JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak was interviewed on Sunday morning on the  “HaBoker HaZeh” program on Kan News’s Reshet Bet radio station. He commented on the actions of Binyamin Netanyahu, the upcoming elections, and the emerging agreement between the United States and Iran.

Among his remarks, Barak made an unusual statement about Netanyahu, saying:”I am worried about the elections. If Netanyahu tries to sabotage the elections—and he may do so—there will be no choice but to drive him out with sticks and stones.”

Boaz Bismuth, a Likud MK who serves as chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, reacted this morning on his X account with shock and anger to Barak’s remarks:

“Ehud Barak is beginning the week by promoting a conspiracy theory and legitimizing violence against Prime Minister Netanyahu. This terrible man, who wanted Jewish bodies in the Yarkon, who called for civil rebellion and has lost every trace of humanity, continues to break records and shatter every glass ceiling on his way to becoming the most unhinged figure of this era.”

Bismuth further called for a criminal investigation against Barak: “Send him to a psychiatrist, and if he is found mentally competent, immediately open a criminal investigation against him.”

During the interview, Barak also addressed the developing agreement between the United States and Iran: “In one word: bad. In two words: very bad. Israel is paying the price for Netanyahu’s arrogance and blindness, and even the price of the manipulations he tried to carry out on Trump. This isn’t an agreement; it’s a memorandum of understanding, as you said. It contains no answer either to the missiles or to the proxies.”

According to Barak, none of the war’s objectives regarding Iran were achieved: “There was one unstated but very central objective: bringing down the regime. That didn’t happen. This regime will fall someday in the end; it may be that when it falls Netanyahu will claim credit for it, but it has not fallen. There was a second objective: to eliminate the nuclear program, and here it is, alive and kicking.”

Barak defeated Netanyahu in the 1999 election and was prime minister for two years, while Netanyahu has served for two decades as prime minister in three different periods. In the past, both Barak and Netanyahu took part in the 1972 takeover of a Sabena airplane hijacked by terrorists.