Smotrich says he doesn’t have ‘a shred of trust’ in Israeli justice system

8 January 2025, 9:58 pm

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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announces a compensation plan for evacuees returning to their homes in northern Israel, at a press conference on January 5, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich reiterates his opposition to establishing a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 Hamas onslaught, saying that Israel’s justice system can’t be trusted.

“I don’t have a shred of trust in the Israeli justice system which has completely lost its judgment,” he says in a statement, pointing to the ongoing case of the leak scandal linked to the prime minister’s office as “an example.”

“I am not prepared to abandon this important task to a system I have no faith in,” he adds. “I am in favor of an independent investigative committee that will turn over every stone.”