Mossad in crisis? Why Roman Gofman's firings and Iran strategy tell a more complicated story

Mossad Chief Roman Gofman has pushed Israel's national intelligence service into a state of turmoil, N12 News reported on Sunday, citing interviews with 10 former senior members of the agency. However, the Mossad heavily pushed back on the article's claims in a statement to The Jerusalem Post, calling the N12 report “a biased article, riddled with distortions and inaccuracies.”The Mossad claimed that the N12 report “recycles old stories and allegations while artificially linking unrelated events and taking them out of context, in an attempt to manufacture a crisis and paint a distorted picture that is disconnected from reality.”Gofman's Mossad shakeup The Post has previously reported that Gofman fired three former top Mossad officials when he took the post nearly six months ago.But N12 reported that Gofman has fired as many as four top intelligence officials, and that two others, the agency's comptroller and a division head, intend to resign within the month. The individuals Gofman fired include: A., the deputy Mossad director, who was considered the natural candidate to succeed to the position; K., the head of the Intelligence Division; Y., the head of the Iran Division; and D., the head of the Operations Division. Sources told N12 that such a rapid wave of dismissals or resignations is unprecedented."There is a problem," said Y., a former senior Mossad official.