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Monday, December 7, 2015
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Monday, December 7, 2015
Yossi Cohen reportedly to get nod for spy chief
The Haaretz daily is reporting that Yossi Cohen will get the nod as new Mossad head.
National Security Adviser and former deputy head of the Mossad, Yossi Cohen, at the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on September 2, 2014 (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
Cohen, who is currently Netanyahu’s national security adviser and is considered close to the prime minister, is expected to beat out two other top candidates for the post, according to the report, which is based on “sources close to Netanyahu.”
Cohen, a Jerusalem native, started as a Mossad case officer and rose up to command the Tzomet department, in charge of all case officers, and serving as the deputy head of the Mossad from 2011-2013, when he was appointed head of the National Security Council.
Netanyahu is expected to reveal his choice to replace Tamir Pardo in a statement to be delivered on live TV at 8:15 p.m.
