Israelis nostalgic over Saddam

When asked about the growing destabilisation of Iraq, [head of Shin Bet] said Israel might come to rue its decision to support the US-led invasion in 2003.

"When you dismantle a system in which there is a despot who controls his people by force, you have chaos," he said.

"I'm not sure we won't miss Saddam."

I give it to the end of this year; the US and Israel will drop all pretenses of freedom and democracy.

The security chief was also asked to compare the treatment of Jews and non-Jews by Israel's security and judicial establishments.

"I do not see equality in the way the system handles them when they are guilty of the same type of offence," he said.

So much for the Middle East's only democracy.