Emirati October 7 warning reportedly never reached Israeli security leaders - The Jerusalem Post
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The New York Times reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concealed an alleged warning from the UAE president about a planned Hamas attack during a security meeting held six days before October 7. According to five former Israeli security officials, Netanyahu rejected recommendations to strike Hamas leaders in Gaza, fearing such operations would jeopardize a potential diplomatic agreement with Saudi Arabia.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not disclose analleged warning from the UAE presidentthat Hamas was planning a major attack during a Gaza security meeting held on October 1, 2023, six days before the October 7 massacre,The New York Timesreported on Friday.
The report cited five former Israeli security officials, who further told theNYTthat Netanyahu rejected suggestions from his security chiefs to strike Hamas leaders in Gaza who were directing terror attacks in the West Bank, saying instead that Israel should maintain calm amid a potential diplomatic agreement with Saudi Arabia.
According to the report, Netanyahu believed the Saudi-Israeli deal to be imminent, worrying that any IDF operations in Gaza would derail such a deal.
TheNYTreport follows an investigation published byHaaretzon September 8 alleging that UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ) warned Netanyahu that Hamas was planning a major operation against Israel in the days prior to the October 7 attack, with three foreign sources saying that the prime minister dismissed the threat.
Netanyahu has denied the allegations, with the prime minister saying on September 9 that he instructed his lawyers to issue alibel lawsuit againstHaaretzand the journalist who covered the story, Shlomi Eldar, according to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
“A thorough examination not only of the prime minister’s call log, but also of the records of entries into the Prime Minister’s Office during this period, does not show any entry of the Emirati representative into the Prime Minister’s Office,” the PMO said of the allegations, accusing it of being part of a “sinister plot with clear political timing, as part of the Left’s election campaign,” adding at the time that there would be “more such false plots.”
The UAEalso rejected the claimsmade in theHaaretzreport, with an official UAE source told the state-owned Abu Dhabi English-language newspaperThe Nationalon Sunday that "the UAE discusses security matters with other countries through the relevant bodies, and does not discuss details of this kind at the level of the leaders of the countries."
Two sources from the United States have also weighed in on theHaaretzinvestigation, tellingThe Jerusalem Poston September 9 thatthe Biden administration was unaware of any specific warning from the UAEbefore October 7 that Hamas was planning a major attack.
Shir Perets, Tzvi Jasper, Idan Kweller, and Amichai Stein contributed to this report.
The report cited five former Israeli security officials, who further told theNYTthat Netanyahu rejected suggestions from his security chiefs to strike Hamas leaders in Gaza who were directing terror attacks in the West Bank, saying instead that Israel should maintain calm amid a potential diplomatic agreement with Saudi Arabia.
According to the report, Netanyahu believed the Saudi-Israeli deal to be imminent, worrying that any IDF operations in Gaza would derail such a deal.
TheNYTreport follows an investigation published byHaaretzon September 8 alleging that UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ) warned Netanyahu that Hamas was planning a major operation against Israel in the days prior to the October 7 attack, with three foreign sources saying that the prime minister dismissed the threat.
Netanyahu has denied the allegations, with the prime minister saying on September 9 that he instructed his lawyers to issue alibel lawsuit againstHaaretzand the journalist who covered the story, Shlomi Eldar, according to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
“A thorough examination not only of the prime minister’s call log, but also of the records of entries into the Prime Minister’s Office during this period, does not show any entry of the Emirati representative into the Prime Minister’s Office,” the PMO said of the allegations, accusing it of being part of a “sinister plot with clear political timing, as part of the Left’s election campaign,” adding at the time that there would be “more such false plots.”
The UAEalso rejected the claimsmade in theHaaretzreport, with an official UAE source told the state-owned Abu Dhabi English-language newspaperThe Nationalon Sunday that "the UAE discusses security matters with other countries through the relevant bodies, and does not discuss details of this kind at the level of the leaders of the countries."
Two sources from the United States have also weighed in on theHaaretzinvestigation, tellingThe Jerusalem Poston September 9 thatthe Biden administration was unaware of any specific warning from the UAEbefore October 7 that Hamas was planning a major attack.
Shir Perets, Tzvi Jasper, Idan Kweller, and Amichai Stein contributed to this report.
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