Opposition leader Yair Lapid said Monday evening that the opposition will not take part in the political commission of inquiry into the October 7, 2023 massacre, calling it a 'sham' designed to whitewash and block a real investigation into 'the worst disaster to befall the Jewish people since the Holocaust,' according to a statement reported by N12.
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid on Monday evening announced the opposition's boycott of the Knesset vote on a proposed political commission of inquiry into the October 7, 2023 massacre, vowing the opposition "will not be part of a sham whose sole purpose is to whitewash and prevent the investigation of the greatest disaster to befall the Jewish people since the Holocaust." The statement, reported by N12, comes during the Knesset vote itself, which the opposition is boycotting. Lapid's framing escalates a confrontation with the coalition over the inquiry's composition and scope.
The move follows an established pattern: as The Zioneer has reported, the opposition previously boycotted earlier votes on the same bill. Lapid has been consistently critical of the government's handling of the October 7 aftermath, accusing the coalition of avoiding a truly independent state commission of inquiry.
2 developments
- DevelopingLiberman calls political commission of inquiry 'whitewash committee' after first-reading passage; Eisenkot also reacts
- DevelopingBennett slams political probe bill, pledges state commission of inquiry in next government
- DevelopingYair Golan: October 7 families will get the truth; no whitewash committee can erase the disaster
- DevelopingKnesset committee approves bill for political commission of inquiry into October 7 massacre
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