Israel is the instigator of the tensions between the US and Russia over the Syrian crisis, a former CIA/NSA contractor tells Press TV.

Israel is the “instigator and the entire source of this problem that’s going to plague the entire world with nuclear war,” Steven Kelley said in an interview with Press TV on Friday.

“None of this would be happening if it was not for the expansionist desires of the Zionist regime, and this very fact that we are now threatened with horrible annihilation and nuclear destruction, should be time for all of us to sit back and look and see who is profiting and who is instigating this fight and it is not between [US President Barack] Obama and [Russian President Vladimir] Putin,” Kelley said.

“It is the Zionists against the entire world. This is genocide and we really need to stop it as soon as possible,” he added. …more at PressTV