Tim Cupal

Latest Haaretz bombshell story: "A week and a half before October 7, 2023 the Emirati ruler called Netanyahu from the Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi and spoke with him for 45 minutes. In that conversation, bin Zayed warned that Hamas' leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, was planning a major operation against Israel... Three foreign senior sources are familiar with the contents of the conversation, the existence of which is revealed here for the first time. Its disclosure is the result of extensive research based on dozens of sources in Israel and worldwide, including very senior officials, as well as recordings, internal documents and correspondence. The research was conducted for the new book "Hostages: 843 Days of Abandonment" (Kinneret Zmora Publishing, in Hebrew) by the authors of this article [Shlomi Eldar and Ruth Yuval]... *Also present during the call was a close adviser to bin Zayed, a Palestinian who had emigrated years ago from Gaza to Abu Dhabi and maintained strong ties in [Gaza]. According to the adviser, the Emirati ruler impressed upon Netanyahu the need to prepare for the threat*. 'The emir explained that, in his assessment, Sinwar was preparing for a major event', the adviser says. 'He told Netanyahu that Israel should be ready. Concurrently, he recommended trying to find an economic solution for the Strip and calming the West Bank to prevent escalation'. Bin Zayed urged Netanyahu to take the situation seriously. To his surprise, however, the PM reacted with relative calm. Netanyahu said that, in his assessment, Hamas intended to operate [only] in the West Bank area, and he reassured bin Zayed that Israel was prepared for any scenario"... haaretz.com/israel-news/isra…