Netanyahu has abandoned Israeli hostages for personal gain, says former Shin Bet head – Middle East Monitor

A former head of Israel’s Shin Bet security agency has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of abandoning the hostages in Gaza and clinging to power for personal gain.

“The truth is that our hostages in Gaza have been abandoned in favour of the government’s messianic ideology and by a prime minister in Benjamin Netanyahu who is desperate to cling to power for his own personal gain,” said Ami Ayalon in an op-ed in the Guardian today.

“Our government…