He was discharged from the army in 1950 with the rank of Lieutenant. He then went to the United States and studied international relations at the University of California, Berkeley, returning to Israel in 1954. There he rejoined the Israeli intelligence community, working his way up the chain of command to be Mossad Director Yitzhak Hofi's deputy.
In 1950, he was discharged from the army with the rank of Lieutenant. He then studied international relations at the University of California, Berkeley, and returned to Israel in 1954. There, he rejoined the Israeli intelligence community, eventually becoming Deputy Director under Yitzhak Hofi.