Arab Regimes Accused of Aiding Israel Before October 7th Attack

A report alleges that several Arab nations sent envoys to Israel shortly before the October 7th Hamas attack, warning Israeli officials about the impending operation. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is specifically mentioned, with claims that its leader, Mohammed bin Zayed, contacted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ten days prior to the attack. This call was reportedly to ensure the delivery of UAE intelligence reports from Gaza and Hamas itself, which indicated that Yahya Sinwar was planning a significant operation against Israel.

Further claims suggest that Egypt's intelligence chief urgently traveled to Tel Aviv on October 5, 2023, to meet with Mossad leadership. He reportedly warned them of an imminent operation planned by Hamas, based on intelligence gathered by Egyptian spies within Gaza and the organization. The article also draws parallels to historical events, citing Moroccan King Hassan II allegedly sending secret summit recordings to Israel before the 1967 war and Anwar Sadat's advisor, Ashraf Marwan, informing Israel of the impending Egyptian attack across the Suez Canal before the 1973 war.

The report asserts that official Arab regimes have maintained decades of secret relations with Israel, including cooperation in facilitating the emigration of Arab and African Jews to Palestine before and after Israel's establishment in 1948. It also references Sudan and Oman's continued relations with Egypt after the Arab boycott following the Camp David Accords, detailing alleged secret ties between Sudanese President Jaafar Nimeiry and Israel in the late 1970s and early 1980s, which reportedly aided in the clandestine airlift of Ethiopian Jews (Beta Israel) to Israel, as documented in Israeli books.

Additionally, the article claims that the Moroccan monarchy, under King Hassan II, agreed to facilitate the emigration of 80,000 Moroccan Jews to Israel in a deal with the Mossad, involving payments for each emigrant. It also states that Israel later provided security training to Morocco, sending retired generals to establish a royal protection unit. The report cites Israeli journalist and author Ronen Bergman as a source for some of these claims.