claim: Sands Hotel and Casino was originally a casino with 200 rooms.
evidence: Nahum Admoni -LRB- ; born November 21 , 1929 -RRB- is a former Israeli intelligence officer who served as the Director-General of the Mossad from 1982 to 1989 .. Mossad. Mossad. Admoni was born in Jerusalem in Mandatory Palestine .. Jerusalem. Jerusalem. Mandatory Palestine. Mandatory Palestine. His parents were middle-class Polish Jews who immigrated from near Gdansk .. Polish Jews. History of the Jews in Poland. Gdansk. Gdansk. Growing up , he studied at the Rehavia gymnasium .. Rehavia. Rehavia. He fought in the 1948 Arab -- Israeli War in the SHAI , the Haganah intelligence branch , and later in the newly created military intelligence .. SHAI. SHAI. Haganah. Haganah. military intelligence. Aman ( IDF ). After the war he went to the United States and studied at the University of California , Berkeley , returning to Israel in 1954 .. Israel. Israel. United States. United States. Berkeley. University of California, Berkeley. There he rejoined the Israeli intelligence community , working his way up the chain of command to be Mossad Director Yitzhak Hofi 's deputy .. Mossad. Mossad. Yitzhak Hofi. Yitzhak Hofi. In 1982 the designated director of the Mossad Yekutiel Adam was killed in 1982 Lebanon War and Admoni was chosen to replace him .. Mossad. Mossad. Yekutiel Adam. Yekutiel Adam. 1982 Lebanon War. 1982 Lebanon War. Shortly after becoming the Mossad Director the Sabra and Shatila massacre occurred .. Mossad. Mossad. Sabra and Shatila massacre. Sabra and Shatila massacre. Admoni was criticized by the Kahan Commission for not warning the cabinet before allowing the Gemayel Phalangists into the camps , though no action against him was recommended .. Kahan Commission. Kahan Commission. During his service as Mossad Director , Admoni watched over the Jonathan Pollard affair , in which it was revealed that Israel -LRB- though not the Mossad directly -RRB- was spying on the United States .. Mossad. Mossad. Israel. Israel. United States. United States. Jonathan Pollard. Jonathan Pollard. He also endured the revelation of Israeli involvement in the Iran -- Contra Affair and the public abduction of Mordechai Vanunu , who had revealed secrets of the Israeli nuclear weapons program to the British press .. Mordechai Vanunu. Mordechai Vanunu. Israeli nuclear weapons program. Israel and weapons of mass destruction. British. United Kingdom. Admoni retired in 1989 .. On August 28 , 2006 he was appointed by prime minister Ehud Olmert to be chairman of an investigation committee , charged with investigating the actions of the government during the 2006 Lebanon War .. Ehud Olmert. Ehud Olmert. 2006 Lebanon War. 2006 Lebanon War. He is married to Nina Admoni -LRB- nee Wertans -RRB- , who was born in Poland , and was among the Jews who fled to China during World War II .. China. China. World War II. World War II. She later moved to the United States , and met Nahum while he was studying in Berkeley .. United States. United States. Berkeley. University of California, Berkeley. The couple married , and she moved to Israel when he returned there .. Israel. Israel