Netanyahu Meets UAE President Bin Zayed Directly Amid Reports He Asked UAE to Deny Oct. 7 Warning

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met directly with UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed following reports that Netanyahu had asked the Emirati leader to deny that he had issued advance warnings of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack. The in-person meeting comes days after Haaretz reported that Netanyahu called Bin Zayed to ask him to deny the report, and after Netanyahu's office threatened a libel suit against Haaretz over its September 8 story about the UAE warning. The meeting underscores the sensitivity of the intelligence-warning controversy as Israel heads toward the October 27 election.