Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was personally and explicitly warned that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was planning a major attack roughly 10 days before the October 7 massacre, but dismissed the threat and did not alert his security chiefs, according to a shocking new Haaretz report.

The revelations come from research for an upcoming book Hostages: 843 Days of Abandonment, written by journalists Shlomi Eldar and Ruth Yuval, who writes for Haaretz.

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      1 month ago

      … what do you think “conspiracy theory” means? It’s not a disparaging term.

      Is that why my comments are being received controversially? People are doing mental gymnastics to label me a Netanyahu supporter?

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          I think you’ll find there are established definitions for words and phrases, and using pet definitions to malign others isn’t appreciated.