Tariq Kenney-Shawa
Role at the time: Writer and Al-Shabaka U.S. policy fellow, writing on X
Statement summary
Kenney-Shawa called the report damning for Netanyahu. He cautioned against using it to assign all responsibility for October 7 and what he described as genocide to Netanyahu alone, especially before Israeli elections.
“This is no doubt a damning report”
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.
Why we used 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.