Proposal by President Herzog and Supreme Court head Isaac Amit would see the latter decide on panel’s makeup with Justice Noam Sohlberg, due to Netanyahu’s claims of ‘bias’
ed note–so, once again, Netanyahu is blowing up the possibility of any investigations into HOW Oct. 7th, the ‘worst massacre of Jooz since the Hollerco$t’, was allowed to take place. In this latest attempt at establishing a ‘state commission of inquiry’, a judge described as a ‘staunch conservative’ would play an integral part in the investigation, meaning that he hails from the same side of the political spectrum as Netanyahu himself, and yet, the warlord Torah Terrorist ‘Bibi’ is militantly opposed to it, and for reasons as easy to figure out as it is easy to pour water out of a boot while reading the directions for doing so on the heel, which is that–
THERE WERE NO ‘INTELLIGENCE FAILURES’ THAT LED TO THE EVENTS OF OCT. 7TH…
Oct. 7th was, in a word, BRILLIANT, ladies and Gentile-men. Like Netanyahu’s other masterpiece in state-sponsored terrorism, i.e. 9/11, it resulted in EXACTLY what it was that the Jypsy State needed in making good on her 3,000 years old plans, meaning a globally-recognized narrative rooted in ‘self-defense’ that would facilitate the very same WWIII/Armageddon which the Pirates of Judea need in order to achieve that thing which Torah Judah-ism and its primary deity ‘yahweh’ command be done, the creation of ‘Greater Israel’.
Times of Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quickly brushed off a compromise proposal made on Saturday by President Isaac Herzog and Supreme Court President Isaac Amit for the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 disaster.
The compromise worked out by Herzog and Amit would see Amit consult with incoming Supreme Court deputy Noam Sohlberg, a staunch conservative, when appointing the members of a state commission, should the government agree to establish one.
This would be aimed at assuaging concerns voiced by Netanyahu and his allies that a state commission appointed by Amit would be inherently biased against the prime minister and his government and thus unable to reach fair conclusions.
But less than an hour after the president’s office announced the proposal and Amit’s agreement to it, a statement sent out and attributed to ‘sources close to the prime minister’ rejected the idea.
‘The public is entitled to a true investigative committee and not a politically slanted one, whose composition represents the majority of the people and which would investigate everyone, without exception,’ the statement said. ‘Unfortunately, this is not what is being proposed.’
The Netanyahu government has been extremely reluctant to appoint a state commission, leading to accusations it is seeking to avoid blame for the worst disaster in the country’s history, which occurred on its watch. Netanyahu and his allies first argued that such an inquiry could not be conducted when the war was underway, but in more recent months, they have claimed that a state commission, whose members are appointed by the president of the Supreme Court, would be biased.
Opposition parties and other critics of the government have accused Netanyahu of seeking to avoid an independent inquiry into the devastating Hamas attack at all costs. Following Netanyahu’s immediate rejection of the Herzog-Amit proposal, National Unity party leader Benny Gantz said the prime minister had proved that he is ‘not interested in investigating the October 7 failure, but rather in burying it.’
‘A state commission of inquiry will in the end be formed, with or without him,’ Gantz said.
A state commission of inquiry holds unique powers to investigate a national disaster, including subpoena power, and is totally independent of the government after it is set up.
Amit, who was installed as Supreme Court president last month following more than a year of delay, is a liberal justice. His appointment as president was fiercely and bitterly opposed by Justice Minister Yariv Levin.
That opposition increased even further just days before Amit was due to be elected when allegations of misconduct emerged against him, leading Levin to formally boycott Amit, while Netanyahu failed to attend the president’s swearing-in ceremony.
Sohlberg has often seen support from the right, and it appears Herzog’s effort to have Amit consult with his incoming deputy was designed to head off the repeated claims by Netanyahu and other cabinet ministers that members of a state commission would be politically biased against the government.
Bennett weighs in
Responding to Netanyahu’s rejection, former prime minister Naftali Bennett denounced him, saying ‘the forces of division’ were ‘pushing the country back to the madness’ witnessed in Israel before the October 7 attack. He was referring to the deep political schism that erupted around the government’s judicial overhaul agenda.
‘This is a time for compromises and agreements,’ said Bennett. ‘President Herzog suggested a balanced and appropriate compromise for establishing a state commission of inquiry, which would be the first step on the path to rehabilitating society, security and leadership. Anyone who rejects it wants to escape an investigation, responsibility and accountability.’
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid gave his backing to the Herzog-Amit proposal before Netanyahu rejected it, saying that it was a ‘considered and balanced’ idea that did not injure Amit’s authority and would enable the establishment of a state commission of inquiry that would enjoy the trust of the overwhelming majority of the Israeli public.’
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi of Likud dismissed the proposal as ‘an unfunny Purim joke at best,’ and said that Amit, Sohlberg and the rest of the Supreme Court judges should themselves be the subject of any investigation, not those to lead it.
‘The public demands the truth, not a cover-up committee that will handle those close to it with kid gloves and protect the Supreme Court justices, who for years have severely damaged the deterrent power of the State of Israel,’ Karhi claimed.
Earlier this month, during a Knesset session called by the opposition on a state inquiry, Netanyahu doubled down on his opposition to it. Shouting from the podium, he called for an ‘objective, balanced, independent investigation… not a commission whose findings are predetermined.’
‘What do you think? That we’re children?’ he yelled, as he blasted the idea of a state commission, which he claimed would lead to a partisan investigation. ‘That we don’t understand? That you say the words ‘state commission’ and that makes it one?
‘The public demands the truth. We demand the truth,’ he continued, banging on the rostrum. ‘We want a commission that will investigate everything, everything, with no exceptions.’