Former Mossad and Shin Bet Operative Deborah Sharifian Becher Joins Gadi Eizenkot's 'Yashar!' Party

Deborah Sharifian Becher, a 44-year-old former operative with 22 years of experience in Israel's security apparatus, has joined the political party "Yashar! with Gadi Eizenkot." The party announced her addition on Thursday, highlighting her extensive background in intelligence and public sector initiatives. Born in Tehran and brought to Israel as a child, Becher served in the Shin Bet's "Tequila Team," focusing on counterterrorism and operational intelligence gathering. She later transitioned to the Mossad, specializing in analytics, cyber, and Big Data, eventually managing an intelligence branch responsible for real-time data analysis systems.

Alongside her intelligence career, Becher founded the "Security and Intelligence in the Iran Track" program for high schools in peripheral areas, which operates in seven cities and has independently raised approximately 1.5 million shekels. The program aims to prepare youth for service in technological units of the Israel Defense Forces and won the Chief of Military Intelligence's award for creative thinking in January.

Gadi Eizenkot, party leader and former IDF Chief of Staff, praised Becher as a valuable asset for the country's needed reforms, calling her a "fighter for the periphery." Becher expressed a measured tone, emphasizing the need to take responsibility amid internal challenges and citing Eizenkot's leadership as balanced and statesmanlike as reasons for her joining.

"Yashar!" party is known for recruiting figures from elite security and economic backgrounds, including former Shin Bet head Yoram Cohen, economist Shaul Meridor, former minister Matan Kahana, and former Knesset members Orit Farkash-Hacohen and Tehila Efrgan. Becher's inclusion strengthens the party's image as a professional and experienced alternative to current political factions.