Opposition leader Naftali Bennett said Monday that the first-reading passage of a bill establishing a political commission of inquiry into the October 7 massacre prevents meaningful accountability, vowing that a future government under his leadership will appoint a state commission of inquiry instead, according to Daphna Liel (N12).
Opposition leader and former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett responded Monday evening to the Knesset's first-reading approval of a bill establishing a political commission of inquiry into the October 7 massacre. In a statement reported by N12 political correspondent Daphna Liel, Bennett said: "Without an investigation there is no correction. A government that flees from an investigation sentences Israel to more and more disasters. In the next government we will establish a state commission of inquiry that will allow Israel to be fixed."
Bennett's remarks join a chorus of opposition figures criticizing the legislation. As The Zioneer reported earlier Monday, Yesh Atid chairman Gadi Eisenkot and Yisrael Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Liberman both condemned the bill as a "whitewash" designed to shield the government from accountability. Liberman called it a "whitewash committee," while Eisenkot accused Prime Minister Netanyahu of fearing the truth. The bill's first-reading passage has reignited the political debate over the proper mechanism for investigating the October 7 massacre, with Bennett explicitly ruling out the political committee model and pledging instead a fully independent state commission of inquiry once his camp forms the next government.
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