A former head of the Mossad has described his disbelief and “disappointment” at allegations his successor at the Israeli intelligence agency threatened a chief prosecutor of the international criminal court (ICC), likening the conduct to Mafia-like tactics. Tamir Pardo, who served as director of the Mossad between 2011 and 2016, was responding to a Guardian investigation published this week about an alleged operation by the Israeli spy service to pressure former ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda into abandoning a war crimes investigation. In a series of secret meetings, Yossi Cohen – who replaced Pardo as head of the Mossad and left...