When the Truth Knocks at the Door

Merav Batito claims that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a key witness – UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed – who warned him ten days before October 7. The author describes three years of denial by Netanyahu, disregard for warnings, and continued arrogance and refusal to establish a state commission of inquiry.

In a scathing opinion column, Merav Batito claims that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is now facing a key witness that cannot be denied – UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed. According to her, bin Zayed warned Netanyahu ten days before the October 7 massacre, but Netanyahu ignored him. The author describes three years of denial by Netanyahu, polished with 'a brilliant coat of military responsibility.' She notes that Netanyahu personally sowed the seeds of the policy that strengthened Hamas at the expense of Fatah, watered them with contempt for concrete warnings, and fertilized them with a sense of grandeur in the face of bin Zayed's warnings. Batito accuses Netanyahu of persistent arrogance, contempt for the public demand to establish a state commission of inquiry, and shifting responsibility to the security forces. She describes how his supporters continue to embrace him despite his failures. The column concludes with the claim that as long as no commission of inquiry is established, layers of lies accumulate and become fixed as reliable information.