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category: Military
summary: Lieutenant Colonel Shimon Lavee was the branch head of the Special Assistance
  Branch (SIM) of the External Relations Department of the Israel Defense Forces/Military
  Intelligence.
tags:
- Person
- Military
- Israel
---

Lieutenant Colonel [Shimon Lavee](/people/shimon-lavee/) was the branch head of the Special Assistance Branch (SIM) of the External Relations Department of the [Israel](/places/israel/)/Military Intelligence. He was responsible for preparing the [Israeli](/places/israel/) version of the [SIMWA](/misc/simwa/) (SADF-IDF Mutual Wartime Agreement) between [Israel](/places/israel/) and [South Africa](/places/south-africa/).[^1]

[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.