Former Mossad chief backs Shin Bet counterpart over criticism of Netanyahu, Barak

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Former Mossad chief backs Shin Bet counterpart over criticism of Netanyahu, Barak

April 30th, 2012

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Former Mossad chief backs Shin Bet counterpart over criticism of Netanyahu, Barak

At a New York conference, Meir Dagan says Yuval Diskin ‘spoke his truth’ when he said he lacked faith in Netanyahu, Barak over Iran and peace process.

Meir Dagan (Photo by Tomer Appelbaum)

By Haaretz
29.04.12

Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan backed on Sunday the former head of the Shin Bet security service, Yuval Diskin, who sharply criticized the Israeli leadership over the weekend.

Dagan said that Diskin was his friend, and added that he “spoke his own truth,” at the conference in New York City, sponsored by the Jerusalem Post, reported Israeli news site Walla.

On Friday, comments made by Diskin in his local town of Kfar Sava came to light. During an event in a local restaurant, the former intelligence chief unleashed a scathing attack on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak, saying he had “no faith” in their leadership.

Diskin criticized Netanyahu and Barak on their bellicose stance on Iran, as well as what he called the premier’s unwillingness to advance peace talks with the Palestinian Authority.

An official response from the two arrived late on Saturday, leaving Likud ministers to fend for their party leader, with some accusing the former Shin Bet chief of acting from resentment and personal interest.

Former PM Ehud Olmert also criticized Israel’s confrontation with the U.S. government at the conference, and said that, “this is not the time or the place to talk or to about or to initiate” a military strike on Iran.