The Israeli prime minister's fear of what a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 massacre could find out means he will never allow one to be formed, despite overwhelming public demand for an investigation
The massive failures of October 7, 2023 – the day on which Israel's lines of defense collapsed, the country's borders were breached, approximately 1,200 Israelis were killed and some 240 people kidnapped – will never be properly investigated. That's the most important headline to emerge from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's press conference on Monday night.
Most of the 45-minute event was a narcissistic performance in which Netanyahu glorified himself and attacked Israel's courts, police and state prosecution for daring to put him on trial and investigate the alleged crimes of his top aides....
Netanyahu convened the press conference in order to viciously go after the judicial system, ahead of the first day of his testimony and questioning in his corruption trial. But nothing he said about the subject was new, or newsworthy. It was the same set of lies, spin and political talking points we've been hearing from him and his supporters for years.
Instead, the biggest piece of news arrived toward the end of the press conference when a reporter asked him when he will finally create a state commission of inquiry into the failures of October 7.
In Israel, a commission of inquiry is the most powerful entity that can be set up to investigate failures and disasters that involve agencies of the state. Sixteen such commissions have been established so far... This law gives the government the authority to set up a commission of inquiry whenever it identifies "an issue that is of vital public importance and requires an investigation."...
The most famous was the Agranat Commission, led by retired Justice Aharon Agranat, which was established in November 1973 to investigate the failings of that year's Yom Kippur War. It led, five months later, to the resignation of then-Prime Minister Golda Meir.
🔗SOURCE ➡️ Haaretz [Archive]
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