Netanyahu to Investigate Himself, Democracy Rejoices
Bibi Netanyahu, currently facing corruption charges, has announced that Israel's government will lead the inquiry into the October 7 intelligence failures. This is the same Netanyahu who, according to the Israeli State Comptroller in 2017, already ignored warnings about Hamas tunnels, opting for short-term political gains over long-term security. How convenient that the architect of decades of
policy on Gaza—and prime minister during a monumental security lapse—gets to pick the investigators for his own administration's accountability. This isn't an inquiry; it's a meticulously choreographed blame-shifting exercise. One might wonder: how many 'independent' investigations has Netanyahu's government ever initiated that found it primarily at fault? These are the political machinations that
ensure the powerful always manage to sidestep genuine scrutiny, repackaging systemic failures as individual oversights. The idea that a public that supports an independent commission will see justice here is, frankly, adorable.