A former member of Israel’s Shin Bet internal intelligence agency has railed against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in an interview with the French news agency AFP.

Gonen Ben Itzhak accuses Netanyahu of propping up Hamas while seeking to stymie any peace process in Gaza so that he can stay in power.

• “Netanyahu is really the biggest danger to the state of Israel, and believe me I arrested some of the biggest terrorists during the Second Intifada,” the 53-year-old ex-spy told AFP, referring to the Palestinian uprising between 2000-2005.
• “I think Netanyahu is dragging Israel into destruction,” Ben Itzhak said, focusing on Netanyahu’s recent tensions with US President Joe Biden.
• “Biden is the biggest supporter of Israel… and Netanyahu spit on his face,” said Ben Itzhak. “He’s destroying the very important relationship with the United States,” he said.

• “Netanyahu thinks only about himself, about his criminal problems, how to survive politically in Israel,” he added.

• “Today Israel from the inside is destroyed. He (Netanyahu) is destroying everything.”

Source: Al Jazeera