Since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, one thing has remained constant with Benjamin Netanyahu: a refusal to acknowledge any personal responsibility for the massacre. Yet Netanyahu has served as prime minister for more than 17 years – longer than anyone else. He played a central role in shaping Israel’s policy toward Hamas, notably allowing the Islamist group to remain in Gaza, which politically and geographically divided the Palestinian national movement. He never believed Hamas was capable of launching such an offensive.
Netanyahu has consistently rejected the creation of a government commission of inquiry, a mechanism permitted under a 1968 Israeli law that allows the president of the Supreme Court to appoint an independent body to investigate major government failures. Instead, he welcomed a bill introduced by Ariel Kallner, a member of his Likud party, to establish a “special state commission of inquiry.”
Even if Netanyahu manages to fend off this threat, his responsibility is being questioned in another matter: “Qatargate,” an influence campaign by Qatar in Israel. It is a complex and politically sensitive story, as the Gulf emirate is widely seen in Israel as a supporter of Hamas, even as a direct enemy.
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Israel never stopped it’s colonial policies. It is so ridiculous to think anybody in Israel has the right to appoint anybody to investigate theirnwar crimes. You can’t be independemt if you are appointed by the occupation force