Cabinet approves Cohen as National Security Advsior
By HERB KEINON
The cabinet on Sunday unanimously approved the appointment of former Mossad deputy head Yossi Cohen as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's National Security Advisor.Cohen, 52, is a 30 year veteran of the Mossad. He will take over from Ya'akov Amidror, who has served in that position for some two-and-a-half years.Cohen will begin taking over from Amidror in the next few weeks, a process that is expected to last a couple months.
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