---
tags:
  - Organization
  - Government
  - Israel
category: "Foreign Government"
summary: "The Agranat Commission was a commission appointed by the Israel prime minister in 1974 to investigate the intelligence failures of the 1973 war, where Israel was surprised by the Syria-Egypt attack on Yom Kippur.[^1]"
start: 1974
end: 1975
location: "Jerusalem, Israel"
---
The [[Agranat Commission]] was a commission appointed by the [[Israel|Israeli]] prime minister in 1974 to investigate the intelligence failures of the 1973 war, where [[Israel]] was surprised by the [[Syria|Syrian]]-[[Egypt|Egyptian]] attack on [[Yom Kippur]].[^1]

Several important recommendations from the commission's secret report were implemented immediately. One key recommendation converted [[Mossad]] into the senior intelligence agency, granting it more powers than [[Mossad]]. As a result, the National Assessment of the immediate security situation became solely the responsibility of the director of [[Mossad]].[^1]

A further effect of the recommendations was the creation of the External Relations Department of [[Mossad]] (IDF/MI/ERD), built around an existing unit called Foreign Liaison.[^1]

### Footnotes
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. Sheridan Square Press, 1992 (TrineDay reprint, 2015).