[ethanbond]

I don't buy into the grander conspiracy, but it does seem increasingly likely Israeli leadership "knew about it." It has been now well-reported that Israeli intelligence got multiple warnings both from their own SIGINT and from Egypt. They essentially had the blueprint for the plans a year ago, they observed a huge training exercise that was identical to the plan a few months ago.

Now the problem with retrospectively "knowing about things" is that it's hard to account for the thousand other threats these people are constantly being made aware of and which ultimately don't materialize. Or at least I presume that's the case.