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That comb-over doesn't look like $42,000.So does this former head of Mossad and various other warriors.Daganâs intervention follows that of fellow former Mossad head Shabtai Shavit and the former head of the elite Sayeret Matkal commando unit who are among scores of former commanders involved in a video published on Facebook calling for Israel to replace Netanyahu.Obama has people in Israel walking the streets with pamphlets that say, "Anybody but BiBi" regarding the upcoming election. And he's lying. He has indeed met with other foreign candidates prior to their elections in case you believe that garbage excuse. He's already involved in Israel's election. He's campaigning for one of the candidates.
He has completely and as a monarch, reversed our allies to join forces with terrorists. We have always backed Israel. Now he has turned America's back on them and instead has chosen to back Hamas, a terrorist group, and insists Israel give them their Capitol. That is tantamount to us giving half of Washington D. C. to ISIS. And now, unstable maniacal Iran?
Ask yourself what business we had overthrowing our Egyptian ally in favor of the terrorist group, The Muslim Brotherhood.
And he has chosen Iran over our ally. The writing is on the wall.
Listen to what Netanyahu says. He lives in that war zone. He understands the consequences of a clueless President empowering terrorists.
Former Mossad head urges Israeli voters to oust Binyamin Netanyahu
Meir Dagan says prime ministerâs policies are âdestructive to the future and security of Israelâ
Binyamin Netanyahu has said he believes that his speech is necessary to strengthen opposition to a potential nuclear deal with Iran being negotiated by the US and key allies. Photograph: Abir Sultan/AP
Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem
Friday 27 February 2015 19.09 GMTLast modified on Saturday 28 February 201500.07 GMT
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A former head of Israelâs foreign intelligence service Mossad is urging voters to oust Binyamin Netanyahu in the next general election, accusing the prime minister of endangering the countryâs security with his stance on the Iranian nuclear programme.
Meir Dagan, a vocal critic of Netanyahuâs Iran policy since stepping down as Mossad chief four years ago, is to be a keynote speaker at a rally in Tel Aviv next weekend, calling on the public to turf the prime minister out of office on 17 March.
Netanyahu was due to fly to Washington on Friday.
In a trenchant critique of Netanyahuâs leadership, delivered in a long interview in Israelâs biggest-selling newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, Dagan said the prime ministerâs policies were âdestructive to the future and security of Israelâ.
Netanyahuâs planned speech has brought the already uncomfortable state of relations with the Obama administration to a new low amid suspicion that the speech â at the invitation of Republican house speaker John Boehner â was designed to enhance the Israeli prime ministerâs electoral prospects.
Netanyahu has said he believes that his speech is necessary to strengthen opposition to a potential nuclear deal with Iran being negotiated by the US and key allies.
The intervention by Dagan â who ended his tenure as the head of Mossad in 2011 â is doubly significant because he shares the prime ministerâs view over the risk posed by a nuclear Iran and is regarded as generally hawkish on defence and security matters.
Netanyahu has made security and the Iranian nuclear programme â and the US-led negotiations to contain it â his key election issue.
Recent days have also seen anonymous criticism of Netanyahuâs speech from serving intelligence officers as well as from former diplomats and political figures in Israel, including Isaac Herzog, the leader of the opposition.
Saying that he was aware that Israel was already âpaying a high priceâ over the confrontation with the Obama administration â albeit in ways he could not disclose â Dagan said: âThe person causing the most strategic harm to Israel on the Iranian issue is the prime minister.
âAs someone who has served Israel in various security capacities for 45 years, including during the countryâs most difficult hours, I feel that we are now at a critical point regarding our existence and our security.
âOur standing in the world is not brilliant right now. The question of Israelâs legitimacy is up for debate. We should not erode our relations with our most important friend. Certainly not in public, certainly not by becoming involved in its domestic politics. This is not proper behaviour for a prime minister.â
Insisting he held no personal animus towards Netanyahu, who had helped him get a liver transplant, he said: âI have no personal issue with the prime minister, his wife, his spending and the way he conducts himself. Iâm talking about the country he leads.
âAn Israeli prime minister who clashes with the US administration has to ask himself what the risks are. On the matter of settlements, there is no difference between the two [US] parties. And even so, they provide us with a veto umbrella. In a situation of a confrontation, this umbrella is liable to vanish, and within a short time, Israel could find itself facing international sanctions.
âThe risks of such a clash are intolerable. We are already today paying a high price. Some of them I know and cannot elaborate.
âI would not have confronted the United States and its president. Netanyahu may get applause in Congress, but all the power is in the White House. What will Netanyahu gain by addressing Congress? I just donât understand it. Is his goal to get a standing ovation? This trip to Washington is doomed to failure.â
Daganâs intervention follows that of fellow former Mossad head Shabtai Shavit and the former head of the elite Sayeret Matkal commando unit who are among scores of former commanders involved in a video published on Facebook calling for Israel to replace Netanyahu.
Netanyahuâs determination to push on with his speech has seen unusually critical remarks from senior US administration officials in the last week who have gone out of their way to express their displeasure.
Among them was John Kerry, the secretary of state, who openly questioned Netanyahuâs judgment on the issue, and Obamaâs national security adviser Susan Rice who warned that it was âdestructive to the fabricâ of US-Israeli relations.
Netanyahuâs plans to speak to Congress have also irritated many Democratic party members who view the speech as a partisan intervention in US politics on the side of the Republican party, prompting a number of Democrats to say they would not attend the speech.
The speech is also being snubbed by Obama and Joe Biden, his vice president.
After leaving Mossad, Dagan went public with his criticism of Netanyahuâs Iran policy, saying a military attack on Iran was âthe stupidest thing I have ever heardâ.