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David Barnea to be nominated as next Mossad head

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced today that current Deputy Mossad Chief David Barnea will replace head of the espionage agency Yossi Cohen, who finishes his mandate at the beginning of June.
Barnea, Netanyahu and Cohen of Israel's Mossad.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced today that current Deputy Mossad Chief David Barnea will be the next head of the Israeli espionage agency. Barnea will replace incumbent Mossad head Yossi Cohen, who steps down on June 1. Cohen has served as chief of the Mossad for more than five years.

"Together with Mossad Chief Yossi Cohen, I awarded today the prime minister’s prize for Mossad operations, and announced the nomination of David (Dedi) Barnea as next head of the Mossad. I have told Mossad agents – any new operation of yours is more daring, more imaginative and bolder than the one before. James Bond is small change next to you. We are going to reopen cinema theaters in a few days [after corona restrictions]. There is not one action movie that could even be compared with what the Mossad is up to. Our number one mission now is preventing Iran from arming itself with nuclear weapon," tweeted Netanyahu.

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