WEST BANK (Dispatches) – Three senior officials in the Mossad have quit recently in reaction to the decisions of the spy agency’s new chief, reports Channel 13 news.
According to the TV report, three of the most senior officials in the Mossad — with the comparative rank of major-general in the military — have resigned their positions in the past few weeks.
Those said to have quit include the head of the tech branch, the head of operations and the head of the branch dealing with the so-called “anti-terror” war. A fourth senior official is reportedly considering quitting as well.
Mossad chief David Barnea took over as chief of the Mossad from Yossi Cohen in June. The resignation of the officials is said to be directly linked to decisions made by Barnea.
Barnea, also known by his nickname Dedi, served as a combat soldier in the Sayeret Matkal commando unit and has been in the Mossad for the past 25 years.
The former Mossad chief, Cohen, played a prominent role in the so-called Abraham Accords last year, under which four Arab countries — the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan — agreed to normalize their relations with the Israeli regime.
Upon replacing Cohen, Barnea said the Zionist regime was isolated on the issue of talks between Iran and other countries. Nevertheless, he said, the occupying regime will continue to confront Iran’s nuclear work.
“The agreement with world powers that is taking shape only reinforces the sense of isolation in which we find ourselves on this issue,” he stated.
He added, “I say it clearly — no, we do not intend to act according to the majority opinion since this majority will not bear the consequences for the erroneous assessment of this threat.”