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Eisenkot blasts coalition for advancing contentious Oct. 7 probe bill amid Iran attacks
Ariela Karmel is a political correspondent at The Times of Israel. She previously reported for Calcalist and Haaretz. She holds an MA in Middle Eastern and African History from Tel Aviv University and a BA in Political Science from the University of British Columbia.
Yashar party leader and former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot slams the coalition for continuing to advance legislation establishing a politically appointed probe into the October 7, 2023, attacks amid renewed Iranian missile strikes on Israel, calling it “proof of the coalition’s distorted priorities” and “deep contempt for the public and its spirit of resilience.”
“Even under the current emergency conditions of Iranian missile fire, a shuttered education system and civilians living under wartime conditions, the government will continue trying today to advance a non-state commission of inquiry in an attempt to absolve itself of responsibility for the October 7 massacre,” Eisenkot says in a post on X.
He also links the effort to the “corrupt appointment” of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s personal lawyer Michael Rabello last week as state comptroller in a highly contentious Knesset vote, echoing opposition criticism that the premier sought to install a loyalist in a position that will be tasked with scrutinizing the government’s conduct before and during the Hamas-led assault.
Eisenkot also accuses the government of failing to achieve its war aims on every front, saying that “the absence of a strategy has become the strategy” and arguing that Israeli deterrence has reached “one of its lowest points.”
Yesh Atid MK Meirav Cohen writes on X: “The Knesset is beginning discussions not on the state of the home front, not on the situation of northern residents, not on the closed schools, but on MK Gotliv’s request for immunity after she exposed the identity of a Shin Bet agent and harmed state security. These people are unhinged.”
The criticism comes after Iran fired ballistic missiles at northern Israel overnight and central Israel this morning, sending millions scrambling to bomb shelters, closing schools nationwide and prompting the Knesset to suspend most of its activities.
The Times of Israel Community.