Netanyahu reveals 'failure' documents, attacks Supreme Court, and proposes 'equal' inquiry committee

The Prime Minister of the occupation, Benjamin Netanyahu, revealed on Thursday evening the content of the official document he submitted to the occupation's Comptroller as part of the ongoing investigations into the events of October 7, 2023, and the preceding circumstances, sharply criticizing the Supreme Court's decision to freeze the Comptroller's work on this file.

Netanyahu announced that he had handed detailed answers to the State Comptroller during a four-hour meeting last December, indicating that the document includes minutes of security meetings spanning 12 years, from Operation 'Protective Edge' until the morning of the attack. He also accused the Supreme Court of obstructing the revelation of the truth, considering that the issuance of the freeze decision just six days after he submitted his answers raises questions about the timing's coincidence, calling for the immediate cancellation of the interim order to allow former officials to review and comment on the documents.

Netanyahu affirmed that the occupation's Comptroller's examination is not a substitute for a 'national inquiry committee,' proposing a new formula for its formation based on what he described as 'democratic equality.' This composition stipulates that half of the committee members be chosen by the government coalition, and the other half by the opposition, emphasizing the necessity that neither the government nor the Supreme Court interfere in determining its composition, but rather that it be done through public representatives in the Knesset.

Netanyahu cited the model of the American inquiry committee into the events of September 11, affirming his full readiness to be the first to appear before it to give his testimony.

A political analysis by informed sources provided a critical reading of the leaked document, explaining that it puts the leaders of the security system in confrontation with 'misleading public opinion.' The analysis pointed to a state of 'blindness and arrogance' within the security agencies that were preoccupied with warning about the repercussions of legal reforms instead of monitoring the imminent Hamas attack. The documents also proved that Netanyahu himself, despite proposing assassinations in some minutes, did not realize the extent of the existential threat and historically did not propose the option of 'occupying Gaza' or comprehensively eliminating the movement.

The minutes revealed a significant gap between the reassuring messages military leaders were giving in closed rooms and their subsequent public warnings, reflecting a stark contradiction in assessing the situation. The analysis concluded that the document places everyone in the same basket in terms of being trapped by concepts, making the responsibility for the failure shared between the political level and the security leadership without one side having an advantage over the other in bearing the consequences of what happened.

The occupation's Comptroller's examination is not a substitute for a national inquiry committee, and I propose a formula based on democratic equality in its formation.