A former head of Israel’s Mossad spy agency called on the Israeli government to mend fences with right-wingers. Efraim Halevy, who received the Chaim Herzog Prize on Wednesday for his lifetime contribution to the Jewish state, told reporters that the upcoming Gaza Strip withdrawal risked creating an irreparable rift in Israeli society.
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