Opposition figure Naftali Bennett and the October Council sharply criticized Prime Minister Netanyahu following a report that he is advancing a plan to give the state comptroller new authority to appoint half the members of a political commission of inquiry into the October 7 massacre. Bennett wrote that Netanyahu wants to appoint his personal lawyer to determine the makeup of the commission. The Council stated: 'A government that oversaw the murder, abduction, and rape of Israeli citizens is now trying to appoint itself a whitewash commission via the prime minister's personal lawyer.' The report itself was first published on Channel 12's main evening broadcast.
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