Michael Ross's Biography

Michael Ross is a native of Victoria, British Columbia. He converted to Judaism and served as a soldier in a combat unit in the Israel Defence Forces prior to being recruited as an undercover agent in Israel’s legendary secret intelligence service, the Mossad. While working for the Mossad, Ross was a “combatant,” a term designating a deep-cover operative tasked with working in hostile milieus. He also operated as a case officer in Africa and Asia for three years, and was the Mossad’s counterterrorism liaison officer to the CIA and FBI for two-and-a-half years. Ross is a published writer and commentator, with articles recently placed in both the National Post and the Globe and Mail on Middle Eastern affairs and terrorism.