Something's going on in Israel

In the past week three prominent Israelis have spoken out against Netanyahu's fulminations about Iran.

Yuval Diskin was head of Shin Bet, the Israeli internal intelligence agency; he retired last year.  Here are some of his comments (my emphasis):

"My major problem is that I have no faith in the current leadership, which must lead us in an event on the scale of war with Iran or a regional war."

"I don't believe in either the prime minister or the defence minister. I don't believe in a leadership that makes decisions based on messianic feelings. Believe me, I have observed them from up close ... They are not people who I, on a personal level, trust to lead Israel to an event on that scale and carry it off."

"They are misleading the public on the Iran issue. They tell the public that if Israel acts, Iran won't have a nuclear bomb. This is misleading. Actually, many experts say that an Israeli attack would accelerate the Iranian nuclear race."

Next we have Benny Gantz, Israel's top military man:

"Decisions can and must be made carefully, out of historic responsibility but without hysteria."

He also said he did not believe the Iranian leadership was prepared to "go the extra mile" to acquire nuclear weapons because it was "composed of very rational people" who understood the consequences.

Finally,  the former head of the Mossad, Meir Dagan, who has said that attacking Iran was "the stupidest thing I have ever heard" and that the Iranian regime was rational.