Challenged the characterization
“I have the document, I have records, I have everything that shows that the president of UAE called Netanyahu.”
Eldar directly rejected the Prime Minister’s Office denial and said he possesses documentary, record-based, and confidential-source support for the alleged call.
- Speaker
- Shlomi Eldar
- Capacity
- Co-author of the Haaretz investigation and related book
- Observed
- September 9, 2026
- Published here
- September 9, 2026
- Targets
- Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister’s Office of Israel
- Classification rationale
- The statement directly challenges the government’s characterization of the report as fabricated. It establishes Eldar’s attributable evidentiary claim but does not make the underlying materials public.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
Netanyahu’s office called the report an absolute lie and denied that the alleged call or warning occurred.
After the quotation
Eldar described the UAE’s non-denial as confirmation, which remains his interpretation rather than an express UAE acknowledgment.
Evidence
Complete source record
CNN interview with Shlomi Eldar about the reported UAE warning (opens in a new tab)The Lead with Jake Tapper, segment beginning 18:45:32
Direct interview in which Eldar answers the Prime Minister’s Office denial and says he possesses documents, records, and confidential-source evidence. CNN published the transcript, but the underlying documents and records were not displayed or independently authenticated in the segment.