Halevy: My persuasion skills I think are what helped me get land a position in the Mossad. Difference b/n persuasion and force #TOIPresents
Former Mossad chief Halevy: I never had doubts about what I was doing. I was never uneasy about something I was asked to do
Former Mossad chief Halevy: The essentials of intelligence, from Israel's inception is something that is in our genes
Halevy: Jews of Palestine played an important role in state's forming. Not just in Palestine, but in operations outside
Former Mossad chief Halevy: I cannot imagine that we would have had peace with some of our neighbors without the Mossad
Former Mossad chief Halevy: Every successful agreement had an element of the Mossad in it
Halevy: Met King Hussein in London re peace deal. We spoke for 2 hours. Yet this was only convo I had w/ him that I couldnt remember
Former Mossad chief Halevy: It's so important to talk to (even) our most bitter enemies
Former Mossad chief Halevy: 6 Prime Ministers tried to make peace w/ Syria (giving up Golan Heights). Bibi tried to do so twice
Halevy: If we had peace w/ Syria and 3 mil Israelis went to Damascus to eat Hummus...maybe Syria would not have disintigrated
Halevy: If we had made peace with Israel. Maybe they would've been strong enough not to fall the way they have. Not fantasizing
Halevy: The Israeli gov today is practicing a policy today of not managing the conflict, but maintaining the conflict
Halevy: Many versions of what happened during secret Bibi-Sisi-Abdullah meeting, which means that it failed
Halevy: Bibi says the new offer to the Palestinians is "limited sovereignty." I don't know what that is!
Former Mossad chief Halevy: In order to reach peace, you have to be a Rabin. You have to be willing to make concessions
Former Mossad chief Halevy: If you never take a risk, you'll never get anywhere
Halevy: I believe "maintaining the conflict" is what Bibi is doing. But I'm not sure he can continue doing this
Former Mossad chief Halevy: Jared Kushner...I think he's very good at deals
Halevy: One man wants to do the deal (Trump), but Netanyahu is in a maintenance mode...Not sure how this will unfold
Former Mossad chief Halevy: Netanyahu should be commended for being able to reach a level of dialogue w/ Mr. Putin
Halevy: Putin on Bibi in 96-He understood, possibly better than his predecessors the importance of reaching agreement w/ Syria
Former Mossad chief Halevy: Only person who can influence Iran today is Putin.
Former Mossad chief Halevy: I think Bibi understands Russia better than most. Also think Putin is an accomplished intelligence practitioner
Halevy: Of course, secrets are necessary on these issues, but Israelis deserve to know what the strategy is here
Former Mossad chief Halevy: I think Israeli public entitled to explanation regarding Russia's massive support for Iran
Halevy: First country to start rearming Iran after the deal was Russia. This is why (if you're Bibi) you go to Moscow, not DC
Former Mossad chief Halevy: Israel is strongest power in the Middle East and that it is indestructible
Halevy: Why should we tell our enemy that they have the means to destroy us? (referring calling Iran an existential threat)
Former Mossad chief Halevy: We're stronger than we think we are
Former Mossad chief Halevy: #Israel is strongest power in the Middle East.
Former Mossad chief Halevy: Those who think that in 2-3 years we'll be able to maintain the situation, theyre playing with fire
Halevy: The involvement of Russia in elections is not something new. They were involved in elex after WW2 throughout Europe
Halevy: I think we have to wait a little before assessing clearly what we're in for. We don't yet know significance of Tump's rise to power
Halevy on Trump: I don't know if he's an actor, if he means what he says; but I hope we're not in for a rude awakening
Former Mossad chief Halevy: Russia can change its mind whenever it wants and this is something that we have to be aware of
Former Mossad chief Halevy: Without Russian weapons, we wouldn't have been able to survive the 1948 war
Former Mossad chief Halevy: Russia in turn expected us to at least remain neutral in cold war.
Former Mossad chief Halevi: We have to remember that a smile today can turn into a scowl tomorrow
The most powerful tool in the human condition is language - former Mossad chief Efraim HaLevy
Halevi:
We must talk to Hamas
We must talk to Khaled Mashel
We don't need to talk to Da'esh
We need to talk to the Iranians
Halevi referring to regional issues: we need a roundtable with everyone at it. Why should only language be rockets and bombs?
Former Mossad chief Halevi in closing: What do you have to lose by talking to people?
Language. the greatest gift to humanity.
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