Yossi Cohen

Yosef "Yossi" Meir Cohen (Hebrew: יוסי מאיר כהן‎; born 1961) is the current Director of Mossad. 2Biography Cohen was born in Jerusalem to a religious family and grew up in the Katamon neighborhood. His father, Leo, was a seventh-generation Israeli and Irgun veteran. He worked at Bank Mizrahi, reaching a senior position there. His mother was a teacher. Cohen is a 30-year-veteran of the Mossad and described as 'able to inspire the confidence of his charges'. He ran agents in a number of countries over his career, and led the Mossad's collections division ("Tsomet"). From 2011 to 2013, he was the deputy director, serving under Tamir Pardo. He was known publicly as "Y" (Hebrew: "י") in this post. Cohen won the prestigious Israel Security Prize for his Mossad wor