Press TV - A former Mossad chief says hawkish Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military back in 2011 to prepare for a possible attack against Iran, but he later withdrew the order due to opposition from the spy agency and the army. In theexcerpts of an interview with Israels Channel 12 news released on Wednesday, Tamir Pardo,...

Former Mossad director Tamir Pardo has warned that growing polarization in the Israeli society is leading up to a civil war. Pardos Tuesday comments were his first public ones since he stepped down as the Israeli spy agencys director earlier in the year. If a divided society goes beyond a certain point, you can end up, in extreme circumstances,...

WASHINGTON NewUS sanctions on Iranwould potentially act as a grenade that could lead to the collapse of the current negotiations between Iran and the six world powers for a nuclear deal that Israel considers weak, the head of Israels intelligence service said in an unusual statement Jan. 22. The rare public statement by Mossad chief Tamir Pardo was ...

[caption id="attachment_105133" align="alignright" width="222"] Tamir Pardo (L), head of Israel spy agency, Mossad, sits next to Yoram Cohen, chief of Israels Shin Bet internal security service. (File photo)[/caption] Irans nuclear activities do not pose an existential threat to Tel Aviv, says head of Israeli spy agency, Mossad. Tamir Pardo said ...