About Intelligence Services

I claim no thorough-going or comprehensive knowledge of what spies do, nor am I one of them, but I do possess logic, which in the case of the attack unleashed on Israel should be enough. I am aware after years of reading open source intelligence, through the recently closed Debka.co.il, Janes online, and Stratfor that I am more well-versed than some on the subject. Two facts I know are that Egypt since Sadat made peace has warned Israel numerous times that they have wind that a terror attack is imminent, just as Israel has warned Egypt, but (thankfully) most of the warnings have turned out to be false alarms. which naturally created a sense of complacency. The information shared between the countries is investigated but in this case, the Israeli scrutiny of what was revealed was obviously insufficient, which happens when two sides with a cold peace do not trust each other,, and in some instances, it is very likely sent red herrings to annoy, distract, and consume the resources of a side they did not perceive as allies. If you cry wolf a thousand times but no wolf is there, it is natural to assume the wolf will never appear. Also, Israel is led by a center-right Prime Minister but her intelligence agencies have been largely subsumed by Leftists, who were thinking ridding Israel of Netanyahu's leadership was an essential element of protecting the Jewish State. Many agents were devoting energy to blocking judicial reform (which really meant they were opposing their own nation's leader), rather that having a monomania aimed at blocking the next terror outrage directed against Jews. They failed to grasp the potential magnitude of what was coming and did come. This is not to absolve Netanyahu of blame, as he always had the military resources to preempt violence started by Gazans, but lacked the will to use it. He was too concerned with international recriminations to protect the Jewish People, and that lies solely on him. Would Israel have been sanctioned and condemned by countries that despise it anyway, had Netanyahu launched preemptive action? Certainly, but it is likely that more than one thousand Jews who were murdered in the most heinous ways would still be alive today had Netanyahu not underestimated the enemy and been complacent that the mere presence of King Bibi would be enough to thwart those who seek genocide.