A former deputy head of the Shin Bet security service reportedly told a political gathering that MK Betzalel Smotrich, the head of the National Union party, was a "Jewish terrorist," who planned to blow up cars on a major highway during the 2005 Gaza disengagement.

Yitzhak Ilan, who is running on the Blue and White list, told a gathering of party activists that he personally interrogated Smotrich, who was arrested in the run up to the Gaza evacuation, Channel 13 reported Sunday.