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Israel Online · Sep 20, 2026

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Former Mossad Official: Israel Is Still Losing the “Eighth Front” Sagiv Assulin, a former senior Mossad official and researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, says Israel has achieved significant gains across seven physical fronts but is still struggling in what he calls the eighth front: the battle for influence and public perception. Assulin called for Israel to formally recognize influence and delegitimization campaigns as a national security threat and establish a dedicated body under the Prime Minister’s Office to coordinate intelligence, budgets, planning and operations. “If this front is not officially defined as a security threat by the Cabinet, and no responsible body is designated, we will continue to lose,” Assulin said.

*Former Mossad Official: Israel Is Still Losing the “Eighth Front”* Sagiv Assulin, a former senior Mossad official and researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, says Israel has achieved significant gains across seven physical fronts but is still struggling in what he calls the eighth front: the battle for influence and public perception. Assulin called for Israel to formally recognize influence and delegitimization campaigns as a national security threat and establish a dedicated body under the Prime Minister’s Office to coordinate intelligence, budgets, planning and operations. “If this front is not officially defined as a security threat by the Cabinet, and no responsible body is designated, we will continue to lose,” Assulin said.

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