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Related: About this forumFormer Israeli Security Chief Calls Netanyahu a Poor Leader
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"In a harsh interview published on Friday, less than three weeks before Israels national elections, a former head of the internal security service accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of placing his personal, opportunistic and current interests over those of the state when making crucial policy decisions regarding the Iranian nuclear program, the Palestinian conflict and other matters.
Yuval Diskin, who resigned 18 months ago as head of the domestic security service, known as the Shin Bet, said other prime ministers he had worked closely with both conservative and liberal came from this place in which the interests of the state stand above all else, in contrast to Mr. Netanyahu and his defense minister, Ehud Barak. Mr. Diskin made headlines last spring with public comments accusing the two men of messianic leadership and of misleading the public regarding the likely effectiveness of an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, and in the interview published on Friday conducted by Dror Moreh, director of a new documentary featuring Mr. Diskin and five other former Shin Bet directors he expands the critique.
When I look at Netanyahu, I dont see a shred of personal example as a leader in him, Mr. Diskin said in the interview, which ran more than 5,000 words in the weekend edition of Yediot Aharonot, Israels leading newspaper. There is a leadership crisis. Its a crisis of value, it is total disregard for the public. People may think that I see this in an overly extreme manner. I am telling you that from up close, things look even worse.
The prime ministers office issued a statement calling Mr. Diskins accusations groundless, and motivated by his personal frustration that Mr. Netanyahu did not choose him to head the Mossad, Israels international intelligence agency. The statement also said the critique was being recycled for political reasons. Mr. Baraks office called the claims astonishing, both in content and in their timing, given elections scheduled for Jan. 22."
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/05/world/middleeast/yuval-diskin-former-israeli-security-chief-calls-netanyahu-a-poor-leader.html
samsingh
(17,602 posts)LeftishBrit
(41,212 posts)King_David
(14,851 posts)But don't think it's going to happen..
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)It's why they keep winning.