Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) seen with Tamir Pardo (C), director of the Mossad, and Military Secretary Eyal Zamir (Haim Zach/GPO)
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) seen with Tamir Pardo (C), director of the Mossad, and Military Secretary Eyal Zamir
Yossi Cohen, National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel,

Yossi Cohen, PM Netanyahu’s former national security advisor. (Noam Revkin Fenton/FLASH90)

Ahead of Israel’s 67th Independence Day celebrations, Prime Minister Netanyahu acknowledged the success of the National Security Council in protecting the Jewish state.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with National Security Council personnel ahead of Israel’s Independence Day.

“One of the main missions of the Jewish People over the generations has been to identify threats and dangers in time and deal with them. This is a main task of the National Security Council. I thank all of you for fulfilling this mission,” Netanyahu stated.

National Security Council Head Yossi Cohen responded that the Council’s “national duty is to maintain the strength we have achieved in 67 years of independence, and the moral legitimacy of that strength – militarily, economically and diplomatically, all of these are vital to our future.”

By United with Israel Staff
(With files from the GPO)