Israel's internal security agency is "very concerned" that extremists in that country might assassinate an Israeli leader to disrupt the peace process with the Palestinians, Shin Bet's director said Sunday, according to Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

"We discern a willingness among the far-right to resort to using guns in order to prevent progress in the diplomatic process," Yuval Diskin, head of Israel's Shin Bet security service, told the Israeli Cabinet, according to Haaretz.

Haaretz reported that a participant of the meeting released Diskin's comments. The participant revealed the comments on condition of anonymity because the session was closed, Haaretz reported.

Diskin's comments came two days before the anniversary of the 1995 assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

"Just ahead of the anniversary of Rabin's murder, the Shin Bet sees in the group we're talking about on the extreme right a willingness to use firearms in order to halt diplomatic processes and harm political leaders," Diskin said, according to Haaretz. "The Shin Bet is very concerned about this."

Shin Bet makes up the country's intelligence community along with Aman and Mossad.

Israel this week is marking the 13th anniversary of Rabin's assassination. He was shot by an Israeli opposed to the signing of 1994 Oslo Accords, which set a framework for dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians.

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