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WASHINGTON, DC – The former head of the Israeli secret service and intelligence agency Shin Bet says Israel is sowing the seeds of it’s own destruction.

“The continuation of the occupation is the single greatest threat to Israel’s safety and our existence as a democracy,” Ami Ayalon, who ran Shin Bet from 1995 until 2000 told Jews in the U.S. at the annual J Street National Conference in Washington, DC on Monday.

“It will be the end of Israel as the founding fathers of Zionism envisioned it,” he said.

“We in Israel continue to fight a war in order to expand our border to the east, to build more settlements, and to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state next door,” the former Shin Bet chief said.

“That is not a just war. It denies the Palestinian right to self-determination, which was recognized by the international community.”

“Unless we choose a totally different approach, this war will continue for generations to come. It will lead to more violence and terror,” he warned.

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