (his wife and child were in Europe). After five months of interrogation and torture, on the day before his trial, Meir committed suicide in his prison cell (his wife and child were in Europe).


His body was re-interred in the ] military cemetery in Jerusalem, in 1959.<ref name="memory site">{{cite web| url=http://www.meirmaxbineth.org|title=Meir Max Bineth - Dedicated to his memory| accessdate=2008-03-01| language=Mostly Hebrew, but there's also an English section}}</ref> His body was re-interred in the ] military cemetery in Jerusalem, in 1959.<ref name="memory site"/>


==References== ==References==
{{reflist}} {{reflist}}


* The Lavon Affair: {{dead link|date=September 2014}}
* The Lavon Affair
* {{cite web |title=UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004 |publisher=University of California Press |url=http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft2290045n&chunk.id=s1.4.25&toc.depth=1&toc.id=ch4&brand=ucpress}} The Israeli and Anglo-American Jewish Discourse, Binnet was a major in the Israel Defense Forces who was already known and wanted in Iraq for previous espionage activity there. His mission in Egypt appears to have been far more substantial than Operation Susannah, with which he had no direct connection.
* {{cite web |url=http://www.pinhas-lavon.com/site_59_Page_3981_Lang_1_State_32_PagePart_0.htm |publisher=Pinchas Lavon website |title=מאיר מקס בינט- איש מודיעין ישראלי, הסוכן הבכיר של ישראל שפעל על אדמת מצרים] |language=he |trans_title=Meir Max Bineth — Israeli intelligence man, Israel's top agent who worked in Egypt}}
*
* {{cite web |author=Shmuel Even |author2=Amos Granite |url=http://d26e8pvoto2x3r.cloudfront.net/uploadimages/Import/(FILE)1237362207.pdf
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* pdf קהילת המודיעין הישראלית — לאן? שמואל אבן ועמוס גרנית עמוד 27 |title=קהילת המודיעין הישראלית — לאן?] |language=he |trans_title=Israeli intelligence community - where? |format=pdf |page=27}}


== External links == == External links ==
* {{cite web| url=http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Jewish+Education/Compelling+Content/Eye+on+Israel/Gallery+of+People+(Biographies)/Meir+Max+Bineth.html| title=Meir Max Bineth 1917-1954| publisher=Jewish Agency - Jewish Agency for Israel| author=Meir's daughter, Michelle Bineth-Dagan| year=2004| accessdate=2008-03-01}} * {{cite web| url=http://jafi.org/JewishAgency/English/jewish%20education/Compelling%20Content/Eye%20on%20Israel/Gallery%20of%20People%20%28Biographies%29/Meir%20Max%20Bineth.html| title=Meir Max Bineth 1917-1954| publisher=Jewish Agency - Jewish Agency for Israel| author=Meir's daughter, Michelle Bineth-Dagan| year=2004| accessdate=2014-09-03}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.wirelesscollegechronicles.co.uk/html/max_bineth.html |title= 1917-1954 (Attended Wireless College 1950-51)| publisher=A memory site for The Wirless College, ], ]| author=Meir's daughter, Michelle Bineth-Dagan| year=2004| accessdate=2008-03-01}} * {{cite web |url=http://www.wirelesscollegechronicles.co.uk/html/max_bineth.html |title=Meir Max Bineth 1917-1954 | publisher=A memory site for The Wireless College, ], ]| author=Meir's daughter, Michelle Bineth-Dagan| year=2004| accessdate=2008-03-01}}
* {{cite web| url=http://www.palyam.org/Gidhonim/Meir_Bineth/njvSKMB| title=Unknown article| publisher=palyam.org| format=]| language=Hebrew}} * {{cite web| url=http://www.palyam.org/Gidhonim/Meir_Bineth/njvSKMB| title=חמש פגישות עם מאיר בינט ז"ל |trans_title=Five meetings with the late Meir Binet |publisher=palyam.org| format=]| language=Hebrew}}
* * {{cite news |author=Lior Astlein |date=16 April 2010 |title=מי זוכר את מאיר בינט, שהיה מרגל ישראלי במצרים והתאבד בכלאו ב-54'? |language=he |trans_title=Who remembers Meir Binet, who was an Israeli spy in Egypt and committed suicide in prison in 1954? |url=http://www.haaretz.co.il/misc/1.1197884 |newspaper=] |accessdate=3 September 2014}}
* *{{dead link|date=September 2014}}
*Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive : Meyer Max Bennet (Meir Bineth)the headstone on the mountaintop Neeman, Chilik director, Israel 2004 *Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive : Meyer Max Bennet (Meir Bineth) the headstone on the mountaintop Neeman, Chilik director, Israel 2004
*Israel's Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence Services, Ian Black,Benny Morris. Max Binnet (Max Bineth) pages 112-113 *{{cite book |title=Israel's Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence Services |author=Ian Black |author2=Benny Morris |publisher=Grove Press |year=1991 |pages=112–113 |url=http://books.google.co.il/books?id=FkyMsycbemEC&pg=PA112&lpg=PA112&dq=max+binnet&source=bl&ots=nnakmpXFCi&sig=rv3qrKNAoCRQo22yFWesqNE-4yM&hl=iw&ei=sCBKTK2xGongOPnHqaUP&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CAsQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=max%20binnet&f=false}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2011}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2011}}


