(10-11-2023, 05:41 PM)Dartz Wrote: Egypt claims to have warned Netanyahu days before. This claim's been repeated in multiple places from other sources with timeframes ranging from the 10 days, to 3-days. Which is basically the end of Netanyahu's career if its true.
Given that Netanyahu is a corrupt* would-be autocrat** that is desperate to protect his power and freedom and was facing the worst civil protests seen in Israel before this war fell on his lap and shut up most dissent, the doubt of whether he knew this was coming and chose not to prevent it is very warranted.
*: undeniable, he is in the middle of many trials for corruption, and if he hadn't been able to form a government again, he might very well be in prison currently.
**: undeniable, he has been trying to pass bills that would give him effective control of the judiciary, forbidding the supreme court to strike down any laws and not incidentally stopping all prosecution against him. All that has been stopping him are the massive protests from the secular community, including army reservists that were refusing to return to duty because they didn't sign up to fight for a dictator. Of course there is nothing like a war to put a stop to all that.