From Minister Elkin says he won’t vote for politically appointed Oct. 7 probe
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Minister Ze’ev Elkin of the coalition New Hope party announces that he will not vote in favor of the bill to establish a politically appointed probe into the October 7 failures in place of a state commission of inquiry.
Speaking in the Knesset with bereaved father Rafi Ben Shitrit, whose son Staff Sgt. Shimon Alroy Ben Shitrit was killed battling terrorists at the Nahal Oz army base, the MK says, “My position is clear. I will not support Kallner’s law and I support a state commission of inquiry.”
Netanyahu and his supporters have long rejected a state commission of inquiry, the country’s highest investigative authority, because its make-up would be determined by the judiciary, which his government does not trust and seeks to weaken through a judicial overhaul.
Netanyahu, who is heading the panel determining the scope of the politically appointed probe, said Monday that the commission must include an examination of the 1993 Oslo Accords, the 2005 Disengagement from Gaza, and the 2023 protest movement against the government’s judicial overhaul.
The Times of Israel Community.