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'''Nahum Admoni''' ({{lang-he
Admoni was born in [[Jerusalem]] in [[Mandatory Palestine]]. His parents, Eliyahu and Sima Rothbaum, were middle-class [[History of the Jews in Poland|Polish Jewish]] immigrants. Growing up, he studied at the [[Gymnasia Rehavia|Rehavia Gymnasium]]
Shortly after becoming the Mossad Director the [[Sabra and Shatila massacre]] occurred. Admoni was criticized by the [[Kahan Commission]] for not warning the cabinet before allowing the
On August 28, 2006, he was appointed by prime minister [[Ehud Olmert]] to be chairman of an investigation committee, charged with investigating the actions of the government during the [[2006 Lebanon War]].<ref>Oren, Amir. "[http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/756385.html Kahan Commission criticized Admoni; Olmert made him head of panel]", ''Haaretz'', August 31, 2006. Retrieved August 31, 2006.</ref>
He is married to Nina Admoni (née Wertans), who was born in Poland, and was among the Jews who fled to [[China]] during [[World War II]]. She later moved to the United States, and met Nahum while he was studying in [[University of California, Berkeley|Berkeley]]. The couple married
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* Black, Ian. Morris, Benny. ''Israel's Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence Services''. New York: Grove Press, 1991. {{ISBN|0-8021-1159-9}}, 427 p.
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<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nachum_Admoni.jpg|title=עברית: נחום אדמוני|date=29 December 2015}}</ref>
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