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| NAME = Max Bineth, Meir | NAME = Max Bineth, Meir
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Israeli Spy
| DATE OF BIRTH = 27 June 1917 | DATE OF BIRTH = 27 June 1917
| PLACE OF BIRTH = | PLACE OF BIRTH = Hungary
| DATE OF DEATH = 21 December 1954 | DATE OF DEATH = 21 December 1954
| PLACE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = Egypt
}} }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Max Bineth, Meir}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Max Bineth, Meir}}

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Meir Max Bineth

Meir Max Bineth (Max Bennett) (27 June 1917 - 21 December 1954) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Israeli Intelligence.

Biography

Bineth was born in Hungary, the grandson of the scholar Jacob Obermeyer. He grew up in Köln, Germany, from 1919 until 1935, when he and his parents left Nazi Germany and emigrated to Palestine.

Meir's last duty and mission was as an Israeli intelligence spy (Secret Fighter) in Egypt, from 1952 to the end of 1954. He was sent there undercover as a German businessman, representing various German firms – primarily "von Laufenberg", a firm manufacturing equipment for the disabled and crippled. He was the first Israeli intelligence agent sent to an enemy country under a German identity, and was likely partly selected due to his early years in Germany.

Meir's mission in Egypt was to gather information for Israeli Intelligence about the strength of the Egyptian army, the power of the military industry, Egyptian strategy and intentions toward Israel, the activities of significant anti-Israeli bodies, propaganda etc.

Many doors of Egypt's top military echelon opened before him; he became acquainted with General Muhammad Naguib, then President of Egypt. He also built relations with German military and intelligence personnel and ranking ex-Nazi "advisors" who had found refuge in Egypt after the Second World War. Some of them were scientists who were helping Egypt develop missiles that could potentially threaten Israel.

While working in Egypt, Meir was nominated as a consultant engineer at the "Anglo Egyptian Motors Company" (the German branch of the Ford Motor Company in Egypt), and suggested several projects to help improve Egypt's economy, believing that a crucial reason that generates wars between nations and communities is the lack of economic and social equilibrium; among other things he wrote in his prison cell for his defense was the line "I think that the principal cause of wars is the age-old fear existing between man and communities that there may not be enough bread for all."

Meir's cover and conduct were perfect—he had German citizenship, grew up with German culture, literature and music, and German was his mother tongue. During the last seven months of his secret mission in Egypt, his wife Jane (South African in origin) and daughter joined him.

Bineth was caught and arrested after the failure of false flag Operation Susannah, an incident later known as the Lavon Affair. Meir had been ordered by a senior officer in Israel to deliver money for the groups' needs and had met Marcelle Ninio a few times. Ninio was the last to be caught; under torture she gave a description of Meir's car, which led to his capture.

After five months of interrogation and torture, on the day before his trial, Meir committed suicide in his prison cell (his wife and child were in Europe).

His body was re-interred in the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, in 1959.

References

  1. ^ "Meir Max Bineth". meirmaxbineth.org. Retrieved 3 September 2014.

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