Haapalah / Aliyah Bet

Reuven Shiloah ראובן שילוח was born Zaslanski זסלנסקי, later shortened to Zaslani זסלני.

While studying at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Reuven Zaslani , who had become close to Yizhak Ben-Tzvi, his wife, Rahel Yanait, and Dov Hoz, Moshe Shertok and Eliyahu Golomb, was recruited by Dov Hoz, for intelligence missions on behalf of the Yishuv.

In 1925, Avraham Tehomi was appointed Deputy Commander of the Jerusalem ירושלים District Haganah הגנה.
In 1929-1931, he served as District Commander.
He served under Yitzhak Ben-Zvi.

Gideon Ruter Rafael was recruited into the Haganah הגנה by Eliyahu Golomb.

Reuven Zaslani's first mission was as a messenger for the Department to Iraq מחלקה ל עיראק, visiting the University of Baghdad under the guise of a teacher of Hebrew and Oriental Studies, where he was to report on the situation of Iraqi Jews and the state of British and Iraqi assessments of the situation in Israel.

In 1935, Reuven Zaslani was sent back to Baghdad, undercover of a journalist for the Palestine Post, to develop links with the Kurds.

Reuven Shiloah ראובן שילוח was born Zaslanski זסלנסקי, later shortened to Zaslani זסלני.

Shiloach שילוח means Messenger or Sending Out, in Hebrew.
Shiloach שילוח is the name applied to the waters of the Gihon Spring, in Isaiah 8:6.
Shiloach referred to the village on the eastern slope of the Kidron Valley.
Variants:
* Shelah שילח
* Shelach שילח

From 1936, Reuven Zaslani served in the political department of the Jewish Agency הסוכנות היהודית, and was sent to intelligence gathering missions in Lebanon and Syria ,
He was also responsible for relations with British intelligence agencies, while at the same time, promoting the potential of ties with the United States and a relationship with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS).

In December 1947, Reuven Zaslani became assistant on intelligence affairs for David Ben-Gurion, and was appointed head of state military and political division in the Foreign Ministry.

On his trip to London. in 1948, Reuven Zaslani concluded that Britain did not oppose partition.

On December 13, 1949, David Ben-Gurion tasked Reuven Shiloah with establishing and running a new department, המוסד לריכוז ותיאום פעולות המודיעין, for centralized and coordinated intelligence activities.
On April 1, 1951, Reuven Shiloah was put in charge of intelligence services for the Mossad המוסד.