Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz Doesn't Deny 'Betrayal From Within' on October 7 - Haaretz
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Israel's Defense Minister refused to deny a "betrayal from within" on October 7 — fueling a conspiracy theory now serious enough to trigger a defamation lawsuit.
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Theory Briefing
- Defense Minister Israel Katz stopped short of denying the 'betrayal from within' claim about October 7, giving the theory implicit credibility.
- Yair Golan is suing Sara Netanyahu for spreading the October 7 inside-job conspiracy theory as fact.
- A Haaretz framing suggests the intelligence and strategic failures of October 7 were a paradigm collapse, not a sudden breakdown — complicating betrayal narratives.