Netanyahu’s fortunes shift with Hamas attack in spotlight again

With Israel's election on the horizon, a dozen nations are sanctioning products from Israeli settlements in West Bank, and its prime minister is under the microscope after a new book claims he had clear warning of the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looked like a possible winner in the upcoming election, but he may be undone by reporting in a new book claiming he was warned 10 days before the October 2023 Hamas attack, writes Gwynne Dyer. UN photograph by Evan Schneider

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

September 10, 2026

LONDON, U.K.—It has been a year since Canada, France, and the United Kingdom officially recognized the Sta...

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