Gemini – Mossad’s Role in US Politics https://t.co/oSIdey7DdW
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) August 27, 2025
Day: August 27, 2025
Gemini – Mossad, Russian Intel: Cooperation, Competition https://t.co/93nIRBh9Qh
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) August 27, 2025
Dragons, pizza rats and spaghetti-powered machines hurtled down 17th Street on Saturday as the South Slope Soap Box Derby returned for its 18th year, drawing families to Brooklyn’s most imaginative race.
Nearly 90 homemade soap box cars built from recycled materials hurtled down the slope to cheers from hundreds of friends, family and fans. The annual derby, a culmination of KoKo NYC’s summer programming, has become a South Slope tradition, celebrating creativity, innovation — and just the right amount of chaos.
“It was such a great summer, it was amazing,” KoKo NYC director Monika Wuhrer told Brooklyn Paper. “Every year we have a few more, and the cool thing is, they come really with ideas already and they just make it into the coolest cars.”



The vehicles, designed and assembled during week-long workshops, were judged on speed, engineering, design, and creativity by a panel that included Christie Hodgkins, former Education Director of KoKo NYC; Moustafa Hassan of Park Slope Hardware; Denis de Verteuil, Senior Program Manager at NYC DOT; and Jay Kumar, chef and owner of LORE.
This year’s lineup of cars showcased the kids’ wild imaginations, with names like the Creeper Mobile, Chicken Jockey, Pizza Rat, The White Whale, Bone Crusher, and The Spaghetti Meowbile, among others. Some cars zoomed down with surprising precision, while others rattled apart mid-race, their young drivers grinning through the mayhem.


“There are always a few crashes,” Wuhrer laughed, though none have ever been serious. She believes builders have improved over the years, thus picking up more speed in the race.
“They’re all a little extra fast,” she said of this year’s builds. “I think there’s a lot of good builders nowadays.”
Spectators gasped as one racer plowed through the finish line and collided with the flag waver’s ladder. Still, aside from a few minor spills, no one was injured. After crossing the finish line, kids hustled their battered cars to what became a makeshift junkyard, where the day’s creations were dismantled piece by piece.
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No Direct Evidence of Mossad Interference in 2016 and 2024 U.S. Elections, but Questions Linger Over 2016 Contacts
There is no direct, publicly available evidence to suggest that Yossi Cohen, as the former head of Mossad, or the Israeli intelligence agency itself, interfered in the American presidential elections of 2016 or 2024. However, reports following the 2016 election have detailed contacts between Israeli officials and the Trump campaign that have drawn scrutiny, while the 2024 election cycle has seen no credible allegations of similar activities.
Yossi Cohen served as the director of Mossad from January 2016 to June 2021, a period that encompassed the entirety of the 2016 U.S. presidential election and its aftermath.1
The 2016 Election: Post-Election Meetings and Unverified Allegations
Following Donald Trump’s victory in November 2016, Yossi Cohen, along with other senior Israeli officials, met with members of the Trump transition team.2 These meetings, which included discussions with then-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, reportedly focused on key policy areas of mutual concern, such as Iran’s nuclear program, the Syrian civil war, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Such meetings between intelligence chiefs of allied nations and an incoming administration are not uncommon and are generally considered part of the routine process of ensuring continuity and establishing working relationships.
However, more serious allegations regarding Israeli actions during the 2016 campaign have been raised. Investigative journalist James Bamford, in his book “Spyfail,” alleged that the Israeli government, under then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, dispatched a secret agent to offer intelligence assistance to the Trump campaign.3 According to Bamford, who cited FBI documents, this offer was intended to help Donald Trump win the presidency. While these claims are significant, they do not specifically name Yossi Cohen as being directly involved in this alleged operation. As the head of Mossad at the time, questions about his awareness or potential involvement would naturally arise, but no definitive proof has been presented to the public.
It is important to note that the extensive U.S. intelligence community assessment of foreign interference in the 2016 election primarily focused on the activities of Russia.4
The 2024 Election: A Different Landscape
In the context of the 2024 American presidential election, there have been no credible reports or allegations linking Yossi Cohen or Mossad to any attempts to influence the outcome. Cohen, who is no longer the head of Mossad, has been more visible in the public sphere, often commenting on regional security matters and Israeli politics, including his own potential political aspirations.5
Discussions involving Cohen in the lead-up to the 2024 election have centered on the potential implications of the election’s outcome for Israel and the Middle East.6 These are forward-looking analyses and do not constitute evidence of interference.
In conclusion, while the official interactions between Yossi Cohen and the incoming Trump administration in late 2016 and early 2017 are a matter of public record, the more serious allegations of an Israeli intelligence offer to the Trump campaign remain uncorroborated in the public domain and do not directly implicate Cohen. For the 2024 election, there is a lack of any similar claims of interference involving the former Mossad chief or the agency he once led.
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