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From recruiting agents to recruiting voters: The first swallow in Yossi Cohen's political career?

The prime minister's early announcement of the identity of the next head of the Mossad, six months ahead of time, sparked a wave of speculation and speculation about Cohen's future plans and his wink at political life.

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Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 9:00 p.m.

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Photo: Herzliya Conference 2019, Editing: Aviv Irgaz

On the Facebook page "Mossad chief Yossi Cohen - for prime minister" there was great joy yesterday (Tuesday).

"The beginning of the road. The time has come with the help of the name," wrote one of the column's directors, with the outbreak of reports of the appointment of D., Cohen's deputy, as head of the next institution.

"Bibi's undisputed heir!" Shouted another fan.

"Welcome to the Likud Party," greeted another user.

The group, which opened last July, has about 9,300 followers, and from initial impressions it seems spontaneous and unspoken.

Just this week, a "Hanukkah operation" was announced there in order to pass the symbolic threshold of ten thousand members.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's announcement of the appointment of Cohen's successor at the Mossad was received there as the first swallow heralding his possible arrival in politics.

Maybe she will help them complete the task successfully.

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Will try to skip the cooling off period.

Cohen (Photo: Flash 90)

The timing of the announcement of the new Mossad has sparked a wave of speculation about Cohen and his future plans, as it was six months ahead of schedule by June 2021. Senior officials in the Prime Minister's Office insisted yesterday that there was no change in schedules, and that D. would replace Cohen in June. , But it does not dispel skepticism about the timing of the move and suspicions about the politics behind it.

Netanyahu is the one who initially marked Cohen as heir, as published in Walla!

NEWS in August last year.

He is the one who defined him, in closed conversations, as someone who in his eyes deserves to lead the State of Israel, together with another associate - the outgoing ambassador to the United States, Ron Drummer.

Cohen, a career behind decades of the institution, came to the office of prime minister in 2013 as head of the National Security Council and has since become one of the closest confidants and most loyal to Netanyahu. Upon completion of tenure, not far-fetched to suspect that they plan together the next steps.

Under the cooling dreams The political group of Cohen's Facebook fans will be frozen for three years after his retirement, during which time he will not be allowed to be elected to the Knesset unless more than one election takes place during this period, which will reset the cooling and allow him to jump into the water in the next election. Gantz for the fourth election, there should be a window of opportunity for early retirement until the next election, which will open up the possibility for him to run in the next election, and skip the cooling-off period.If he retires after the election, he will have to wait three years or two more until he can be elected to the Knesset.

"The Undisputed Heir."

The Facebook group to support Cohen

Unlike chiefs of staff and generals in the Res., Mossad chiefs are a rather rare commodity in politics; for years, their identities were confidential and banned from publicity, and the public knew them only by the first letter of their name, making it difficult for them to gain recognition and build a security aura like IDF generals. .

Even after the practice changed, in the 1990s, most of the heads of the Mossad did not jump into the political waters, with the exception of Danny Yatom.

But Cohen is not like his predecessors, as could be easily discerned in his five years in office, in which he atoned for the mysteries of the shadow world and emerged as an extroverted and extroverted major actor on the political-strategic stage.

As Netanyahu's absolute confidant, he and the Mossad were involved in everything from normalization with the Arab state to the struggle in Corona, and most importantly - in the struggle against the Iranian nuclear program.

And more than ever, everyone knew about it.

His predecessors used to stay behind the scenes and rarely interviewed while on the job, but Cohen adapted to the custom of "spontaneous" encounters with the cameras, which of course like the so-called "model".

More on Walla!

NEWS

Secret missions around the world, a protégé of Yossi Cohen: This is the head of the designated institution

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Will look for a way to keep Cohen by his side.

Netanyahu presents Fahrizadeh in 2018 (Photo: GPO)

Cohen honestly earned all his successes.

He concludes a glorious term of heroic operations beyond enemy lines attributed to the institution from foreign sources: seizure of the Iranian nuclear archive, mysterious attacks on nuclear facilities and assassinations of scientists and arch-terrorists for which they take no responsibility and are revealed in the New York Times.

There are many more unknown stories and operations that will remain confidential, at least for years to come.

The institution's manpower, budgets and areas of occupation also expanded and increased significantly during its time.

However, his closeness and loyalty to Netanyahu, who have made him a leading player in shaping Israel's strategic policy over the past decade, have also made him a sought-after object of attacks and slander, and he has received considerable criticism along the way.

He is accused of politicizing the Mossad and over-promoting achievements at the cost of exposing intelligence methods, and harnessing the organization to the political needs of the boss who appointed him. Thus, he got involved and played a role in some of Netanyahu's political battles, and quite a few credit battles with competing bodies. He is completely identified with Netanyahu, for better or worse, and like him, no one can dispute his abilities and talents.

A shortened route to the top

"Another vision for the date," Cohen used to respond with a wink when asked about his wink at politics, which he never denied or denied.

The early announcement of the replacement of his successor, headed by the Mossad, heralds that the date is approaching, and these days he is probably deciding how and where he will emerge from the shadows.

But the transition from agent recruitment to voter recruitment can be challenging: after years of working in the dark away from the public, in politics he will have to get used to a life of transparency and publicity, where every step is measured and reviewed, and secrets and dirt cannot be encrypted and buried.

After years of sympathy and popularity as the closest thing to the Israeli James Bond, quite a few knives will be waiting for him in the Knesset corridors;

Anyone who has been waiting patiently for a decade for the day after Netanyahu will try to thwart a descendant of an heir from above, and will not really be welcomed with open arms.

Possible replacement?

Ambassador Drummer (Photo: Gettyimages)

Unless Cohen is currently embroidering a covert operation that will bring him to the top in a shortened trajectory.

In recent weeks, rumors have been circulating that Netanyahu intends to appoint him as ambassador to the United States in place of Drummer, and in place of Gilad Ardan, who is due to take office at the same time as ambassador to the UN. This time too, the prime minister's office vehemently denied the reports. Cohen institution, Netanyahu will look for a way to keep his side he played in strengthening the political-security steadfast and loyal - if as a special envoy of Government Biden or professional appointment special government next, as foreign minister or defense minister - and embark on a path of accelerated top of the pyramid.

here again, the law of the cooling may be Obstacle: In the background of the preparation of former chief of staff Gadi Izenkot for running in the election, it was reported in Haaretz this week that the law also prohibits the appointment of a minister in the government for three years, regardless of the shortening of second elections to former securityists. The next election, and he will have to wait only for the next election to run for Knesset, he will not be able to be appointed minister anyway for three years, unless another legal interpretation is found that frees him and Izenkot from the cold limits. Probably Cohen, who lived all his life in worlds of dangerous tricks and schemes And fate, will also find d

Unique, creative and cunningly soft to get into politics.

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