Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad has called for and advocated protests against Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial reform. This is evident from the top-secret documents from the Pentagon that were leaked on social media. – It is a line that the Mossad should not cross, says Israel expert Natan Sachs to the Washington Post. Details in the top-secret Pentagon documents leaked and shared on social media show that Israel’s Mossad intelligence service called on people to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s heavily criticized bill, the Washington Post reports. The judicial reform, which would give politicians more power over the Supreme Court, has sparked major protests in Israel, with tens of thousands of people taking to the streets of Tel Aviv yesterday to show their displeasure. The leaked documents, which are currently being investigated by the Pentagon, show that some of the protests may have been fueled by the intelligence service. – If true, this is a dramatic change in behavior by the Mossad leadership and it places Israel in unprecedented territory, Natan Sachsm, an Israeli researcher at the Brookings Institution think tank, told the newspaper. He also believes that the information is a sign of how great the unrest is in Israeli society. The expert: “Scandal” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s staff believes that the reports are completely unfounded. The Mossad has chosen not to comment on the ongoing protests and Netanyahu’s legal reform. – If they have organized against Netanyahu’s reforms, it is a scandal. It is a line that the Mossad must not cross and you can expect that this will have repercussions, says Natan Sachs. The Washington Post points out that the details surrounding the Mossad’s alleged calls are few. Among other things, it is unclear who or who in the management advocated the protests. The solicitation allegedly took place in early or mid-February, according to the documents.
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