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Netanyahu Calls Report That UAE Warned Him of Oct. 7 Attack an “Absolute Lie”
Netanyahu says records show no call with the UAE president and moves to sue Haaretz over a report that he missed a warning before Oct. 7.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed his lawyers to file a defamation lawsuit against Haaretz and journalist Shlomi Eldar on Wednesday over a report alleging he received a pre-October 7 warning from UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed.
- A Haaretz investigation claimed that approximately 10 days before the October 7, 2023 attack, Zayed warned Netanyahu during a 45-minute conversation that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was preparing a major operation against Israel.
- Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett publicly backed the report, stating he knew "for a fact" it was true and claiming that then-Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel had separately warned of an impending attack.
- These allegations have disrupted Israel's election campaign, with opposition figures demanding a state commission of inquiry into October 7 failures, while Netanyahu claims the report is a politically motivated campaign by the left against Likud.
- The UAE has declined to publicly confirm the conversation, while Netanyahu's office argued that security protocols made such undocumented communications impossible; the report draws on research for the forthcoming book Kidnapped.
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Haaretz reported UAE president warned Netanyahu that Hamas was planning attack
·Ankara, Türkiye
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Influential sources in other media outlets support Haaretz newspaper reports of a warning from the leader of the United Arab Emirates to Benjamin Netanyahu shortly before the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. The Prime Minister denies this and has sued the newspaper for defamation.
·Stockholm, Sweden
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Total News Sources191
Leaning Left20Leaning Right37Center22Last UpdatedBias Distribution47% Right
Bias Distribution
- 47% of the sources lean Right
47% Right
L 25%
C 28%
R 47%
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