A former Mossad chief has said that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s rule is based on “fear” and his days in office are numbered after he appointed controversial right-wing politician Avigdor Lieberman as defense minister. Efraim Halevy, who was director of Israel’s national intelligence agency, from 1998 to 2002. told Al Jazeera: “I think he is a fearmonger. I think he uses fear in a way which one should not use” Halevy also said that the new appointment of right wing politician Avigdor Liberman as defense minister “heralded the the beginning of a countdown of the end of the administration of Mr Netanyahu.” RT reports: Halevy particularly cited the conduct of IDF soldiers when referring to fearmongering and Jewish extremism, citing the March incident with an officer in Hebron who shot dead a subdued Palestinian attacker. “There are certain rules of the game in terms of combat – what you do when an enemy has been shot, has been neutralized, he can no longer fight, but he is still alive. Are you able to execute him as apparently was carried out in a certain case?” Halevy said. Such episodes of unprovoked violence suggest the revaluation of basic principles in Israeli society [...]