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Mossad rehearsed 2018 Iran nuclear archives raid in Africa, former chief Yossi Cohen reveals

The operation changed the course of history as it was the impetus for US President Donald Trump to pull out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal shortly after the operation's results were revealed.

Former Head of the Mossad Yossi Cohen attends a Menorah lighting ceremony on the sixth night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, at the great synagogue in Tel Aviv, December 30, 2024.
Yossi Cohen.

Iran will keep lying, former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen warns

  Smartphone with logo of Israeli national intelligence agency Mossad in front of website.

Where is the Mossad in the shadows of Israel-US joint strikes on Iran? - analysis

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu climbs out after a visit inside the Rahav, the fifth submarine in the fleet, after it arrived in Haifa's port

From submarines to Oct. 7, Israel pays the price of governing in the dark - opinion


Exceptional Mossad employees honored in Hanukkah ceremony by PM, president

This year's selections included 12 Mossad employees - "the best of the best," Rivlin called them.

President Reuven Rivlin and Mossad Director Yossi Cohen light Hanukkah candles during a ceremony honoring exceptional Mossad employees, Wednesday, December 16, 2020.

Netanyahu to appoint deputy Mossad head as next Mossad Director

"D" will replace Yossi Cohen as the next director of the Mossad in June 2021.

SECURITY SURVEILLANCE monitors. Privacy advocates argue that even if the official transfer of data does not identify individuals, anyone who wants to abuse the information to invade an individual’s privacy can do so with ease

Netanyahu meets Saudi crown prince MBS, Pompeo in Saudi Arabia

The plane returned to Israel after only a few hours.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman

Mossad head’s short-term extension points to politics, not Iran

Cohen was due to finish a five-year term in January 2021, and has now been extended through June 2021.

Yossi Cohen

PM extends Mossad chief tenure by 6 months

A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office said that Cohen’s tenure would be extended from January 2021 to June 2021.

Mossad head Yossi Cohen marks the agency's ending its coronavirus-related activity

Mossad head moderating Arab opposition to annexation

Yossi Cohen has been credited with much of the quiet diplomacy between Israel and Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, which led to more public ties between Israel and those countries since 2017.

Mossad head Yossi Cohen marks the agency's ending its coronavirus-related activity

Netanyahu thanks Mossad chief for purchasing coronavirus medical gear

The Mossad received heavy criticism for its purchases in late March after a covert operation accidentally brought 100,000 incomplete coronavirus test kits to Israel from an unidentified Gulf state.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Head of Mossad Yossi Cohen

Mossad delivers coronavirus equipment to Israel

Additionally, the Mossad is working on procuring 47 different drugs and anesthetics that Israel is lacking according to the Health Ministry.

A Korean Air plane bringing chemicals used in coronavirus checks to Israel on April 15 2020

With Netanyahu in quarantine, how does the government work?

The Knesset has a different challenge – it doesn’t allow remote voting. MKs cannot call in their votes or leave a note or have someone vote in their place.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he delivers a speech at his Jerusalem office, regarding the new measures that will be taken to fight the coronavirus, March 14, 2020

Is Mossad’s Yossi Cohen the future after Bibi-Gantz? - analysis

The spy chief has racked up major wins against Iran and the coronavirus, is scandal-free, has charisma and leans to the Right.

Former Mossad Director Yossi Cohen