Mossad Director

Editor's Notes: What the next Mossad chief tells us about Israel’s new elite - comment

Roman Gofman’s appointment as Mossad director highlights a deeper change in Israel’s power elite and the religious ideas guiding it.

Roman Gofman, military secretary to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, waits before a joint press conference of US President Donald Trump and Netanyahu in the State Dining Room at the White House, in Washington, DC, US, September 29, 2025
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shaking hands with Maj.-Gen.Roman Gofman.

Netanyahu taps military secretary Roman Gofman as next Mossad chief in surprise move

An silhouette of an intelligence agent with the Mossad logo in the background.

Mossad officer 'G' steps aside amid fallout from October 7 probe

Mossad director David Barnea seen over a wall of hostage posters in Tel Aviv (illustrative)

Behind the scenes: Mossad's role in nailing down the Hamas ceasefire


No. 9: David Barnea: The Mossad chief battling the Iranian threat

Mossad Chief David Barnea has worked tirelessly to combat the threat posed by Iran and its proxies.

 David Barnea.

Ex-Mossad chief Shabtai Shavit dies at 84

From starting his career as an intelligence collection officer in Iran in 1964 to becoming the head of Mossad, Shavit's legacy will be remembered.

FORMER DIRECTOR-GENERAL of the Mossad Shabtai Shavit speaks in Tel Aviv in 2017.

Iran has left bloodstained fingerprints through global terror- editorial

The latest planned attack was not an isolated incident but one of a chain of similar recent Iranian efforts.

 Police vehicles arrive at a court, where a remand order was issued against a man suspected of plotting to murder Israeli businesspeople on the island, in Nicosia, Cyprus October 6, 2021.

Mossad rejects claims it influenced Israeli judicial reform protests in Pentagon leak

The Mossad on Sunday morning said reports that it encouraged spies to attend judicial reform protests were "false and unfounded."

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen next to Mossad Director David Barnea at a pre-Passover toast, on April 4, 2023.

Iran nuclear program hasn't crossed Israel's red line yet - opinion

Iran is a threat, it is pursuing a nuclear capability, and continues to grow closer to its goal as time passes. However, Israel's red line has moved over the years.

 TWO ISRAELI Air Force F-16I fighter jets accompany a US B-52 bomber over Israel as it makes its way to the Gulf.

Mossad chief Barnea flies to Washington to try to halt Iran nuclear deal

The spy chief’s visit is part of a string of senior Israeli officials who have been campaigning to block the deal.

 Prime Minister Yair Lapid meets with Mossad chief David Barnea on August 25.

Mossad chief: 'Iran will never have nuclear weapons'

The intelligence chief's comments were made at an award ceremony for 12 Mossad agents that received certificates of excellence.

 President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, and Mossad chief David Barnea presented certificates of excellence to twelve Mossad employees.

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

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

Spy stories: Former Mossad chief talks Iran, nukes and the life of a spy

Shabtai Shavit reveals details of secret meetings, his view on a range of nuclear and defense issues and how he was almost swept up in the Pollard saga.

Missiles and a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Baharestan Square in Tehran, Iran

Ex-IDF intel chief rejects critics, says Syrian reactor never turned ‘hot’

Amos Yadlin pushes back against claims by the former Mossad chief who characterized the delay in identifying the threat as an intelligence failure.

Former IDF chier Amos Yadlin (Left) and former mossad head Tamor Pardo argue over Israel's intelligence on the Syrian nuclear reactor