Yair Netanyahu again attacks IDF over Oct. 7: If there was no treason, why are they so afraid of an investigation?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son Yair again attacks the Israel Defense Forces, this time in light of the High Court of Justice’s interim order instructing the state comptroller to suspend any aspects of his probe into the failings relating to October 7 that deal with the military and Shin Bet.

“What are they trying to hide? If there was no treason, why are they so afraid for external and independent parties to check what happened?” the premier’s son writes on X.

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman’s investigation has been controversial ever since he announced it in December 2023. Good-governance watchdog groups petitioned the court against the comptroller’s initiative, arguing that it was not in his purview and would harm the IDF’s operational capabilities, and expressing concern that the investigation would ignore political responsibility for the devastating invasion and massacres. The IDF and the State Attorney’s Office also opposed the investigation.

Yair Netanyahu is known for his provocative online presence and has faced legal action over his social media activity.

On Saturday, he shared a post casting top security chiefs as “fatal failures.”

Last month, he shared a video of a masked IDF reservist pledging allegiance to the prime minister while threatening mutiny against IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant if the military would not pursue “complete victory” over Hamas.

In December, he liked a social media post accusing Halevi of initiating a de facto military coup on October 7, claiming the military chief knew ahead of time of the devastating Hamas assault but did not tell the premier.

Ostensible attacks on the defense establishment are not limited to the premier’s son — yesterday the prime minister reportedly told ministers “We have a country with an army, not an army with a country.”

Yair Netanyahu, who now resides near Miami, reportedly moved to Florida last year after the premier and his wife demanded that he stop posting on social media and not speak directly with lawmakers or ministers amid accusations he was inflaming tensions in Israel and exacerbating a diplomatic rift with the United States.

Along with his social media presence, Yair Netanyahu has faced criticism for remaining in the US despite the outbreak of war, as tens of thousands of Israelis returned home to join the over 300,000 reservists initially called up.