JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Under heavy security and close escort, Mossad Director David (Dedi) Barnea arrived in Beit Shemesh on last night to celebrate at a family wedding. His brother, Zohar Barnea, who became religious and joined the Breslov Hasidic movement, was marrying off his son at the “Hakramim” event hall in the Ramat Beit Shemesh B neighborhood.
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Despite their ideological differences, the relationship between the brothers remains warm and friendly. Barnea stayed at the event for over an hour, speaking and dancing with family members. Many guests asked to take selfies with the illustrious visitor. On a previous occasion the Mossad chief had attended another nephew’s wedding in Modi’in Illit, also under security escort.
ראש המוסד דדי ברנע חוגג הערב באולמי הכרמים בבית שמש בחתונת בן אחיו ר’ זוהר ברנע pic.twitter.com/iF6ZH07KBl
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Zohar, his brother, previously survived the 2021 Mount Meron disaster. In interviews afterward, he shared that he had gone to pray in Meron at Dedi’s request, during the period when his brother was appointed as head of the Mossad.
