The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, has once again emphasized this Monday the importance of preserving the Jewish character of the country, which he considers essential for its survival, and has contrasted it with the situation that, in his opinion, some European states like Denmark or Sweden are going through, where he sees a process of "Islamization."
"Without a Jewish identity, we would not exist. What would we do here? Are we going to become Denmark or Sweden? Sweden is already a country that is being Islamized," he stated during a public event, where he directly linked the continuity of the State with its Jewish nature.
In his speech, Netanyahu also reiterated that he was not informed at any time about the attack launched by the Palestinian militias from Gaza on October 7, neither in advance nor once it had started, when, he claimed, it could still have been prevented.
The Israeli leader pointed out that "the director of Shin Bet --Israeli secret services for the interior and the Palestinian territories--, Ronen Bar, received all the warnings, all the signals that there were, the instructions from the Hamas terrorists to concentrate at midnight in the mosques of Gaza," and insisted that this information was not conveyed to him.
According to his version, the head of Shin Bet "received many more signals and did nothing." "Not only did this information not reach me, but it didn't even reach the forces that were in the border communities of Gaza," he recounted. "Why didn't they tell him? If they had told him, everything could have been stopped," he added, pointing to a serious failure in the chain of command and communication.
Netanyahu has also rejected reports pointing to supposed warnings from foreign intelligence services before the attack. Specifically, he has again denied any alert from the United Arab Emirates. "They did not contact us before the attack for one reason: they knew that I would have acted with great determination, great strength, and great power," he argued. "It is a lie that there were warnings from the Emirates. Suddenly it seems that there was no warning. Nothing of the sort," he emphasized, firmly denying that there was any prior warning from that country.