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Dichter predicts establishment of Oct. 7 state commission of inquiry
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"
Speaking at a food security conference, Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter predicts the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into the “neglect and failure” surrounding October 7.
“It is impossible to define what happened on October 7 as anything other than neglect and failure. I am sure that when the time is ripe for this, a state commission of inquiry will be established, which will not be different from the one established after the Yom Kippur War,” Calcalist quotes the former Shin Bet director as saying.
Despite growing demands to do so, including from his own defense minister, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has so far resisted forming a state commission of inquiry into the policy failings leading up to October 7 or the government’s handling of the war.
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