Danny Yatom also Dani Yatom was the Director of the Mossad from 1996 to 1998. He also served as deputy commander of Sayeret Matkal and Security Advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Currently Yatom is a member of the Knesset for the Labor-Meimad party. Official seal of the Mossad (help· info) (Hebrew: ××××¡× ××××××¢×× ××תפק×××× ×××××××, Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations [1]) is an Israeli intelligence agency, often referred to as Mossad. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Sayeret Matkal (Hebrew: ס××רת ×××× - General Staff Reconnaissance unit) is the elite special forces unit of the Israeli Defence Force (IDF). ... Ehud Barak (Hebrew: ×Öµ××Ö¼× ×ָּרָק) (born February 12th, 1942, in Mishmar HaSharon kibbutz, then British Mandate of Palestine) is an Israeli politician and was the 10th Prime Minister of Israel from 1999 to 2001. ... The modern Knesset building, Israels parliament, in Jerusalem Though similar-sounding, Beit Knesset (××ת ×× ×¡×ª) literally means House of Assembly, and refers to a synagogue. ... Meimad is a left-leaning religious political party in Israel, founded in 1988. ...
Ehud Yatom, a self-confessed murderer of Palestinians in custody, was barred from becoming parliament's sergeant-at-arms but there is no legal impediment to him becoming an MP for the ruling Likud party.
Mr Yatom raged at the decision, saying the judicial body was "cut off from the nation", and announced he would stand for a seat in the parliament.
The Yatom brothers returned to the spotlight when party lists were submitted this week and showed a significant shift to the right in both the Likud and Labour.