Mossad #2- Former Mossad head, Yossi Cohen, childhood, education & more- RC Dalfin

You're interviewing. This is the second part of an interview. Please continue. [Music] So you were in the six day war also in you were fighting. Of course you you fought but the six day war you were fighting in Jerusalem by the cotel. Yeah. Tella, you were the youngest soldier. You knew uh Natanya's brother uh not Bibby you knew his brother who died in NBI was killed me Jonathan Netanyahu. Yeah. Betalia. A for betalia. Katam. You were a teacher. You became a banker. [Music] He was a banker in in bank of uh bank of Misrai and over there you made other branches. Yes. And uh how many children did you have? Two children. Yi. And who else? was named after your grandfather. No, my grandfather was named. Yeah. So, you named your your son after that grandfather? Okay. And Yoshi was named after the other one. My father. After your father? My father was Yoshi. When did your father Yseph Mayor. Ysef Mayor, right? I saw Mayor was Mina's brother. Her name is Mina. Mina. Mina's brother was Mayor Mayor. He He was killed when in a in a in a train accident. Yes. He in here in Arisro. Uhhuh. What year? What year? 19 1955. Okay, whatever. She doesn't hear. Okay. Oh, when was your son Yosi born? Yseph, when was he born? He's asking. Uhhuh. And he was named after your brother. He says Yseph. Yosi. Ysef. Mayor. Mayor. Mayor. Mayor was your brother. Ysef was his father. Yes. Yes. And Mayor was your brother. And he was killed in a in a train accident. He said we're here in Israel. Yeah. Military. A mil. What year? A car with a train. Oh, like this. Terrible. He was 20. Almost 22. At 22. Yeah. What? Which in which city was this? Where did this happen? Where? Where? There is a a big train station and the car went into the train. Okay. Well, he has someone who's named after him that's doing a lot of important did a lot good things for Israel, your son. Yes. He was born three days after died. He was he was cafe. Right. Right. So how do you feel about your son having such a position that he had? How do you feel? [Laughter] Okay. I'm a cloud. Did you did you think he would reach this level when he was a a young a boy when he was a teenager? No. Was he a good student? Very good. He was a very good student. Yes. Both both of them. Both of them were good students. She was a teacher. But he learned only only what he want. Only what he wanted. Only what was interesting. aha those those subjects that he didn't like he didn't he didn't like he didn't was in the class even right he always choose what he liked I read I don't know if it's true but I read that Bib Nao said this is what it says on the internet that after when he retires he wants Yoshi to take over his place then people is that true is that ZT can but but After baby said it, people opened their mouth and Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. This is jealousy. Jealousy. You you you started a a Misrai branch, a bank in in London. Yes. Bank Muhammadi. Bankra. Yes. And what do you mean they came with you? What do you mean they helped you make it? Oh, the children. Yeah. Mhm. Come to come to Wow. of all the branches. Not all the but many branches. Many branches. That's about 17 18 18 or it's 80 18 18 and I opened a school to Oh, for to to improve the imported what? To improve the the banking. Banking. Yes. Oh, you opened a school a banking school? Yes. Mhm. Now tell me um were you did you have did you ever have issues threats because of your son's work? Did they anyone like threat? Were you had to be protected or never? No. At first we didn't know exactly that he's there. You didn't know? No. Nobody know. Nobody knows. Well, what what what did he tell you he's doing when you asked him? What are you doing? He doesn't want to. He works. Yeah. But Mustamba, you understood that he's working for the Mossad. Yes. I asked him, tell me, how did they come to you? Right. What made them come to you? Come to you said you because of you. Because of me. Is that true? Yeah. Whereon in London. You had a a Madon. Okay. What's a MON? Madon is a club. A club of all people from from Israel, managers of banks, important uh business. Yeah. Thanks. And I asked somebody there, do you have a work for my son? Hi was a teacher and he he learned I sent and his wife he was very very young and uh I I wanted to give let him work something. I paid them everything the tuition. Yes. But so I I think I'm not sure. The man that I asked for, he said, "What can he do?" I said, "I can do everything. What do you want? Whatever you need, he can do." He can do even security. Okay. And I think so. I'm not sure. Right. This is what you you think this is how it happened. Anyway, they called them. recording and then it was a right. It was in in all Europe. Very nice. But you but again at what point did you find out that he's working for the Mossad? At what point? I I didn't know exactly what it was. He didn't say right. Nobody knows about it. But all the friends in you see will be the master his his friends his friends. They knew that that the the type of person he is and type of mind and everything else that he will one day be the head. Yes. So was now such a person has security around him the whole time, right? Yes. He has bodyguards. He has people that all the time. All the time. Even today or or today already? No. Today? No. No. Today? No. He's He was retired. Retired. Retired. Yes. And it seems like he did an excellent job. Yes. From what I read, I don't think that another one was like him. Yeah. I from what I could read I think he was like clean clean and very respected. What does he do today? So what does he do today? He's young. He's my age. He's young. He's young. Yes. He's doing business. A business. Many business on the world. Every week is another place in the world. So he's what? He lives in near you. No. Mad. Mad. Right. Right. And is so good son. He wants me Mina and me. We have nobody here in Jerusalem. All the families out of Jerusalem. Right. So he wants to move you. Yes. That we will come to him to come live by him. To him to stay with him. All the shabases. All the Shabbases. He wants you to come to stay by him. But you can couldn't do it. We did a lot of time. Yeah. But it's too hard every time. I understand. Yes. Um but but but my what I was asking before is did once it became known that he's the head of the Mossad, did did you get protection? You and your wife? No. No. You never had any issues? No. We didn't say anyone. Right. Nobody knows. No one know. Yeah. today. Today from when he became it became public, but you never had any you see. You want to show me something? Be careful. Careful. Careful. Careful. Please. Yeah. One second. One second. What are you showing me? until it's