But his critics say that the investigation will lack the objectivity needed.
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Israel’s government, after recurrent postponements, has decided to initiate a probe into the fiascos that led to the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023 that elicited the war in Gaza.
Still, not everyone is happy about the government decision, according to Newsmax. Some are accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to dodge a personal responsibility in the most grievous attack against Israel in history. Others are questioning the objectivity of the investigation.
Traditionally, after important governmental failures the state of Israel has appointed an independent state commission of inquiry led by a retired judge.
But so far Netanyahu has withstood calls for such an investigation into the Oct. 7 failures, saying only that he would answer all questions when the war is over. In Sunday’s decision, he said the ceasefire that went into effect on Oct. 10 permits the government to initiate the probe’.
Netanyahu’s Cabinet greenlit the creation of a watered-down “government committee.” The Prime Minister will oversee the makeup of the team governing the inquiry, in other words, putting him in charge of the probe. More details about the inquiry are to be announced in 45 days.
⚡️GENERAL FLYNN: says again Oct 7 was an ‘inside thing’, there’s an investigation going on about stand down orders allowing it to happen, Netanyahu has some BIG BIG internal problems coming uppic.twitter.com/3NIqifN92D
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Yair Lapid, Israel’s opposition leader, called the choice insulting to the victims of Oct. 7 and to the hundreds of soldiers who have died in the war.
“The government is doing everything it can to run from the truth and evade responsibility,” Lapid said.
Lapid was not alone in criticizing Netanyahu. The government is “establishing a commission that will investigate itself,” noted the Movement for Quality Government in Israel, which is critical of Netanyahu. “This is not an investigative commission; this is a cover-up commission.”
Hamas-led terrorists killed some 1,200 people and took over 250 others hostage in the Oct. 7 attack. Almost 500 soldiers have been killed in fighting since then, while Palestinian health officials say over 69,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s retaliatory offensive against Hamas.
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