Cabinet secretary says ‘time not yet ripe’ to investigate government handling of Oct. 7

Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs says that the “time is not yet ripe” to establish a state commission of inquiry into the government’s handling of the October 7 Hamas terror onslaught after Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara requested that one be set up as soon as possible.

“Israel is in the midst of a fierce war, and the time is not yet ripe to investigate the entire war and what preceded it,” Fuchs writes.

“The issue of establishing a state commission of inquiry is within the exclusive authority of the Israeli government in accordance with the law,” he adds of Baharav Miara’s request.

In a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, Baharav-Miara implored him to cease blocking the launching of a state commission of inquiry and explained that the probe was essential in fending off the actions being taken against Jerusalem at international tribunals.