Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a press conference at the Ministry of Defense, in Tel Aviv, Oct. 28, 2023. (Photo: Dana Kopel/POOL) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an unusual move deleted a statement and apologized on Sunday, after he was met with heavy criticism for a tweet suggesting that the security system, and not him, bore the blame for lack of preparedness against the Hamas terror attack on Oct. 7 that started the current war.
The tweet that provoked the harsh reactions was published after yesterday’s press conference, following a question to Netanyahu about intelligence briefings he received in the months before the attack, indicating a rising probability of war with Hamas. In the briefing, Netanyahu replied that this was not true.
About an hour after the briefing, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) first sent a statement to the reporter who had asked the question and then published […]
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