---
tags:
  - Organization
  - Private
  - Israel
category: "Private Organization"
summary: "Israel Chemicals Company is the largest state-owned enterprise in Israel, to which Mossad officer Rafael Eitan was appointed in a senior position authorized by Ariel Sharon following Eitan's exposure in the Jonathan Pollard spy scandal."
location: "Israel"
---
The Israel Chemicals Company is the largest state-owned enterprise in [[Israel]]. [[Rafael Eitan]] was subsequently named to a high administrative position with this company, an appointment authorized by [[Ariel Sharon]], who had been named minister of trade and industry in 1984. This occurred after Eitan was tarnished by the [[Jonathan Pollard]] scandal.[^1]

### Footnotes

[^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 21.