Netanyahu’s Abu Dhabi visit Kan examines warning claims

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Kan’s Shahar Glick covers Netanyahu’s brief Abu Dhabi visit and disputed reports of warnings before October 7. The feature relays the Wall Street Journal’s account of an Egyptian intelligence call, the reported bin Zayed warning and claims Netanyahu sought an Emirati denial. It includes Netanyahu’s denial and announced libel action. Glick names the delegation and describes a previously canceled visit, with an Emirati source disputing its stated reason. Roi Kais interprets the timing, Iranian threat and strategic bilateral relationship. Reported historical calls, the latest visit and Netanyahu’s response remain distinct occurrences; contradictory accounts and sources’ uncertainty are preserved.

Citing Haaretz, Kan says UAE leader Mohammed bin Zayed warned Netanyahu before October 7 that the Palestinian arena was approaching an eruption. The exact warning date and detailed contents are not given. In the later exchange, Kan distinguishes general warnings from precise intelligence and recalls Netanyahu's claim that warnings of war did not concern Gaza. Kan's September 28 package recalls Haaretz's account of a call weeks before the attack, attributes to AP Netanyahu's attempt to obtain an Emirati denial during his Abu Dhabi visit, and airs a journalist's insistence that the call was checked over eighteen months. The visit account and denial request do not prove the original warning. In a separate full analysis, Roi Sharon argues that both political and security leaders were trapped in assumptions about Hamas and might have disregarded even another alert. That counterfactual is his assessment, not a finding about what would necessarily have happened.