{"id":22634,"date":"2025-05-11T22:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T19:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=22634"},"modified":"2025-05-11T22:22:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T19:22:20","slug":"netanyahu-says-hes-ready-to-be-investigated-by-independent-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/netanyahu-says-hes-ready-to-be-investigated-by-independent-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu Says He\u2019s Ready to Be Investigated by Independent Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed support on Sunday evening for the formation of a commission of inquiry to examine the failures surrounding the October 7 attack. Speaking before the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, he stated he is fully prepared to be investigated: \u201cI support a commission of inquiry. I have no problem being questioned. I want a thorough investigation \u2014 let them question me from all sides: right, left, above and below.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cNo games \u2014 we must know what happened there\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nNetanyahu addressed the failures that enabled the breach into Israel and the subsequent massacre, emphasizing that the facts must not be swept under the rug: \u201cSomething here doesn\u2019t make sense. How did simple vehicles break through the fence? No one will evade responsibility. No games. We must know what happened there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks, Netanyahu conveyed a determined tone in favor of uncovering the full truth, explicitly calling for the establishment of an independent commission with full authority. In doing so, he seeks to signal to the public that even the political leadership is prepared to be held accountable.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22637\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22637\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22637 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-69-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-69-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-69-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-69-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-69-1536x1025.webp 1536w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-69.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22637\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Netanyahu at the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee | Photo: Oren Ben Hakoon\/Flash90<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>On public opinion: \u201cAsk who will choose the commission\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nAt the same time, Netanyahu expressed skepticism about the public\u2019s willingness to support a state commission of inquiry if it were appointed by the judicial establishment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolls ask the public \u2014 are you in favor of a state commission of inquiry? And everyone answers: of course, who wouldn\u2019t want to investigate the massacre,\u201d he said. \u201cBut when the question is whether you support a commission appointed by Justice Amit \u2014 that\u2019s a different story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His comments reflect concern over possible political and judicial influence on the composition of the commission, hinting at ongoing tensions between elected officials and the judicial system, particularly when it comes to questions of responsibility, authority, and leadership in times of crisis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A call for unity<\/strong><br \/>\nAddressing members of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and the public at large, Netanyahu presented his support for an inquiry not as capitulation to pressure, but as a leadership move. He emphasized that there will be no whitewashing and no evasion \u2014 but also no automatic transfer of authority to unelected officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere must be a commission of inquiry \u2014 with full authority,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Netanyahu backs the establishment of a fully empowered commission to investigate the failures of October 7 \u2014 including an investigation of his own actions: \u201cA commission of inquiry \u2014 with full authority.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":22636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,6],"tags":[2210,5487,2644,5490,5489,3103,5488,3850,1514,5491],"class_list":["post-22634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-security","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-commission-of-inquiry","tag-foreign-affairs-and-defense-committee","tag-hamas-israel-conflict","tag-israeli-government-accountability","tag-israeli-politics","tag-judicial-oversight","tag-national-security","tag-october-7","tag-political-responsibility-in-israel"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - 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