Three years of silence - and suddenly on the eve of the elections everyone knew | Zalman Shoval

Zalman Shoval attacks the political use of security warnings before October 7, claiming that reports about alleged warnings were only disseminated on the eve of the elections. He analyzes the Emirati denial, the warning from the Egyptian intelligence chief, and the Fly Dubai plane affair, warning against creating a tendentious scenario for political purposes that could harm intelligence cooperation.

Zalman Shoval, in an opinion column in Maariv, sharply attacks what he calls the political exploitation of security warnings that preceded October 7. He asks why reports about alleged warnings were not published for three years, and only on the eve of the elections did they come to light. Shoval notes that the UAE government denied the existence of warnings, stating that any security information is passed on to the Israeli intelligence community. He also refers to the warning from the Egyptian intelligence chief, who landed in Israel for a brief hour, and claims it was a general warning about the situation in the Strip, not a signal of an imminent event. Shoval warns against creating a tendentious and misleading scenario for political purposes, which could harm intelligence cooperation between Israel and foreign entities. He emphasizes that the disaster of October 7 also tarnishes the political echelon, but one must avoid baseless accusations.