Is he Insane? TV Host Compares on LIVE TV Israeli Security Chief to Adolf Eichmann 

Just days after Israel marked Holocaust Remembrance Day, Channel 14's "The Patriots" host Yinon Magal caused national uproar by comparing the head of Israel’s Shin Bet, Ronen Bar, and notorious Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann.

During a panel discussion about Ronen Bar’s responsibility in the intelligence failure of the October 7 Hamas massacre, Magal hesitated before dropping what he himself described as a "stormy statement."

"I have something to say about this," he began, "but I’m not sure if I should say it, it’s a recipe for outrage. I’m hesitating."

Despite the self-warning, he went on, smiling, and said: "There was a famous trial in Israeli history, of someone who sat there... and I believe that if that person had said during his trial, 'Bibi is guilty, Bibi is the head,' then they would have forgiven him for everything."

Sensing confusion from his fellow panelists, Magal clarified the reference: "I’m speaking in hints... it was a trial of someone sitting behind glass."

At that point, panelist Irit Linor understood the gravity of his comparison and reacted sharply: "Did you really have to say that? Was it burning inside you?" she asked. The implied reference was unmistakable. Adolf Eichmann one of the architects of the Final Solution who was tried in Jerusalem in 1961 after being captured by Mossad agents in Argentina.

The comparison between Eichmann and the sitting head of Israel’s domestic intelligence agency, especially so soon after Holocaust Remembrance Day, triggered waves of condemnation. Critics labeled the statement "shameful," "twisted," and "an abuse of history."

Magal, a controversial figure and former politician, has yet to respond officially to the backlash.