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Mike Rogers, right, a former director of the NSA and a former head of the US Cyber Command, speaks at Cyber Week conference in Tel Aviv, with Nadav Zafrir, CEO of, Team8 and former commander of IDF's elite 8200 tech unit, June 25, 2019 (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
US, Iran tensions show cyberattacks becoming part of warfare — ex-NSA chief
By Shoshanna Solomon
Speaking at Tel Aviv conference, Mike Rogers says unlike the US, Iran does not limit itself to public sector targets; Mossad head warns connected world makes us more vulnerable
Mike Rogers, right, a former director of the NSA and a former head of the US Cyber Command, speaks at Cyber Week conference in Tel Aviv, with Nadav Zafrir, CEO of, Team8 and former commander of IDF's elite 8200 tech unit, June 25, 2019 (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
US, Iran tensions show cyberattacks becoming part of warfare — ex-NSA chief
By Shoshanna Solomon
Mike Rogers, right, a former director of the NSA and a former head of the US Cyber Command, speaks at Cyber Week conference in Tel Aviv, with Nadav Zafrir, CEO of, Team8 and former commander of IDF's elite 8200 tech unit, June 25, 2019 (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
June 25, 2019, 5:56 pm
US, Iran tensions show cyberattacks becoming part of warfare — ex-NSA chief
Speaking at Tel Aviv conference, Mike Rogers says unlike the US, Iran does not limit itself to public sector targets; Mossad head warns connected world makes us more vulnerable
By Shoshanna Solomon
Students protest at an anti-Israel demonstration at the University of California, Irvine. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images/JTA)
June 12, 2019, 8:56 am
Mossad involved in Israel’s anti-BDS efforts – report
2018 meeting between Strategic Affairs Minister Erdan and Mossad chief Cohen part of coordination between the two bodies, according to one official
By TOI staff
Shira Raban, a former cleaner at the Prime Ministers Residence, at the Jerusalem District Labor Court on June 11, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
June 11, 2019, 2:44 pm
Woman suing Sara Netanyahu for workplace abuse has her day in court
Lawyer for PM’s wife disputes Shira Raban’s claim she was subjected to unacceptable conditions
By TOI staff
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif gestures during a press conference in Tehran on February 13, 2019 (Atta Kenare/AFP)
February 23, 2019, 3:17 pm
Iran vows ‘surprise’ to counter US sanctions amid reports of new nuke activity
FM Zarif says Tehran seeks to ‘entertain’ Trump as Washington reimposes ‘illegal’ punitive measures
By TOI staff and Agencies
Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, 300 kilometers (186 miles) south of capital Tehran, Iran, April, 9, 2007. (Hasan Sarbakhshian/ AP/File)
February 22, 2019, 8:36 pm
TV report: MI6 spy chief makes secret Israel trip amid new Iran nuclear activity
Channel 13: Alex Younger holds talks with Mossad chief as Iran renews centrifuge production; Israeli assessment: Regime has not yet made political decision to break out to bomb
By TOI staff and Agencies
Mossad chief Yossi Cohen speaks at the launch event for intelligence agency's Libertad Fund on June 27, 2017. (Gershom/GPO)
January 18, 2019, 8:58 pm
Mossad chief’s personal information revealed online — report
Israel hackers discover site, which appears to be based in Lebanon; it also features details on IDF’s Arabic spokesman; personal data of website’s visitors apparently compromised
By TOI staff
Mossad head Yossi Cohen attends a handover ceremony for the position of chief of military intelligence at the Glilot military base, near Tel Aviv, on March 28, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 8, 2019, 7:58 pm
News site claims Mossad head met Saudi, UAE, Egypt intel officials on Gulf visit
Unconfirmed Middle East Eye report says Yossi Cohen agreed with counterparts on measures to counter Iran and Turkey; reportedly said Ankara a bigger threat than Tehran
By TOI staff
Yusuf bin Alawi, Oman's minister responsible for foreign affairs, addresses the 14th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Manama Dialogue in the Bahraini capital Manama on October 27, 2018. (Photo by STR / AFP)
November 2, 2018, 10:24 pm
Netanyahu secretly met Omani FM in Germany — report
Israeli TV says February talks helped pave way for PM’s visit to Muscat; discussion said to have focused on Iran, advancing bilateral ties
By TOI staff
Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid leads a faction meeting in the Israeli parliament on April 30, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 2, 2018, 6:39 pm
Lapid says PM seriously harmed national security with Iran revelations
Yesh Atid head: Netanyahu is making mistakes he would not have made in the past, such as televised presentation of smuggled nuclear archive
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech on Iran's nuclear program at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on April 30, 2018. ( AFP PHOTO / Jack GUEZ)
May 1, 2018, 4:33 am
Mossad stole Iran’s nuke archive and smuggled it back to Israel the same night
Senior Israeli official tells New York Times the spy agency discovered the warehouse in 2016 and had it under surveillance; Trump briefed on raid by Mossad chief Yossi Cohen
By TOI staff
A picture taken on April 21, 2018 shows men holding up a poster portrait of 35-year-old Palestinian professor and Hamas member Fadi Mohammad al-Batsh who was killed in Malaysia, outside his family's house in Jabaliya in the northern Gaza strip. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)
April 26, 2018, 10:34 am
Malaysian hit said part of broad Mossad op against Hamas global training efforts
New York Times claims spy agency is looking to stymie terror group’s bid to obtain new technology and weaponry from overseas for its war with Israel
By TOI staff
Yossi Cohen, the head of the Mossad, is seen in a committee meeting at the Israeli parliament on December 8, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 4, 2018, 10:50 pm
Mossad chief ‘100 percent certain’ Iran still seeks nuclear bomb
In closed security meeting, Yossi Cohen says nuke deal a ‘terrible mistake,’ must be ‘completely changed or scrapped’
By Josef Federman
The Mossad stand at Cybertech 2017 (Courtesy: Gilad Kavalerchik)
March 12, 2018, 5:46 pm
Mossad venture arm makes first investments in spy tech
Intelligence agency does not reveal name of startups, says they are expected to supply their technologies in 2018-19
By Shoshanna Solomon
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak at a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, on February 16, 2016, after a joint cabinet meeting. (AFP /Odd Andersen)
January 12, 2018, 9:35 pm
Top Merkel aide said to tell Israel that Berlin willing to work on Iran missiles
German chancellor’s foreign policy adviser, in Israel for high-level talks, reportedly insists nuclear deal must be preserved
By TOI staff and Agencies
Mossad chief Yossi Cohen speaks at an event honoring agents from the security service on October 2, 2017. (Screen capture: Government Press Office/YouTube)
January 9, 2018, 2:09 pm
Mossad chief: Protests unlikely to topple Iran regime
Yossi Cohen says Islamic Republic pouring more cash into security, intelligence and ‘galloping into the Middle East without hindrance’
By TOI staff and Agencies
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