Yair Lapid on Political Rhetoric and Violence

A sourced history of statements and actions associated with this topic.

Disputes over whether public rhetoric predicts, excuses, encourages, threatens, or contributes to violence.

Scope: This topic does not determine a speaker's intent or the effect of speech.

Counts document individual events. They do not assign an overall position.

Distinct documented events

Position history

1 event on this page. Dates: September 8, 2026

1 matching event. Dates: September 8, 2026

1 total published event. Dates: September 8, 2026

1 distinct published event overall. Dates: September 8, 2026

1 event on this page. Dates: September 8, 2026

September 8, 2026Condemned

Addressed record

Was Netanyahu warned by the UAE about a major Hamas operation before October 7?

“Three weeks before the massacre, I warned the Prime Minister at a press conference that this was what was going to happen.”

Speaker capacity: Israeli opposition politician and former prime minister
Editorial rationale: He directly blamed Netanyahu for failing to act on multiple warnings and tied that failure to the attack’s occurrence.

3:20 pm update

Records the joint opposition statement by Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett, Yair Golan, and Avigdor Liberman.