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category: Scientists & Researchers
summary: Meir Deshalit, also known as Meme Deshalit, was an Israeli intelligence official
  and a close colleague of James Jesus Angleton.
tags:
- Person
- Researcher
- Physicist
---

Meir Deshalit, also known as Meme Deshalit, was an Israeli intelligence official and a close colleague of [James Jesus Angleton](/people/james-jesus-angleton/). He had been posted to [Washington, D.C.](/places/washington-dc/) in 1948. Deshalit was the older brother of [Amos Deshalit](/people/amos-deshalit/), the physicist who contributed significantly to [Israel](/places/israel/)'s nuclear arsenal before his death in 1969. Angleton shared Meir Deshalit's view of the Soviet and Arab threat to [Israel](/places/israel/), making him a logical choice to handle liaison between the [CIA](/organizations/central-intelligence-agency/) and the Israeli government.[^1]

[^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 11.