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\n\n Roman Gofman and Benjamin Netanyahu \n <\/div>\n \n
\n (Netanyahu's press office)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

December 4, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced his decision to appoint Belarusian-born Major General Roman Gofman as the new head of the Mossad intelligence service, newsru.co.il<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final approval of the appointment will follow once all required procedures are completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gofman was born in Homiel region’s Mazyr in 1976 and repatriated to Israel with his parents in 1990. He will replace the current Mossad chief David Barnea, who is set to complete his five-year tenure in June 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many prominent Israelis were born in Belarus, including Presidents Chaim Weizmann and Zalman Shazar; Prime Ministers Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Shamir and Shimon Peres as well as Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, the father of modern Hebrew.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

December 4, Pozirk. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced his decision to appoint Belarusian-born Major General Roman Gofman as the new head of the Mossad intelligence service, newsru.co.il reports. Final approval of the appointment will follow once all required procedures are completed. Gofman was born in Homiel region’s Mazyr in 1976 and repatriated to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":166810,"template":"","rubric":[14,30],"class_list":["post-166827","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBelarusian-born officer named new Mossad chief | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 4, Pozirk. 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