Former leaders of Israel’s security services are speaking out against Netanyahu’s policies

They contended with bloody uprisings, destabilizing wars and even the assassination of a prime minister during their service. In unprecedented opposition, more than 180 former senior officials from the Mossad, the Shin Bet domestic security agency, the military and the police have united against steps they say will shatter Israel’s resilience in the face of mounting threats from the West Bank, Lebanon and Iran. “We were used to dealing with external threats,” said Tamir Pardo, a former head of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency and a leader of the new group.