Charging that the PM is ‘directly responsible for the greatest disaster in Israel’s history,’ Nadav Argaman says ‘he must go, or things could get very, very bad’
ed note–and, once again, ladies and Gentile-men, ‘saying the quiet part out loud’.
Those individuals spread across various internet/social media outlets, including notable figures such as Scott Ritter, who STILL to this day, despite all the evidence to the contrary (and despite not only what Israel’s history has made clear, but as well, what plain old common sense tells everyone) continue on with the nonsense that ‘Israel didn’t know’ about the impending Oct. 7th attacks obviously have no idea just how detached from reality they appear with such positions, nor of the detrimental consequences–ON A GLOBAL SCALE–that this mistaken perception poses to all life on earth.
It is already an established fact–ISRAEL KNEW.
The first-hand, eyewitness testimony of several individuals working in both Border Patrol and in Unit 8200 have stated clearly and unequivocally that they personally sent numerous warnings up the chain of command viz something along the lines of Oct 7th being in the works, but were told to shut up about it lest they face court martial and/or criminal charges for insubordination.
The only question that is left to be determined is whether these warnings were ‘ignored’ because–
A. Netanyahu wanted the attack to take place as a necessary precursor to his plans for war throughout the Middle East…
Or–
B. Whether it was a simple issue of ‘incompetance’ on the part of the Jewish State that led to these warnings being ignored, as various individuals within ‘Axis of Resistance’ circles maintain.
Now, as it all relates to the interview below featuring the former head of Shin Bet, what’s needed here is a ‘reading between the lines’ in connecting the dots and determining exactly what point he is trying to make in subtle language where ‘full disclosure’ would pose a serious risk.
Remember, he is a former ‘insider’ who operated at the highest levels within Israel’s intelligence circles. He heard things, saw things, discussed things, suggested things and participated in things–ON AN OPERATIONAL LEVEL–that few can even begin to imagine in terms of the evil, brutality, and depravity that encompassed them.
Therefore, when he–while keeping his comments in that ‘safe space’, i.e., merely on the periphery of ‘full disclosure’–talks about Netanyahu being ‘directly responsible’ for Oct. 7th and of him bringing Israel to its own ‘doom’, what he is in effect doing is leaving bread crumbs for others to follow in arriving at that conclusion which he himself knows all too well but which he can’t state openly, not the least of which is due to his wanting to remain alive.
And make no mistake about it, ladies and Gentile-men, Argaman saying that ‘Netanyahu must go, or things could get very, very bad’ is not because he is a good, humanitarian, ‘Torah True Jew’ with a conscience and a sense of compassion for the millions of Gentiles in Gaza whose lives are being run through the Judaic meatgrinder at present…
Rather, he is saying this because indeed he is a ‘good, Torah-True Jew’ who is out for himself and his ‘peeps’ and who recognizes the size, scope and scale of what Netanyahu has unleashed with the pre-ordained attacks of Oct. 7th, which is nothing short of nuclear war which will see his beloved ‘Jewish State’ destroyed in what is sure to be a repeat of those historical events taking place in 70 AD, only this time with military implements much more lethal than mere sticks and stones.
Just as there were ‘cooler heads’ amongst the Jews of 1st century Palestine who opposed the Zealots, Sicarii and other rebels who were engaged in a suicidal war against Rome, and who opposed all of this–not because it was ‘immoral’ or that they were peaceniks, but rather–because they knew the inevitable outcome, likewise individuals like Argaman know where all of this is headed, and in the interests of saving his own scaley, reptilian skin, is out to stop it before he himself winds up being nuked as well.
Times of Israel
Former head of the Shin Bet internal security service Nadav Argaman launched a full-scale assault against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an interview with Channel 12 that was broadcast Thursday, saying that Netanyahu was directly to blame for October 7, ‘the worst disaster since the state’s establishment,’ and was leading Israel to its ‘doom.’
‘Netanyahu is not fit to be prime minister of Israel,’ Argaman told the network’s Uvda investigative program.
Calling for swift elections, Argaman, who led the Shin Bet between 2016 and 2021, mostly under Netanyahu, argued: ‘Morally he cannot run for office again. He is responsible for a monumental failure. He is responsible. There’s no one else… Someone who does not take responsibility for a failure of this magnitude is not fit to be a leader of the Jewish people.’
