Avi Abelow
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NO, IT’S NOT NETANYAHU!!!

It is astonishing, and downright hypocritical (no surprise there), that the very political left screaming the loudest for an inquiry into October 7th, blaming Netanyahu, refuses to take even an ounce of responsibility for how their own heroes in the security establishment, legal establishment, along with the chief insubordination movement “Brothers in Arms,” directly paved the road to Israel’s security failure to prevent the Hamas atrocities of that horrific day.

Let’s break this down…

Soon after Oct. 7th, in an interview with Patrick Ben David, Charlie Kirk voiced out loud whether the Netanyahu government issued a “stand-down order” on Oct. 7th. Because, to anyone familiar with Israel’s security and Gaza border, it was impossible to conceive that the IDF was not able to protect the border, for hours. Many of Charlie’s followers instantly seized on the question as supposed proof that “Netanyahu turned on Israel”, and it was done to gain world sympathy to reconquer Gaza, and that theory has grown in conservative circles.

Let me be absolutely clear, not as a political talking point, but as someone who has spent years exposing Israel’s deep state and the internal rot that has been eating away at our security apparatus and legal system:

There was no stand-down order by the government.

The opposite is true. The people who did stand down on Oct. 7th, who ignored intelligence, crippled the army, and blocked the government from acting, were the unelected elites in the security, military, and legal establishment.

And the documented facts are far more damning than any conspiracy theory.

The same voices now screaming “Netanyahu is to blame” and demanding an inquiry — which every Israeli wants, just not one run by the same untrustworthy deep-state legal officials who are already covering up their own failures, as we see in the Attorney General, the Military Attorney General, and the Supreme Court Chief Justice blocking the investigation into the Sde Teiman video — are completely silent about the one thing that actually did happen for an entire year leading up to the Hamas invasion:

The political left’s anti-judicial-reform protest movement, led by the “Brothers in Arms” organization, openly waged a campaign of military insubordination that broke the backbone of the IDF.

This was not fringe.

This was not hidden.

This was broadcast proudly across Israel’s mainstream media. Supported by many current and former leaders of the political left.

For months, Israelis watched senior Air Force officials and elite pilots, the very people responsible for protecting the country, go on camera declaring that they would refuse training and operational duty.

They weren’t bluffing.

They weren’t ashamed.

They were celebrated.

At the height of the protest movement, Israel’s largest news channels reported with excitement that the Air Force was “no longer functional.” Let that sink in.

You had veteran pilots and Air Force leaders announcing publicly on camera: “We will refuse to bomb Iran even if Israel is attacked.”

This was not only a national disgrace, it was a national disaster. And it sent a clear message to our enemies: Israel’s military deterrence has collapsed.

So while some now blame Netanyahu for not magically stopping the attack in real time, they ignore the “brothers in arms” movement that actively sabotaged Israel’s military readiness, for political gain, all to topple Netanyahu. Even more shocking is what we now know from the security establishment’s own documents. Israel’s top security and intelligence heads refused to update the Prime Minister on the threat, even the night of the attack.

This is not speculation.

This is not rumor.

This is written, signed, and submitted by former intelligence Shin Bet Director Ronen Bar himself in a letter to the Supreme Court. Here are the documented facts, written by him:

- At 1:30 AM, the intelligence establishment had concrete information. They knew Hamas was preparing to invade at least two Israeli communities. They knew taking hostages were part of the plan. They did not inform the Prime Minister or the Cabinet.

Not at 1:30.

Not at 2:00.

Not at 4:00.

Not at 6:00.

Netanyahu only learned of the attack after it had already begun, at around 6:30 AM!!!

Think about the magnitude of that failure. There are only two possible explanations:

Option 1: The heads of intelligence and the IDF did not want Netanyahu to order a military response, so they withheld the information.

Option 2 (the more sinister possibility): They assumed it would be a limited attack, but big enough, painful enough, humiliating enough, to trigger mass public pressure to topple the Netanyahu government.

Either way, the truth is unavoidable: The Prime Minister can only act on the intelligence that is given to him. If he is not given the information, he cannot mobilize the army to protect the country.

And remember, these same intelligence chiefs ignored Hamas’ signals for months, even years. They dismissed warnings from field observers. They suppressed reports. And days before the attack, intelligence Shin Bet Director Ronen Bar told the government to increase the number of Gazans allowed to work inside Israel, claiming: “Hamas is interested in improving the economic situation in Gaza.”

This is not just incompetence.

This is ideological blindness.

This is systemic failure.

On the morning of October 7th, as Israel was burning and Israelis being massacred and kidnapped, there was one more obstacle, this time a legal one. The IDF needed the government to formally declare war so it could activate full wartime emergency powers.

Netanyahu attempted to do exactly that early in the morning. But Israel’s Attorney General, who has undermined the authority of the elected government for years, blocked it. She insisted that a full, formal vote of government ministers was required, a procedure that could only be done hours later, at night.

While Israelis were being slaughtered…

While terrorists roamed freely…

While civilians begged for help…

The Attorney General prioritized bureaucracy over saving lives. That decision alone delayed the army’s ability to fully mobilize. This wasn’t a government stand-down. This was a legal chokehold, imposed by someone who never received a single vote from the Israeli public.

There are many more horrific failures, military, legal, intelligence, all traceable to the same root: A deep state that despises the elected government, acted independently of it, and undermined its authority at every turn.

To pretend that Netanyahu “ordered the army to stand down” is not only false, it is an insult to truth. If you want even more detailed information, watch this video.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG4oH4xzL2w

But here is the bottom line: It Wasn’t Netanyahu Who “Stood Down.” It Was Israel’s Deep State That Prevented the Government From Defending Israel. The people who failed Israel on Oct. 7th were not the elected leaders, they were the unelected elites who controlled the intelligence flow, crippled military readiness, and interfered with wartime decision-making., the same ideological crowd who pushed the suicidal “land for peace” methodology that led to the Oslo “peace” accords and the Gaza “disengagement”/expulsion. Whether through political motives, ideological opposition, or catastrophic arrogance, they created the conditions that allowed Hamas to invade unchallenged.

No stand-down order came from the Prime Minister. The stand-down came from the deep state. And Israel, and the Jewish people, paid the price.

And despite all the pain we have endured, we are now in the midst of both defeating our jihadi enemies in the region and exposing the deep state apparatus that enabled this catastrophe. Their days of wielding power and sabotaging Israel from within are coming to an end, no longer will ideologically driven elites be able to undermine the proud, strong Jewish national homeland we are destined to be. Not just another country, which is how they want Israel to behave, showcasing the Holocaust Museum to diplomatic visitors as if our entire identity is rooted only in tragedy and the need for self-defense. We are a Jewish nation, restored as a sovereign people in our ancestral homeland, meant to bring visiting world’s leaders to the Temple Mount itself, inspiring them with God’s covenant with the Jewish people and the vision of rebuilding the Third Temple as part of fulfilling our divine destiny.

Hamas called their war against us the Al-Aqsa flood? Well, it’s time we act as a true sovereign and take for ourselves exactly what they tried to take away from us - our Temple Mount to rebuild the Temple!

Do I think Netanyahu will do this? Not at all. I still have much criticism of how he doesn’t do enough, but thank God, he was the Prime Minister on Oct. 7th to push back against the intentional or unintentional sabotage of our nation by a dangerous deep state apparatus.

Am Yisrael Chai!!!