Mossad’s Former Chief Calls the War in Gaza ‘Useless’
June 5, 2025
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Mossad’s Former Chief Calls the War in Gaza ‘Useless’
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Summary
In April, 250 former Israeli intelligence officers signed their names to an open letter of protest asking Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to proceed with his plans to escalate the war on Gaza.
One of them was Tamir Pardo, head of Mossad, Israel’s equivalent of the CIA, from 2011 to 2016. Pardo, with his decades of experience fighting terrorism, explains his perspective on how the war unfolded and what Netanyahu’s real motivations are behind continuing it.
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