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Yoram Cohen
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Yoram Cohen is a retired Israeli intelligence officer who served as the Director of Shin Bet. He began his military service in 1979 in the Golani Brigade before joining the Shin Bet in 1982. Over several decades, he held various field coordinator and division head roles focused on terror prevention. He served as Deputy Director starting in 2005 and ultimately led the agency as its twelfth Director from 2011 to 2016.
In the news: Running as a candidate for the Yashar party, he publicly criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judgment ahead of elections and condemned racist remarks made by media personality Yinon Magal.
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