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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 349

Yoram Cohen

Yoram Cohen, then-chief of the Shin Bet security agency, attends a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting on November 18, 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 1, 2019, 5:36 pm
Former Shin Bet head warns of ‘bloodshed’ that West Bank annexation would cause
As security cabinet advances plan its members say brings Israel closer to extending sovereignty beyond Green Line, Yoram Cohen says state should be working to ‘reduce occupation’
By Jacob Magid
Yoram Cohen, then-chief of the Shin Bet security agency, attends a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting on November 18, 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 4, 2019, 10:13 am
Former Shin Bet chief being courted for ministerial post
As several top ex-defense officials enter politics, Israeli TV says Yesh Atid and Labor are seeking to enlist Yoram Cohen
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, with outgoing Mossad chief Tamir Pardo during a farewell ceremony for Pardo in Tel Aviv on January 5, 2015. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
June 3, 2018, 1:09 pm
‘Mossad isn’t a crime syndicate,’ Netanyahu says in dig at ex-spy chief
Former agency head Tamir Pardo had accused PM of trying to wiretap his phone, pushing for a strike on Iran
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, seen with outgoing Mossad chief Tamir Pardo during a farewell ceremony in Tel Aviv on January 5, 2015. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
June 1, 2018, 9:49 pm
PM’s phone tapping request said part of effort to stop leaks in secret project
After allegations Netanyahu requested surveillance of head of Mossad, IDF, report says he did not specifically target the two, but wanted greater oversight of all involved
By ToI Staff
Shin Bet commander Yoram Cohen, left, and IDF Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz in December 2011. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 1, 2018, 6:50 pm
Ex-Shin Bet head denies PM asked him to ‘specifically’ tap IDF and Mossad chiefs
Netanyahu also rejects report, slams ‘no limit to lies’ after ‘Uvda’ TV program claims he tried but failed to eavesdrop on top security brass
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with then-IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz, Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, Shin Bet head Yoram Cohen, Mossad director Tamir Pardo, and NSC head Yossi Cohen at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, to discuss the disappearance of three Jewish teenagers near Hebron, in the West Bank, June 14, 2014. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
June 1, 2018, 5:50 pm
PM: I listen to Arik Einstein, Beatles, not phone calls of IDF and Mossad heads
Netanyahu slams the media for ‘lies’ after a report alleged he asked the Shin Bet security agency in 2011 to tap the phones of top spy and army chief
By Judah Ari Gross and Alexander Fulbright
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and then Shin Bet chief Yoram Cohen at IDF Headquarters in Tel Aviv, July 2014. (Haim Zach/GPO/Flash90)
June 1, 2018, 12:37 pm
Ex-Shin Bet head denies PM asked him to tap IDF, Mossad chiefs’ phones
Netanyahu also rejects report, slams ‘no limit to lies’ after ‘Uvda’ TV program claims he tried but failed to eavesdrop on top security brass
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, seen with outgoing Mossad chief Tamir Pardo during a farewell ceremony in Tel Aviv on January 5, 2015. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
June 1, 2018, 10:45 am
Restraining orders: 7 things to know for June 1
In 2011 and last week, Israel came closer to war than many realize, halted only by a Mossad chief, a hard-line but realist minister and some dumb luck
By Joshua Davidovich
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with then-IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz, Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, Shin Bet head Yoram Cohen, Mossad director Tamir Pardo, and NSC head Yossi Cohen at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, to discuss the disappearance of three Jewish teenagers near Hebron, in the West Bank, June 14, 2014. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
June 1, 2018, 12:23 am
Netanyahu asked Shin Bet to tap phones of IDF, Mossad heads — report
PM’s office denies ‘Uvda’ TV program’s claim he tried, but failed, to get then-Shin Bet chief Yoram Cohen to eavesdrop on top brass over fears they were leaking information
By Judah Ari Gross
Former Shin Bet head Yoram Cohen. (Flash90)
January 4, 2018, 5:00 pm
Shin Bet opposed personal guards for Netanyahu sons
Former agency head says advice went unheeded; Avner and Yair Netanyahu are first children of Israeli PM to have full-time security – at public expense
By Sue Surkes
Head of Mossad Yossi Cohen speaks at the launch event for Libertad foundation. June 27, 2017. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
August 15, 2017, 8:51 pm
Mossad chief leads delegation to brief White House on Syria
Teams set to discuss the Trump-Putin brokered ceasefire, which Israel has condemned as emboldening Iran
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with outgoing head of Shin Bet service Yoram Cohen, center, and incoming head Nadav Argaman in Jerusalem on May 8, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
May 8, 2016, 6:17 pm
5 suicide bombings foiled by Shin Bet so far this year
77 terror attacks thwarted in 2016, agency says as Nadav Argaman takes over as director; 300 Jewish terror suspects indicted since 2013
By ToI Staff
Incoming Shin Bet chief Nadav Argaman (Shin Bet)
May 8, 2016, 8:55 am
Nadav Argaman enters office as new Shin Bet boss
Former deputy takes over domestic security agency from Yoram Cohen
By AFP and ToI Staff
Shin Bet officer Amir Maimoni, 29, killed by friendly fire during an operation outside the Gaza Strip on March 8, 2016. (Shin Bet)
March 27, 2016, 10:01 am
Shin Bet officer off the hook for mistakenly killing comrade
Amir Maimoni was shot to death when an agent mistook him for a threat during an operation outside Gaza
By ToI Staff
Incoming Shin Bet chief Nadav Argaman (Shin Bet)
March 14, 2016, 10:50 pm
Panel approves Nadav Argaman as new Shin Bet chief
Vetting committee paves way for mastermind behind assassination of top Palestinian bombmaker to take over security agency from Yoram Cohen
By AFP and ToI Staff
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