From: Benjamin Netanyahu's Time Magazine August 8, 2024 interview:
non-apology 'Deeply sorry' for October 7, but not going anywhere
Netanyahu was asked if he would apologize for how he functioned in October, “Apologize?” Netanyahu asked back. “Of course, of course. I am sorry, deeply."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to apologize for Israeli security failures that allowed for the Hamas-led invasion of Israel on October 7, in an interview published Thursday in Time Magazine
He clarified that he planned to continue to safeguard the country and did not intend to step down from office. “Apologize?” Netanyahu asked when pressed on the issue by Time.
“Of course, of course. I am sorry, deeply, that something like this happened,” he said as he expressed regret for the event and spoke globally about how the country could have responded better without seeming to take responsibility for the failures that led to it.
Extracts: For the past 10 months, Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to apologize for leaving Israel vulnerable to Hamas’ October 7 terrorist attack
After the deaths of 1,200 people and the abduction of hundreds more, a traumatized Israeli public heard abject admissions of responsibility from the heads of the Israel Defense Forces [The intelligence chief resigned] and Shin Bet, the country’s domestic security service but none from Netanyahu, who had been Prime Minister for almost a year when the attack happened and had presided over a more than 10 year strategy of tacit acceptance of Hamas rule in Gaza
Netanyahu's only apology was for a social media post blaming his own security chiefs for failing to foil the assault
