Benjamin Netanyahu seeks to create a commission of inquiry into the Oct. 7, 2023, incursion, but on his own terms. (Credit: AFP)
Anger has been mounting in Israel in recent days. On Saturday, Dec. 20, thousands of protesters took to the country’s streets to denounce the maneuvers of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, accused, among other things, of seeking to establish a commission under his own influence to investigate the Oct. 7, 2023 massacres.The next day, some family members of those who died on Oct. 7 called on the public to join their fight for the creation of an independent commission of inquiry, and against what a father of a slain soldier described as a 'shameful political fraud.'For decades, major crises and serious security failures in Israel have called for the same accountability mechanism: the rapid establishment of an independent commission, often led by a retired Supreme Court judge, tasked with determining responsibility beyond partisan...
Anger has been mounting in Israel in recent days. On Saturday, Dec. 20, thousands of protesters took to the country’s streets to denounce the maneuvers of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, accused, among other things, of seeking to establish a commission under his own influence to investigate the Oct. 7, 2023 massacres.The next day, some family members of those who died on Oct. 7 called on the public to join their fight for the creation of an independent commission of inquiry, and against what a father of a slain soldier described as a 'shameful political fraud.'For decades, major crises and serious security failures in Israel have called for the same accountability mechanism: the rapid establishment of an independent commission, often led by a retired Supreme Court judge, tasked with determining responsibility beyond...
