MK Ariel Kallner (Likud) advanced a new bill on Tuesday, introducing a national investigation committee into the October 7 attacks and the failures that occurred during that day.
The bill was presented in coordination with the Prime Minister's Office, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assuring that “the investigation committee will be equal between the coalition and the opposition."
Netanyahu also compared the committee to the one established in the United States after the September 11 terror attacks.
"That is what will happen here too; there will be no immunity from criticism here, there will be no closure of one side against another," he concluded. "Everyone will be brought in, and everyone will be questioned, and only in this way will we reach the truth. This is what must be done, and this is what will be done."
The bill is now expected to receive legal advice on the text of the law, with opinions on possible amendments, and then be advanced to the Ministerial Committee for Legislation within 45 days.
Reports indicated that the committee will grant an exemption to the bill in the coming weeks, after which it is expected to approve it.
PM calls conscription law ‘beginning of historic process’
Netanyahu also referred to the haredi draft bill, which he claimed is the "beginning of a historic process." According to the prime minister, the law incorporates significant conscription goals, four times more than previous projects aimed to enforce haredi conscription.
The proposed law would also require that, for every additional battalion from the haredi sector, 10 reserve battalions be released from duty.