Former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken wanted to impose
sanctions on one of the IDF's most secret and elite intelligence units, Unit
504, former Israeli Ambassador to the US, Michael Herzog, told Ariel Kahana in
an interview with Israel Hayom on Wednesday night.
"He had already decided," Herzog said. "We
managed to prevent him from bringing
down the axe at the last minute."
"There were difficult moments, and there were cases
when the Americans went crazy," he continued. "More than once they
really attacked me and said, 'You're crazy, you've fallen on your head, how
could you do something like this that would lead to an escalation? You'll drag
us into war because you didn't think it through to the end and then ask us to
come and rescue you.' There were tough arguments about things Israel did that,
in their eyes, was one step too far."
Herzog also explained that there were severe tensions
between former US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Herzog criticized the US decision to halt the military
equipment to Israel right before the ground operations began in Rafah.
He also emphasized that despite these tensions, the Biden
administration did support Israel during crucial moments throughout the war by
sending ammunition, helping defend against both Iranian missile attacks,
defending Israel at international courts, and "vetoed the UN more than
once."
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