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Liberman accuses Netanyahu of abandoning responsibilities of leadership
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Addressing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset, Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman accuses the premier of abandoning his leadership responsibilities while blaming others for his failings.
“Mr. Prime Minister, I hear a lot from those around you about the deep state. Is it the deep state or deep fake?” asks Liberman.
“A month ago they released a Hamas terrorist. The key witness in the Sde Teiman affair. The chief accuser against our heroic soldiers. Who signed the deal that released him? You and your cabinet. So who’s to blame — you or the deep state? [Jared] Kushner runs security, your son runs appointments, the Haredim run IDF manpower. So tell me, what exactly are you doing?” he asks wryly.
“You are responsible for sabotaging the [IDF] conscription law, and you are the main person responsible for the October 7 massacre. You corresponded with the arch-murderer Yahya Sinwar… [and] transferred the Qatari money,” he declares.
“The state investigation committee on the Meron disaster determined that you are personally responsible, but did not draw any operative conclusions. I promise you — we will establish a state investigation committee that will really interrogate everyone. We will force it to draw personal conclusions. Nothing will help you — this time you will not be able to escape,” he says.
Liberman’s comments come during a so-called 40-signature debate in the Knesset to discuss the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into the failures surrounding Hamas’s onslaught of October 7, 2023. Such a debate is a Knesset discussion that the opposition can call once a month and that the prime minister is legally obliged to attend. It is usually called to discuss criticism of the government, its policies and its legislative agenda.
The Times of Israel Community.