How will Bennett handle the Mossad?

• Published date: 15 June 2021
• Date: 15 June 2021
• Author: YONAH JEREMY BOB
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

On Sunday, Benjamin Netanyahu, in his final speech as prime minister, claimed that Bennett would be more averse to using the Mossad to disrupt Iran's nuclear program and its other anti-Israel operations.

During Netanyahu's term, the Mossad was credited by foreign sources with striking the Natanz nuclear facility twice and assassinating Iran nuclear chief Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.

Netanyahu also publicly took credit for the agency's heist of the Islamic Republic's secret nuclear archives.

The former prime minister was claiming that Bennett and his coalition partners would be afraid to undertake such risky and bold operations which could upset the Biden administration.

In contrast, he said that he had been willing to bang heads with the US in order to stop Iran's march toward a nuclear weapon.

Barnea is known to be as ready to take risks as his predecessor, Yossi Cohen, who mentored him, promoted...