---
born: 1920-12-20
category: Psychics & Remote Viewers
died: 1994-05-07
location: Moscow, Russia
summary: Aharon Yariv was a Brigadier General and the head of military intelligence
  in Israel.
tags:
- Person
- RemoteViewer
- Military
---

Aharon Yariv was a Brigadier General and the head of military intelligence in [Israel](/places/israel/). He was one of the high-profile Israeli figures who took an interest in [Uri Geller](/people/uri-geller/)'s purported psychic abilities. Newspapers in Israel reported that Geller had met privately with Yariv[^1].

This meeting highlights the interest of Israeli intelligence in Geller's capabilities, similar to how other nations' intelligence agencies, including the [CIA](/organizations/central-intelligence-agency/), explored the potential military and intelligence applications of [ESP](/concepts/extrasensory-perception/) and [PK](/concepts/psychokinesis/)[^1].

[^1]: Jacobsen, Annie. *Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis*. Little, Brown and Company, 2017.