Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe09:03 PM • September 08 2026 IDTOn Tuesday, a Haaretz exposé revealed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received a call days before the October 7 attack from the president of the United Arab Emirates, who warned, in a 45-minute conversation, that Israel should take threats of an "earthquake" from then-Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar seriously. Netanyahu never passed on that message to the security establishment, according to the report.In the NewsNetanyahu Tries to Run From Oct. 7, Making His Culpability a Key Election IssueIran Launches Heavy Overnight Attacks on Ships in Gulf, Missiles at JordanU.K. Heralds New Reality That Won't End With NetanyahuNetanyahu's Likud Party Files Knesset Slate, Includes PM's Handpicked CandidatesFor Palestinian Citizens of Israel, Voting Has Become an Expression of FearRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMINetanyahu Got an Explicit Warning Before Oct. 7. He Didn't Brief Security Chiefs'Piece of Shit': U.S. Senator Urges Ben-Gvir Ban After Emaciated Prisoner VideoThink Bibi Is Bad? Meet Sara NetanyahuIMDb Replaces the Name Israel With 'The Occupied Palestinian Territories'Water Crisis Triggered by Gaza's Ruin: Israel Is Paying the Price of DestructionWhat Did Netanyahu Really Do on the Morning of October 7?
Haaretz Today • Netanyahu was warned about October 7. Will Haaretz's exposé change anything?
It is possible, after three years of lies and bloodshed, that this revelation will be the decisive moment for a fence-sitting voter. But what can an article do that so many tangible, visceral moments of loss and pain haven't already?













