JERUSALEM — The man who ran Israel’s
Mossad spy agency until January contends that Israel’s top leaders lack
judgment and that the anticipated pressures of international isolation
as the Palestinians campaign for statehood could lead to rash decisions — like an airstrike on Iran.
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Meir Dagan, left, the former chief of the Israeli
intelligence agency Mossad, said he feared that in his absence there
would be no counterweight to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right.
The former intelligence chief, Meir Dagan, who stepped down after eight
years in the post, has made several unusual public appearances and
statements in recent weeks. He made headlines a few weeks ago when he asserted at a Hebrew University conference that a military attack on Iran would be “a stupid idea.”
This week Mr. Daga… >>>
