Oct 7, 2026 · 44 min · 13 segments
For now, it's still Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israel. In 2023, in the immediate aftermath of the country’s worst day of bloodshed in its history, pundits predicted the quick demise of the right wing prime…
Gil MihaelyGuestJon LindenGuest
François PicardHost
Sawsan ZaherGuestShirley SitbonGuest
Emerald Maxwell
[gentle music] It's a question that's haunted the Israeli prime minister and the Israeli state ever since that fateful day in October 2023, the single deadliest in Israeli history, and its worst ever security failure.
What did Benjamin Netanyahu know about the attacks, and when did he know it?
You didn't protect my son on October 7th.
You didn't protect 1,200 people murdered on a single day on October 7th.
Shame on you.
You're an absolute disgrace.
Haaretz reported that 10 days before the massacre, Netanyahu spoke to the president of the UAE, Mohammed bin Zayed, who warned him that the leader of Hamas in Gaza was planning a major offensive.
According to the Israeli newspaper, bin Zayed worried such an attack would lead to bloodshed and destabilize the region.
The Israeli prime minister reacted with relative calm and reassured bin Zayed that Israel was ready for any scenario.
A few days later, he flew to the UAE to ask bin Zayed to publicly deny it too.
The Atlantic and other publications reported that another warning came from Egypt on September 26th, 2023.
A visit like this is extremely rare.
What we did establish and what colleagues elsewhere, you know, at other publications are now piecing together along with me, is that there were a series of warnings that did arrive, um, to the senior leadership and to Benjamin Netanyahu in the days and weeks before the October 7th attacks.
Netanyahu's government has denied receiving any warnings and sought to shift the blame onto security officials.
It's also repeatedly refused the opposition's demand for an independent inquiry into the events leading up to that day, despite growing demand for it in Israel.
It's also a key issue in the campaign, in the lead up to national elections later this month.
[gentle music] It's a question that's haunted the Israeli prime minister and the Israeli state ever since that fateful day in October 2023, the single deadliest in Israeli history, and its worst ever security failure.
What did Benjamin Netanyahu know about the attacks, and when did he know it?
You didn't protect my son on October 7th.
You didn't protect 1,200 people murdered on a single day on October 7th.
Shame on you.
You're an absolute disgrace.
Haaretz reported that 10 days before the massacre, Netanyahu spoke to the president of the UAE, Mohammed bin Zayed, who warned him that the leader of Hamas in Gaza was planning a major offensive.
According to the Israeli newspaper, bin Zayed worried such an attack would lead to bloodshed and destabilize the region.
The Israeli prime minister reacted with relative calm and reassured bin Zayed that Israel was ready for any scenario.
A few days later, he flew to the UAE to ask bin Zayed to publicly deny it too.
The Atlantic and other publications reported that another warning came from Egypt on September 26th, 2023.
A visit like this is extremely rare.
What we did establish and what colleagues elsewhere, you know, at other publications are now piecing together along with me, is that there were a series of warnings that did arrive, um, to the senior leadership and to Benjamin Netanyahu in the days and weeks before the October 7th attacks.
Netanyahu's government has denied receiving any warnings and sought to shift the blame onto security officials.
It's also repeatedly refused the opposition's demand for an independent inquiry into the events leading up to that day, despite growing demand for it in Israel.
It's also a key issue in the campaign, in the lead up to national elections later this month.
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