“From Tears of Abraham: Genesis

For an organisation with its fearsome reputation, most people with only a superficial knowledge of its myriad and deadly operations refer to it simply and erroneously as “Mossad”. Those in the know cringe at the reference and mentally correct the name to “The Mossad” for the organisation’s full name is"The Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations"or in Hebrew,“Ha Mossad leModiʿin uleTafkidim Meyuḥadim”, referred to by insiders simply as ‘The Institute’ or ‘The Mossad’ with the definite article always included.”