Israel fumes over Diskin’s Iran remarks
Political tension is simmering inside Israel’s political circles over latest remarks made by a former spymaster, who said the entity’s leaders are guided by “messianic” impulses and are exaggerating the effectiveness of a possible military attack on Iran. - The Israeli cabinet met on Sunday to express anger over the scathing attack launched by former Shin Bet, Israel's domestic security service, director Yuval Diskin on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak. Speaking in a meeting with the residents of Kfar Sava city on Friday, Yuval Diskin said the pair is not worthy of leading the entity as they are making decisions 'based on messianic feelings,' Ha’aretz reported.
"My major problem is that I have no faith in the current leadership, which must lead us in an event on the scale of war with Iran or a regional war," he said. "I don't believe in either the prime minister or the defense minister. I don't believe in a leadership that makes decisions based on messianic feelings," Diskin added.
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