Israel's government rejected claims raised in leaked documents aparently fom the Pentagon that leaders of its intelligence service Mossad had supported nationwide protests against a proposed overhaul of the country's judiciary. The New York Times published an assessment on April 8 that it attributed to a Central Intelligence Update from March 1 that Mossad leadership had encouraged its staff and Israeli citizens to join the mass protests. The paper said that while the leaked documents seemed authentic, it did not mean they were accurate.
It is interesting that Israel, which was born through dubious means by flouting all the world s democratic norms, has to face protests in the name of democracy from within.