Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Political NewsThe prime minister's wife invoked the 'betrayal from within' conspiracy theory, popular among Netanyahu supporters, which alleges that Golan and other senior figures knew in advance of the impending attack, in a televised interview in late AugustShare 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 formatSubscribeNoa Shpigel12:06 PM • September 10 2026 IDTYair Golan, chairman of the Democrats party, filed a defamation lawsuit against Sara Netanyahu on Thursday over suggesting that he had advance knowledge of Hamas' October 7 attack.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israeli politicsBenjamin NetanyahuOctober 7Yair GolanSara NetanyahuChannel 14CommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesNetanyahu October 7Settlement SanctionsIran-U.S.EisenkotBen-GvirHamasIsrael Election PollsOphir AwardsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastWhat Made a Jewish Lawmaker Enter a Political Partnership With an Arab Israeli?Saudi-Houthi Escalation Threatens to Draw Iran and the U.S. Back Into WarIsrael Has an Official Wine Map. West Bank's Inclusion Isn't Necessarily BadIsraeli FM Invited Key Qatargate Suspect to Slovenia Embassy CeremonyRothschild Out of Control: What Happened to Tel Aviv's Most Exclusive Boulevard?Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMINetanyahu Got an Explicit Warning Before Oct. 7. He Didn't Brief Security ChiefsThink Bibi Is Bad? Meet Sara NetanyahuIMDb Replaces the Name Israel With 'The Occupied Palestinian Territories'Netanyahu Says He Will Sue Haaretz Following Oct. 7 ExposéNetanyahu Was Warned About October 7. Will Haaretz's Exposé Change Anything?Water Crisis Triggered by Gaza's Ruin: Israel Is Paying the Price of Destruction