{"id":55278,"date":"2025-12-24T10:53:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T15:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/knesset-passes-preliminary-vote-on-political-probe-into-october-7\/24\/12\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T10:53:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T15:53:14","slug":"knesset-passes-preliminary-vote-on-political-probe-into-october-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/knesset-passes-preliminary-vote-on-political-probe-into-october-7\/24\/12\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Knesset passes preliminary vote on political probe into October 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not present, as he was speaking at the Israel Air Force pilot cadets ceremony.<\/p>\n

The Knesset on Wednesday approved a preliminary reading of MK Ariel Kallner’s (Likud) bill to establish a political commission of inquiry<\/a> into the October 7 massacre.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m here today to extend a hand and do this together, with a bill for a state commission that is national, equitable, and balanced,\u201d he said during the vote.<\/p>\n

Members of the opposition physically ripped the bill in protest.<\/p>\n

The vote passed 53-48. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> was not present, as he was speaking at the Israel Air Force pilot cadets ceremony.<\/p>\n

The bill will now be brought back to the Knesset\u2019s House Committee for further discussion.<\/p>\n

Opposition members of Israel’s Knesset tear up a bill during a preliminary vote to establish a political commission of inquiry, December 24, 2025. (VIA WALLA)<\/em><\/p>\n

What would this plan entail?<\/h3>\n

Under the proposal, the commission would be composed of six members chosen through a process inside the Knesset: half appointed by coalition and half by opposition factions.<\/p>\n

If broad agreement on membership cannot be reached, coalition members would effectively control appointments, including through intervention by the Knesset speaker.<\/p>\n

The bill deliberately bypasses the current legal mechanism under which a state commission of inquiry would be appointed by the president of the Supreme Court, a feature that has drawn sharp opposition from legal authorities and detractors who say the new structure lacks judicial independence and could politicize the inquiry.<\/p>\n

Political comission is ‘painful, inconceivable step’<\/h3>\n

Kibbutz Be’eri, one of the worst-struck on October 7, said the preliminary approval of the political commission “is a painful and inconceivable step for those of us who lived through the October 7 atrocities and continue to pay their price daily.”<\/p>\n

It continued, “We call for a genuine, professional, independent and state commission – not a political one – focused on accountability, public safety, and national recovery, and urge lawmakers to act with responsibility and respect, not at the expense of our pain.”<\/p>\n

The October Council, a forum representing families of victims and hostages from October 7, said, “\u201cOur struggle has only just begun. The cover-up will not pass.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not present, as he was speaking at the Israel Air Force pilot cadets ceremony. The Knesset on