Don’t dismiss comptroller report, says President Rivlin

In a veiled criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Reuven Rivlin calls on Israel to learn the lessons from the damning comptroller’s report on the last Gaza war and not to dismiss it.

“Flaws that have been revealed require fixing,” the president says.

“This is not a time to exchange punches. This is the time to learn from the reports’ findings, to implement them as necessary, and to strengthen the IDF so it may continue to serve as a barrier of defense to us,” he says at an event of the Jewish People Institute at his residence.

“We must learn from these reports, and not disregard them, out of our supreme obligation to work for the benefit for the citizens of Israel,” Rivlin says. “We are all wise in hindsight, and we should invest our efforts and energy in learning and implementing the findings.”

— Raphael Ahren