Netanyahu taps Mossad s deputy chief as intelligence agency s next head
Veteran spy will assume head position in June 2021 after being vetted by Goldberg Committee, stepping in for mentor Yossi Cohen; PM snubs DM Gantz on appointment
Itamar Eichner |
Published: 12.15.20 , 18:36
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced on Tuesday he has decided to appoint Mossad s Deputy Director D. as the next chief of the clandestine intelligence agency.
The veteran spy will assume the head position in June 2021, pending the approval of the Goldberg Committee which vets candidates for top government posts, primarily in the field of security.
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D. is considered a protégé of current Mossad chief Yossi Cohen and has spent his entire military career in the intelligence agency as part of the army’s General Staff Reconnaissance Unit.