Tag: David Barnea
Netanyahu holds emergency meeting on hostage deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened an emergency meeting at Israel Defense Forces headquarters in Tel Aviv on Sunday evening to discuss efforts to free the captives still being held by Hamas in the...
Netanyahu talks hostage negotiations with visiting CIA chief
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosted CIA Director William Burns at his office in Jerusalem on Wednesday afternoon for talks on the ongoing indirect hostage negotiations with Hamas.
Burns first held a private discussion with...
Mossad chief leads Israeli delegation to Doha for hostage talks
A high-level Israeli delegation was set to arrive in Qatar on Friday as part of ongoing negotiations to release the 134 remaining Israeli hostages being held by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip in...
Mossad chief secretly visited DC to discuss Saudi deal
The head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency secretly traveled to Washington nearly two weeks ago to discuss a deal with Saudi Arabia.
David Barnea met with U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan at the White House ahead...
Netanyahu to Mossad agents: ‘Ultimate mission’ is to prevent a nuclear Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday reiterated the importance of stopping Iran from getting nuclear weapons, telling members of the Mossad intelligence agency that it is “our ultimate mission.”
“If we do not prevent...
Mossad Director reveals last telegram of Israeli spy Eli Cohen
Mossad Director David Barnea on Monday publicly revealed for the first time the last telegram the intelligence agency received from spy Eli Cohen prior to his capture in Syria.
The telegram, which was revealed during...
Iranian hackers leak Mossad chief’s personal information
Iranian hackers on Wednesday published a video on an anonymous Telegram channel featuring personal photos and documents allegedly obtained from a phone used by the wife of Mossad Director David Barnea.
The video was posted on the...
CIA director in Israel for talks focusing on region, Iran
The director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency William Burns arrived in Israel on Tuesday for talks officials say will mainly deal with Iran.
Burns is expected to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett...
Gantz seeks new understanding, in quiet way, with US on Iran
As he set off for a lightning trip to the United States on Wednesday night, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz left behind tectonic political developments in Jerusalem that will reshape the political system for years to...
New Mossad chief vows to stop Iran’s ‘dream’ of nuclear arms
“Our security challenges are very great, and at the top of the list is Iran,” said incoming Mossad director David Barnea at his swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday.
“We need to say it loudly and clearly:...