Updated: SEPTEMBER 7, 2023 12:22
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Right-wing politicians attacked former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo for accusing Israel of executing an apartheid system against Palestinians in the West Bank, during an interview he gave to the Associated Press that was published on Wednesday.
“There is an apartheid state here,” Pardo told AP, as he referenced the West Bank, which is outside the borders of sovereign Israel.
“In a territory where two people are judged under two legal systems, that is an apartheid state,” said Pardo, who led the Mossad from 2011-2016.
This isn’t an “extreme” viewpoint, he said, “it’s a fact.”
In his conversation with AP, Pardo said that failure to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict posed a greater existential threat to Israel than a nuclear Iran.
Israel, Pardo said, has to finalize its borders if it wants to remain a Jewish state.
“Israel needs to decide what it wants. A country that has no border has no boundaries,” Pardo told AP.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud Party attacked him for making “false” statements against his country.
“Instead of defending the State of Israel and the IDF, Pardo slanders Israel. Pardo – shame on you,” the Likud stated.
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