Al Bilad newspaper An Israeli intelligence source reveals the biggest “internal threat” – 2024-03-04 21:38:28

An Israeli intelligence source revealed to the British newspaper The Telegraph that the biggest threat to Israel from within is the hardline Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who acts within his own rules and tries to ignore everyone around him.

A senior Israeli intelligence source told The Telegraph, “The biggest threat to Israel from within is Ben Gvir. He acts within his own rules and tries to ignore everyone around him, despite his lack of any background in national security and defense issues.”

This comes on the eve of the month of Ramadan, when tensions are expected to escalate in Israel after Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh called on all Palestinians to go to the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in Jerusalem.

Last week, the movement’s political leader said: “This is an invitation to our people in Jerusalem and the West Bank to go to Al-Aqsa Mosque from the first day of Ramadan,” after Ben Gvir tried to push legislation to limit the number of worshipers at Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The British newspaper reported that the hard-line Israeli security minister was prevented from attending intelligence briefings after a series of leaks of sensitive documents.

She explained, “Ben Gvir is accused of violating the security guidelines he was appointed to protect and faces a boycott by the country’s National Security Council.”

Since the Gaza war broke out in October, the right-wing minister in Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition has been increasingly marginalized and has been accused of illegally filming secret attendees at high-level intelligence meetings, according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

Last month, the heads of the Israeli Shin Bet intelligence service also refused to meet with him after relations between the two sides became irreparable following clashes in weekly security meetings.

The Shin Bet accused the minister of leaking information and violating protocol, such as bringing cell phones to meetings.