Yossi Cohen’s Moment

When it comes to assassinations, a source close to Cohen said that “his policy is very measured.” When Cohen was once asked why the Mossad doesn’t assassinate Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, he smiled. That wasn’t the right question, he said. He said the question is if Nasrallah knows that the Mossad has the ability to assassinate him — and every so often, he added, they make sure to remind him of their abilities.

Cohen has hinted to those close to him that America has given the Mossad its tacit agreement to their operations in Iraq and other Arab countries. “We’re not working in a void,” he’s stated.

The Mossad’s prime target in Tehran is undoubtedly Major General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the al-Quds Force, who weathered a recent assassination attempt. Today he’s the primary threat to the State of Israel, and the Mossad’s number-one enemy in the region.

So, we ask senior officials close to Cohen, why hasn’t he been neutralized? “With all due respect to his rhetoric, he hasn’t necessarily yet made the mistake that would put him in the elite club of the Mossad’s potential assassination targets,” they tell us, “although he knows very well that his assassination is not impossible. There is no doubt that the network he established is a significant challenge for the State of Israel.”