Historian @hebrewu. @TheWilsonCenter fellow, 2022- 23. _Oil Wars_ coming out with @yalebooks this October. More here: bit.ly/2OgaOaD

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Was Yahya Sinwar, before October '23, behaving like Anwar Sadat before October '73? During the weekend, a new story by @ronenbergman @ynet added more details about the Hamas deception plan. And it helps explain how Sinwar prepared both diplomatic and military options and why
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Guy Laron retweeted
Fascinating thread detailing Israel-Hamas back channel negotiations prior to Oct 7. Confirms that proximate cause was Saudi normalization, but wasn’t the only enabling factor.
Was Yahya Sinwar, before October '23, behaving like Anwar Sadat before October '73? During the weekend, a new story by @ronenbergman @ynet added more details about the Hamas deception plan. And it helps explain how Sinwar prepared both diplomatic and military options and why
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Was Yahya Sinwar, before October '23, behaving like Anwar Sadat before October '73? During the weekend, a new story by @ronenbergman @ynet added more details about the Hamas deception plan. And it helps explain how Sinwar prepared both diplomatic and military options and why
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September and one time in mid-September, to make sure that the emissary would deliver the threat to the Israelis, each time repeating the promise to cause an earthquake. Interestingly, Sinwar did not say anything about the Israeli-Saudi normalization process that seemed at the
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time as if it was about to be concluded successfully. Sinwar did not demand an end to the normalization process or the derailment of IMEC. He demanded the economic concessions promised to him. Netanyahu did not listen, and Sinwar launched the 7th of October attack.
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