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Netanyahu’s Wife Attacks Israeli Opposition Figure Over Oct. 7 Claims
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Netanyahu’s Wife Attacks Israeli Opposition Figure Over Oct. 7 Claims

From Delfi · () Lithuanian

Translated from Lithuanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Sara Netanyahu accused opposition leader Yair Golan of being prepared for the Oct. 7 Hamas attack before senior officials, including the prime minister, knew about it.
  • Golan threatened legal action and demanded 2.5 million shekels in damages for Nova festival survivors unless she apologized within 24 hours.
  • The dispute has fueled opposition criticism and renewed debate over conspiracy theories surrounding Israel’s deadliest attack.

Sara Netanyahu’s televised attack on opposition leader Yair Golan has triggered outrage across Israel’s opposition and exposed the depth of the country’s political divisions ahead of the Oct. 27 election.

already dressed and ready

— Sara NetanyahuShe used the phrase to describe Yair Golan’s state of preparation on the morning of the Oct. 7 attack.

In an interview broadcast Monday evening on Channel 14, a station close to the Israeli government, Netanyahu said Golan was “already dressed and ready” at dawn on Oct. 7, 2023, even though others, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, knew nothing about the Hamas attack. Golan, a former deputy chief of staff, now leads the center-left Democrats party.

After learning of the assault, Golan rushed to southern Israel and rescued at least six people attending the Nova music festival. At least 370 festivalgoers were killed there. Golan rejected Sara Netanyahu’s comments as a false conspiracy theory and threatened to sue her on the social-media platform X. He said he would seek 2.5 million shekels, about $830,000, in damages unless she apologized and paid compensation within 24 hours, with the money donated to surviving Nova festival participants.

Sara Netanyahu spread a false conspiracy theory, trying to rewrite the events of Oct. 7 by turning those who went to save lives into traitors and those who abandoned Israel’s security into victims.

— Yair GolanGolan rejected Sara Netanyahu’s accusation and threatened legal action.

“Sara Netanyahu spread a false conspiracy theory, trying to rewrite the events of Oct. 7 by turning those who went to save lives into traitors and those who abandoned Israel’s security into victims,” Golan wrote. His party called her comments “vicious and deceptive” and said attacks on his conduct crossed “the line into madness.”

vicious and deceptive

— The Democrats partyGolan’s party used the phrase to condemn Sara Netanyahu’s comments.

Former army chief Gadi Eisenkot, a leading potential challenger to Netanyahu, also condemned what he called a “crazy conspiracy about treason.” He wrote that the comments sought only to stir hatred and preserve Netanyahu’s rule. Netanyahu has rejected blame for the attack, saying security officials should have woken him. An August Channel 13 poll found that 40% of Israelis and 63% of voters in the governing right-wing coalition believed internal betrayal caused the attack. AFP calculations based on official data put the death toll at 1,221, while 251 hostages were taken to Gaza, 44 of whom were already dead.

crazy conspiracy about treason

— Gadi EisenkotThe former army chief condemned the allegation and accused it of seeking to stir hatred and preserve Netanyahu’s rule.
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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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