US EditionEx-aide says Netanyahu tasked him with making a plan to evade responsibility for Oct. 7 attack
A former aide alleges Netanyahu directed a strategy to deflect blame after the Hamas attack that killed 1,221 and took 251 hostages, amid calls for accountability.
- A former aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed he was instructed to create a plan to avoid responsibility for the October 7 Hamas attack that killed around 1,200 people.
- The aide, Feldstein, mentioned that Netanyahu appeared 'panicked' and asked how to manage media discussions about accountability.
- Netanyahu's office dismissed Feldstein's claims as 'mendacious and recycled allegations' aimed at deflecting personal responsibility.
- Feldstein faces indictment for allegedly leaking classified military information to improve Netanyahu's public image amid significant conflicts in Gaza.
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Netanyahu Office Rejects Claim He Sought to Avoid Blame After Oct. 7 Attack
JERUSALEM — The office of Benjamin Netanyahu rejected accusations by a former senior aide who said the prime minister moved quickly after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack to deflect responsibility for Israel’s worst security failure. The allegations were made by Eli Feldstein, a former Netanyahu spokesperson, during an interview with Kan aired Monday night. […]
Following the Hamas attack in October 2023, Israel's head of government, Benjamin Netanyahu, reportedly tried to avoid responsibility for security failures. Netanyahu's office rejected the allegations.
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By JULIA FRANKEL JERUSALÉN (AP) — A close former advisor to the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, claims that immediately after the Hamas attack in October 2023, which triggered Israel’s two-year war in Gaza, the Israeli leader instructed him to find out how the Prime Minister could evade responsibility for the security breach. Eli Feldstein, an exportee of Netanyahu and facing a trial for allegedly leaking classified information to th…
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Ex-aide says Netanyahu tasked him with making a plan to evade responsibility for Oct. 7 attack
A former close aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that immediately following the October 2023 Hamas attack that triggered Israel’s two-year war in Gaza, the Israeli leader instructed him to figure out how the premier could evade responsibility for the security breach.
Netanyahu is poisoning the Oct. 7 inquiry to dilute his responsibility for the catastrophe
As early as October 8 2023, the Israeli prime minister decided that no state commission of inquiry would be allowed to hold him responsible. Now, the prime ministers of the last three decades, hundreds of thousands of protesters and the heads of the legal system will be forced to bear responsibility. His goal remains to create noise, commotion, bickering – and chaos
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