Tariq Kenney-Shawa calls the warning report damning while cautioning against sole blame
Writer and Al-Shabaka U.S. policy fellow, writing on X
“This is no doubt a damning report”
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Kenney-Shawa describes the report as damning while cautioning against using it to assign all responsibility for October 7 and what he calls genocide to Netanyahu alone. His post quotes Vietor’s warning-related criticism. The original timestamp is September 8 at 11:39am EDT.
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Vietor attributes his account to Haaretz, then criticizes Netanyahu for allegedly brushing off the warning and not relaying it to security chiefs. Subsequent replies address accountability and warn that removing Netanyahu would not solve every problem. The original post’s displayed timestamp is September 8 at 9:02am EDT.
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Kenney-Shawa quote-posted Vietor’s account of Netanyahu allegedly brushing off the warning and failing to brief security chiefs.
After the quotation
He warned that the report could be used to reduce wider responsibility to Netanyahu alone in the run-up to Israeli elections.
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Case context: Was Netanyahu warned by the UAE about a major Hamas operation before October 7?
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Why this label?
Kenney-Shawa expressly criticizes Netanyahu in connection with the reported warning. His warning against assigning all responsibility to one leader limits the scope of blame; it does not defend or excuse Netanyahu’s alleged conduct and therefore does not make this a mixed position.
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