Is the Mossad Trying to Overthrow Netanyahu?

Israeli officials, including Netanyahu himself, vigorously deny CIA assessment linking Mossad to anti-government demonstrations.

By Israel Today Staff | | Topics: Benjamin Netanyahu
Is the Mossad behind the anti-Netanyahu demonstrations? The American CIA seems to think so. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/POOL
Is the Mossad behind the anti-Netanyahu demonstrations? The American CIA seems to think so. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/POOL

Some in Israel accused foreign actors of facilitating the massive demonstrations against judicial reform in a bid to overthrow the Netanyahu government.

But leaked Pentagon documents suggest the alleged coup attempt is homegrown, and that Israel’s Mossad spy agency is to blame.

Senior Israeli officials, including from the Mossad and the Prime Minister’s Office, were quick to dismiss the assessment as completely false, but it is making waves in the Hebrew media nonetheless.

 

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The leaked documents, which appeared on social media sites in recent days, relate primarily to Russia and the war in Ukraine, and demonstrate just how deeply US intelligence has penetrated the Russian defense establishment.

But they also reveal that Washington continues to spy on close allies, including the UK, South Korea and Israel.

A CIA assessment included in the documents suggests that the anti-government demonstrations plaguing Israel for the past several months were initially encouraged by the Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence agency.

According to the assessment contained in the documents, Mossad officials “encouraged [colleagues] and Israeli citizens to protest against judicial reform in Israel, among other things by several explicit calls for action against the Israeli government.” A Washington Post report on the leak described the situation as an “an alleged revolt by Israel’s top spy service against the judicial overhaul proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.”

 

Dramatic development

Natan Sachs, an Israeli scholar and director of the Brookings Institution Center for Middle East Policy, told the Post that “if accurate, this is dramatic change in procedure by Mossad’s leadership and puts Israel in unprecedented territory. …If they were organizing against Netanyahu’s reforms in their official capacity, then it’s a true scandal. That’s a line the Mossad is not supposed to cross, and you could expect repercussions.”

Sachs later clarified on Twitter that Israel’s defense establishment is “simply not on the coup-like business and not homogeneous enough to do it anyway,” so if the documents are genuine and the CIA assessment is correct, then this is a sign of “crazy times in Israel.”

Israeli media had earlier reported that Mossad chief David Barnea, in consultation with legal advisors, had given permission for Mossad employees to join the anti-government demonstrations, so long as they did not publicly identify themselves as Mossad officials. According to Barnea, this was to allow employees the right to express their personal views, and not an organized effort by the Mossad.

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2 responses to “Is the Mossad Trying to Overthrow Netanyahu?”

  1. Mark Watkins says:
    April 9, 2023 at 9:21 pm

    Shalom,
    Uv’dot are a hard thing, and what do we expect to see during these the (yamiym acharoniym) last days?

    It is being reported in Israeli publications, but where did the information emanate from? That’s right, the deep fake State mouthpiece, the rag New York Times, which got its marching orders from the District of corruption, the so-called vaunted halls of the White House….

    Remember, nothing that we hear and half of what we see? As I mentioned from the outset, we are living in the shadows of the 70th week of Daniel, deception will only intensify, while we as Believers in Yeshua won’t be here to see all of this play out, so today is the day of salvation, if you don’t know Yeshua as Elohim, then accept His gift of pardon, right now, tomorrow is not promised.. Romans 10-9-10.

  2. David Adeola says:
    April 10, 2023 at 7:14 pm

    There’s certainly foreign influence and I’m sure Biden should know and of course the “Soros” of this world are major suspects.

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