Former Labor MK and head of Mossad Danny Yatom said in an interview with Ynet on Tuesday: "The prime minister is misguided. Now is the time to pour water in order to extinguish the flame, not pour gasoline in order to enflame it." Yatom said the Netanyahu government is doing "the opposite of what is demanded of a level-headed government in Israel."

"Force must be used to prevent Arab and Jewish citizens from disrupting life in Israel, but on the other hand we must create a discourse in order to calm the environment. This is the job of the prime minister and MKs," said Yatom.