'Netanyahu is destabilising the national security of both Israel and the US': Senior Israeli figures

A group of prominent Israeli figures from the defence industry, academic, legal, and public service sectors wrote to US congressional leaders from both parties, warning about the potential damage Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Washington visit could cause, Haaretz has reported. 

"This visit prioritizes his personal political survival over our shared interests," they wrote, adding, "Congress will be hosting a leader without a mandate who is facing prosecution for major crimes."

They also said, "He remains unwilling to conceptualize a post-war plan and continues destabilizing the national security of both Israel and the US," warning that Netanyahu "poses an existential threat to the State of Israel" and "severely harms US national security interests".

Among the signatories are former Israeli army chief of staff Dan Haloutz, former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo, and former Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon, along with nearly two dozen other leading Israeli figures.