Eli Cohen

Editor's Notes: The Mossad has always been led by outsiders - comment

The Roman Gofman fight is about more than the Mossad. It is about who Israel's security elite is willing to let inside.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN
Incoming Mossad director Roman Gofman arrives to a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, February 5, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ministers at a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 8, 2025.

Likud members still support Netanyahu, hold reservations on his policies - poll

In the Likud list for the 26th Knesset, according to the poll of members, Talya Gottlieb leads with 71.5%. Following her are Amir Ohana with 69.9%, Moshe Saada with 61.6%, and Eli Cohen with 56.6%.

|ByANNA BARSKY/MAARIV
An IDF soldier stands in silence during a siren honoring the millions of Jewish lives lost in the Holocaust, in Tel Aviv, April 14, 2026

A light unto the enemies: Three dangerous lessons from the Holocaust - opinion

Student delegations to Poland, ceremonies, museums, and educational programs – all of these are essential. But memory is not an end in itself; it is a means.

|ByDAN PERRY
The Eli Cohen Museum, located in Herzliya, only opened in 2022.

A small Herzliya museum brings Israel's most famous spy to life

In a small museum in Herzliya, Eli Cohen’s secret life unfolds in documents, artifacts, and a new English tour.

|ByCHANI KAPLAN

Libya snafu caused by a failing Israeli gov't not valuing Arab lives - opinion

Israel's government has been criticized for not stopping Arab sector crime and being racist against Arabs. Publicizing the Libya meeting may have been a way of saying they're "Arab friendly."

AUGUST 31, 2023ByEITAN CHARNOFF
FOREIGN MINISTER Eli Cohen arrives at the cabinet table in the Knesset plenum, last month. The writer suggests that Cohen revealed his meeting with the Libyan foreign minister ‘to desperately compensate for utter and unprecedented failures.’

Israel can only blame itself for diplomatic loss - editorial

Israel can use any diplomatic wins it can get. It can hardly afford unnecessary diplomatic losses – particularly own goals like this one.

AUGUST 30, 2023ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (not pictured) speak to reporters as part of Israel's efforts "to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons" in Berlin, Germany, February 28, 2023.

Netanyahu seizes control of back-channel diplomacy after Libya fiasco

Following Foreign Minister Eli Cohen's diplomatic uproar, Netanyahu will need to approve all secret diplomatic meetings ahead of time.

AUGUST 29, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Foreign Minister Eli Cohen assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on March 13, 2023

Netanyahu welcomes NY Mayor Adams: ‘A great friend of Israel’

Antisemitic attacks in New York surged in 2022 to the highest level since 1979, but Mayor Eric Adams has been working to fight it.

AUGUST 22, 2023ByLAHAV HARKOV
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen meeting with New York City Mayor Eric Adams in Jerusalem, on August 22, 2023.

Israel's foreign minister is trying to delegitimize Arab citizens - opinion

It is not a concern for the integrity of Israel’s foreign service that is paramount, but rather Eli Cohen's desire to see non-Jewish Israeli citizens required one more time to prove their loyalty.

AUGUST 17, 2023ByNADAV TAMIR
FOREIGN MINISTER Eli Cohen wants non-Jewish Israeli citizens who chose to tie their fate to that of the country and represent it abroad, required one more time to prove their loyalty, the writer argues.

Paraguay to reopen its embassy in Jerusalem, Israel says

Paraguay had previously moved its embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv, only to later move it back. Now, under its new president, Asuncion is set to relocate its Israel embassy again.

AUGUST 16, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, REUTERS
Paraguay's President Santiago Pena is seen alongside Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen in Paraguay.

Saudi envoy to Palestinians was known to Israel but not coordinated

“We will not allow the opening of any diplomatic representation [to the Palestinians] in Jerusalem,” the foreign minister said.

AUGUST 13, 2023ByLAHAV HARKOV
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen seen during an interview at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, June 12, 2023.

Israel FM Cohen calls for US-Saudi nuclear defense agreement in normalization deal

Cohen’s statement comes as the US works to bring about diplomatic relations between Jerusalem and Riyadh.

AUGUST 9, 2023ByLAHAV HARKOV
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen talks during a news conference with Cyprus Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus March 31, 2023

11,000 trapped Jewish descendants in Ethiopia await rescue

The Foreign Ministry is working to help the Israelis and people eligible for aliyah currently trapped in Ethiopia's Gondar region.

AUGUST 8, 2023ByLAHAV HARKOV, ZVIKA KLEIN
Photo of the Gondar Jewish community a few weeks ago.

'Palestinian issue' not obstacle to Israel-Saudi peace, says foreign minister

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen discussed Hezbollah, Iran, and Israel's planned judicial reform in rare interview with Arabic-language online newspaper Elaph. 

AUGUST 6, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen at the Foreign Press Association briefing, July 3, 2023.