Who is Major General Roman Gofman? Israel’s New Mossad Chief with no intelligence background
Born in 1976 in Belarus, Gofman moved to Israel in 1990. Five years later, he joined the Israeli military's armoured corps and served as a tank commander in the 188th Armoured Brigade. Gofman is known for his closeness with Netanyahu. Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday appointed his military secretary Major General Roman Gofman as the next director of country's foreign intelligence agency Mossad. He will succeed David Barnea, whose five-year term will end in June next year. Though Gofman has no background in working in the intelligence, Netanyahu's office said the major general is a "highly…