If Bennett doesn't tell, Mossad operation will be a failure - analysis

• Author: YONAH JEREMY BOB
• Published date: 05 October 2021
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

But regardless of what happened, if Bennett does not reveal details of the alleged success, and soon, it will be recorded in history as a failure.

Already, sources within the Mossad and the broader defense establishment have called the operation daring but a failure, and they have slammed Bennett for making it public.

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Bennett's predecessor, Benjamin Netanyahu, was known for outing the Mossad more often than any prime minister in history. He was criticized for this by four living former Mossad chiefs.

But when Netanyahu publicized the Mossad's heist of Iran's nuclear archives in 2018, he had kept the operation secret for three months so that Israel could first make sure it had real substance to share with the world.

The impression Bennett has given to date through his vague announcement and his just as vague pushback that the operation "achieved its goals," is that he simply wanted to say the word Mossad out loud and look prime ministerial like his predecessor, Netanyahu.

Hopefully, this is not the case, and Bennett will have more to share. If he does, and does it soon, he can set the record straight.

However, if he does...