Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman is likely to become the next chief of the Mossad after an affidavit appeared to undercut legal petitions seeking to block him from the post.

The petitions alleged that Gofman lied to a military intelligence officer during an investigation into an influence operation. Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara had endorsed the petitions’ claims, and called for Gofman’s appointment to lead the intelligence agency to be canceled. Gofman currently serves as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s military secretary.

According to the petitions, the intelligence officer asked Gofman whether he knew that classified material had been transferred from his division to a teen named Ori Elmakayes running a Telegram account.

The claims against Gofman are that he lied to the officer, known as “Gimmel,” and said he was unaware of those details. The petitions said, therefore, that his appointment as Mossad chief was inappropriate given his alleged ethical violations.

But an affidavit that “Gimmel” submitted to the High Court of Justice on Sunday appeared to demonstrate that Gofman did not lie during the investigation, according to Hebrew media reports.

“Gimmel” wrote explicitly in his affidavit that neither he nor........

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