Israel Appoints Military General Roman Gofman as New Mossad Chief Despite No Intelligence Background

Dec 05, 2025 02:43 am CST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed Major General Roman Gofman, his military secretary with no prior intelligence experience, to head the Mossad. This controversial decision follows a pattern of selecting officials aligned with nationalist perspectives for key security positions, raising questions about qualification criteria versus political loyalty in Israel's intelligence community.