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.

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

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

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

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


Cohen to visit Azerbaijan, a Shia Muslim country next to Iran

The volume of trade between the two nations now rests at $200 million but is expected to grow to half a billion this year.

 Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen is seen at a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 25, 2023.

Israeli high schools to add a Polish site to Holocaust trips

Yad Vashem says it won’t be involved in group visits to any site suspected of distorting events.

 A CANDLE is lit and a flower is placed on the railway tracks at Birkenau, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, last year.

Cohen, Lapid call each other ‘liars’ over tiff on Israel-Poland ties

Some may be "saddened we resolved the political crisis with Poland that began during the Lapid era,” Cohen charged on Monday.

 Yesh Atid head MK Yair Lapid speaks during a joint press conference of leaders of the opposition parties, in the Israeli Knesset, in Jerusalem, on February 13, 2023.

Middle East crisis talks: Israel will act against Hamas terror, Cohen tells FMs

In conversations with the Turkish and Bahraini foreign ministers, Cohen stressed that Israel has made an effort to prevent an escalation.

 Palestinian terrorists attend Hamas rally Solidarity with Al-Aqsa in Jabalia, northern Gaza April 7, 2023

Netanyahu’s first 90 days was crisis diplomacy on steroids

DIPLOMACY AFFAIRS: When Netanyahu left government in June 2021, he was considered a skilled and veteran diplomat. His new government is anything but that.

 90 days in government: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's diplomatic crisis.

Israeli FM Cohen fires NY Consul Zamir who had already resigned

Almost immediately after Cohen posted the tweet, Zamir contradicted his claims with a selfie clearly showing that he was in Israel.

 Asaf Zamir  at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York, September 12, 2022

UK and Israel to deepen tech and security ties as Cohen visits

The new deal includes around 20 million pounds ($24.50 million) of joint funding commitments on technology and innovation.

Likud MK Eli Cohen Federation of Local Authorities conference in Tel Aviv, December 8, 2022.

Borrell: Israeli democracy must continue, key to EU partnership

“We are a close observer because Israel is a key partner, and our shared values are based on a democratic and open society and the rule of law,” Borrell said.

 European Union Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell speaks on the tensions between the neighbouring Western Balkan nations in Brussels, Belgium, August 18, 2022.

EU action in Palestinian conflict encourages terror, Israel tells Italy

EU activity in Area C has sparked tension between the European bloc and Israel.

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen seen with his Italian counterpart on March 13, 2023

Poland: details not finalized for resumption of Israeli high school trips

The resumption of trips is seen by Israel as a sign of thawing relations with Poland.

 Jewish Youth from all over the world participating in the March of the Living  seen at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp site in Poland, as Israel marks annual Holocaust Memorial Day, on April 16, 2015.