Ehud Barak tells Sky News the unprecedented attack by Hamas was "shocking for everyone in the country". He also says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should not survive in the role in the long run - and that the Middle East is further away from peace than it was 25 years ago.
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    A former prime minister of Israel has said Benjamin Netanyahu should not remain the leader of the country in the long run after Hamas’s unprecedented incursion.

    In an interview with Sky News’s Mark Austin, Ehud Barak said the attack was “shocking for everyone in the country”.

    Asked if Mr Netanyahu can survive as prime minister in the long run, he said: "I think he shouldn’t.

    Mr Barak, who served as Israel’s prime minister from 1999 to 2001 and is now the voice of the opposition, said the purpose of the Israeli response was “well defined”, explaining: "It is to make sure that any military capability of Hamas will be paralysed and erased.

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    "Myself and [then US president Bill] Clinton put on the table a far-reaching proposal that covered metaphorically more than 90% of whatever Arafat can dream of.

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