It is big news that Meir Dagan, the former Director of the Mossad, has
warned the people of Israel and the world that Israel’s Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak are not to be trusted
and that they will probably attack Iran in September. One of the chief
aims of such an attack is to forestall Palestinian efforts at the UN in
September to achieve state independence, and radically change the global
conversation away from Palestine towards the reality of a world war.
Dagan
also publicly questioned the sanity of both Netanyahu and Barak,
fearing that Israel’s future is at stake. “I decided to speak,” said
Dagan, “because when I was in office, Diskin, Ashkenazi and I could
block any dangerous adventure. Now I am afraid that there is no one to
stop Bibi [Netanyahu] and Barak.” Dagan is a man with brains and guts,
unlike Netanyahu and Barak. The later two could be responsible for the
biggest and most catastrophic war in human history. I
have not heard much of Dagan’s brave warning in mainstream news in
North America. And I have not read enough of the Israeli press to get an
intelligent impression about what the Israeli people think of his
criticism of Israel’s current government. I read one article…
