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A teen who was allegedly used by Gofman for influence campaign slams ‘ridiculous’ appointment as new Mossad chief
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Ori Elmakayes, who, as a teenager, was allegedly used by Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman for an “influence campaign,” slams the “ridiculous” decision by the Senior Appointments Advisory Committee to approve the general’s appointment to head the Mossad spy agency.
“Roman Gofman activated me illegally and immediately afterward disavowed me, abandoned me, and did not stop the ongoing nightmare I went through,” he says in a post on X.
“Someone who abandoned a 17-year-old boy will also abandon Mossad agents,” Elmakayes says.
He adds that Gofman’s appointment “is a real danger to the Mossad and the security of the State of Israel,” and that he will “not stop here and will fight to disqualify his appointment.”
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