Netanyahu "Paranoid," but Hear Him Tell Details of Beating Hezbollah and his Gaza "Plan"

Dan analyzes the mud-slinging feud between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the head of the domestic security/intelligence agency Shin Bet, Ronen Bar. Bar finally agreed to step down, as of mid-June. A win for Netanyahu? Maybe.

We hear a former Shin Bet director describe Netanyahu as "paranoid."

The prime minister himself told some stories to the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem, including new details of the Mossad operation that planted explosive pagers and walkie-talkies on thousands of Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon -- and how he decided to green-light the airstrike that killed Hezbollah's leader, Sheikh Nasrallah, last September.

You'll also hear Netanyahu tell the Jewish News Syndicate event the minimum terms he'd accept for a U.S.-Iran deal to limit the Iranian nuclear program. As for the Gaza Strip, he says Israel will maintain military control -- and otherwise does not clarify what Arab or other foreign forces he would accept as administrators. The Palestinia Authority, based in the West Bank? Netanyahu says no.

We also hear a former U.S. ambassador, Tom Nides, explain why the Biden administration -- same as Barack Obama's White House -- did not trust Netanyahu.

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