... to re-establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine. The Jewish people suffered through many perils in trying to conserve their beliefs, it became clear that the Hebrews had to gain information from their enemies to avoid being harmed and make sure they would all continue to exist. Organized espionage soon became established in their ways of survival. When Moses guided the Israelites to Palestine after fleeing from their persecutors in Egypt, he came upon the Canaan region. As the Old Testament stated, Moses gathered twelve young men and sent them to spy upon the Canaan and its Canaanites, to report on what the Canaanites looked like, their lifestyle, their numbers, and the landscape. This was the first sign of any intelligence organization being created among the Israelites. Only the Chinese people before them, in 510 B.C.E, created a ring of intelligence organizations (The Israeli Secret Service, 22). The Jewish people have ...

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