UAE 7 Oct warning: Netanyahu dismisses report as 'sinister libel', will sue Haaretz
UAE 7 Oct warning: Netanyahu dismisses report as 'sinister libel', will sue Haaretz Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday he would sue Israeli newspaper Haaretz and seek a criminal probe against its report that the UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed had warned him about 7 October 2023 attacks. He called the report a politically timed “sinister libel”, while ordering lawyers to…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that he will sue Haaretz newspaper and seek a criminal investigation over a report alleging that UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed had warned him about October 7, 2023 attacks. Netanyahu called the report a "sinister libel" and ordered his lawyers to take legal action against Haaretz and journalist Shlomi Eldar.
He accused the opposition of foreign interference in Israel's elections, alleging that a senior Palestinian official named Muhammad Dahlan, who resides in the UAE, orchestrated the report to topple Netanyahu's right-wing government. Dahlan is alleged to have established a joint list with Hamas for the Palestinian Authority elections.
Netanyahu stated that Dahlan wants to hand over Gaza to Hamas control and achieve this by weakening the current government led by Netanyahu.
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