Ex-Shin Bet chief warns Israel risks apartheid without two-state solution

Israel is staring down the precipice of a fractured future, according to Ami Ayalon, the former head of the country’s domestic security agency, Shin Bet. Speaking in a rare and candid interview, Ayalon issued a stark warning: without a decisive move to divide the land with Palestinians, Israel could find itself entrenched in a scenario akin to apartheid. These words are not mere rhetoric—they reflect a growing anxiety among security elites at what they see as the erosion of Israel’s democratic c