PM warns former elites are rewriting October 7 failures to shield themselves, not safeguard Israel’s truth.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a fierce rebuke on Thursday, accusing former senior officials of orchestrating a coordinated effort to manipulate public perception and influence the investigation into the catastrophic failures that enabled the October 7th Hamas massacre.
In a sharply worded social-media statement, Netanyahu said Israel is now witnessing “an organized pressure campaign by former senior officials attempting to distort facts and dictate government decisions.” He charged that these same officials previously “enabled anarchy in state institutions and damaged IDF cohesion by encouraging refusal,” claiming they now aim to interfere with the very inquiry that will scrutinize their own decisions leading up to the attack.
Netanyahu emphasized that such figures have a direct and undeniable conflict of interest, stating they should be nowhere near the decision-making process regarding the national investigation into October 7.
Reaffirming his commitment to a comprehensive and impartial inquiry, he wrote:
“We will establish a national investigation committee that is broad, clean, professional, balanced between the opposition and coalition, and wholly committed to one mission: uncovering the truth to protect Israel’s security.”
Opposition leader Yair Lapid fired back, claiming the Prime Minister himself carries the greatest conflict of interest, vowing that a state commission of inquiry will be formed—whether now or under a future government.
The clash underscores the widening political battle over who bears responsibility for the failures of October 7th and who will shape the official historical record—a struggle with profound implications for Israeli security, leadership accountability, and national unity.
