Thursday, August 7, 2025

'Israel is fighting a war it cannot win,' says ex-Shin Bet director

from PressTV

A former director of Israel's internal spy agency, known as Shin Bet, has issued a strong condemnation of Tel Aviv’s relentless military assault on the besieged Gaza Strip.

In a pointed article published in Foreign Affairs on Thursday, Ami Ayalon, who also once commanded the Israeli navy, declared, “Israel is fighting a war it cannot win.”

Ayalon described the assault as “unjust, immoral, and counterproductive,” urging the international community to enforce a political endgame.

He called on global powers to circumvent Tel Aviv’s obstruction and initiate a process aimed at establishing the so-called two-state solution.

He warned that Israel’s stubbornness threatens to unravel the entire regional order.

“The longer the vacuum in Israel’s planning persists, the more international actors will need to come together to prevent an even worse catastrophe than the one currently unfolding,” Ayalon cautioned.

Without a two-state solution, he argued, Israel risks deepening its international isolation, losing support among allies, and becoming a global pariah.

“Wars without a clear political goal cannot be won,” he asserted...

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