Israel, he said, was ‘already in the abyss, and if Bibi Netanyahu does not leave office — it will be our doom… I think if the State of Israel doesn’t get its act together and fast, we’ll reach some very, very, very bad places.’
Argaman said Netanyahu was directly responsible for a policy that strengthened Hamas over the years, supplying it with millions of dollars in Qatari cash to buy calm while allowing it to build itself up for the massive attack.
Argaman said that when he was leading the service, Netanyahu repeatedly rejected his proposals for aggressive policies toward Hamas, including taking out its top leadership.
‘We pushed for it strongly, including presenting operational plans. I won’t say more,’ he said. ‘Bibi preferred instead to weaken the Palestinian Authority.’
The former security chief also accused Netanyahu of ignoring the Shin Bet’s long-running assessment that Hamas had not been deterred from attacking Israel.
‘Looking at the bottom line, Bibi’s strategy for Israel’s national security over the past decade was an abject failure,’ he said.
Argaman also pinned a significant share of the blame on the government’s hugely contentious judicial overhaul effort.
‘This current government is ultimately what caused October 7, because the judicial overhaul is what led to the weakening, in the eyes of our enemies, of Israel,’ said Argaman.
‘Bibi deliberately ripped apart Israeli society in order to govern,’ concluded Argaman. ‘In order for us to get out of the abyss there is a single condition, and the condition is that we replace this disastrous government.’
Asked if he thought it was tenable to hold elections during a war, Argaman replied: ‘I think the war is over. We are fighting, but we are not at war.’ He noted that only ‘small forces’ were still stationed in the Gaza Strip. ‘Israel should have headed to elections yesterday.’
‘Ultimately, the ones who will topple the government are the people,’ said Argaman, clarifying that he had no intention of running for office himself. ‘Otherwise this war — what he calls a war — will continue’ until the next election.
The premier, Argaman said, is ‘a very smart man, a very capable man, a sharp-minded man, but one who acts for himself, for his own political survival.
Argaman said Netanyahu ‘is responsible from the start’ for the failures leading up to October 7.
‘From the moment he let Justice Minister Yariv Levin lead the crazy judicial overhaul, through the delusional ministers he appointed: He took Itamar Ben Gvir, took Bezalel Smotrich, let one ruin the economy, let the other ruin internal security, and this is what we look like today.’
Argaman was referring to the two far-right religious firebrands whom Netanyahu appointed as ministers for national security and finance, respectively, in his current government.
‘I remember times when Bibi spoke of Ben Gvir and Smotrich with great contempt,’ said Argaman. ‘I see now how he uses Smotrich [as finance minister] even though he knows Smotrich and the economy have nothing to do with each other.’
‘What does Ben Gvir have to do with security?’ exclaimed Argaman. ‘National security minister? Perhaps the better term is national disaster minister.’
Argaman, who served in the Shin Bet for over 40 years, told Channel 12 he didn’t think Hamas would have been able to pull off a shock assault in October 2021, when he stepped down as the agency’s chief after five years.
‘The system I knew was different,’ he said. ‘Why it happened, how it happened, what was it that enabled all of this to converge on a single moment where they surprise us, they conquer us — and for an extended period…?’ he trailed off, signaling he was at a loss.
Asked about the failure of the heads of the security establishment, who discussed worrying signals of unusual Hamas activity in Gaza hours before the assault began, but did not take decisive action, Argaman said: ‘I don’t want to look here like someone who’s wise in retrospect, saying ‘I would do A, B and C.’ I don’t know how to answer these questions. I can say these are very good people, very serious people, with vast experience — and the fact is they acted in this way. Why? I can’t answer that.’
Argaman repeated several more times throughout the conversation: ‘I can’t understand it. I can’t understand it.’
He also signaled that in his view the greater failure was not the lack of clear intelligence on the Hamas plot, but a failure to act on the signs that were there.
‘My assessment is that the problem was not one of intelligence but rather one of threat assessment and risk management. As for intelligence — getting a ‘golden’ report is a lottery. But very often you hold security assessments when there are indicative signs and nothing more…’
He also expressed bewilderment at the military’s failure to respond in a timely manner even after it was caught by surprise.
‘Citizens were screaming ‘help’ for an entire day and nobody came to them,’ said Argaman. ‘I don’t know where they were. All I know is that they weren’t there.’