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Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Citing court’s ruling on Ronen Bar, Likud MK doubles down in opposing Oct. 7 state commission
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Tweeting in the wake of the Tuesday’s interim injunction preventing Shin Bet head Ronen Bar’s firing and giving the government and the attorney general until April 20 to reach a compromise, Likud MK Ariel Kallner claims the High Court’s conduct highlights why he says Chief Justice Isaac Amit cannot be trusted to select the members of a state commission of inquiry into October 7.
“So this is what a state commission of inquiry he appoints will look like: a committee in which the High Court of Justice will protect those who protected it,” he tweets — calling for “a committee of professionals [established] by broad consensus.”
Kallner has previously rejected a state commission of inquiry because its members are chosen by the president of the court, instead presenting a plan in February which would see members of a probe appointed by the Knesset.
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