Opposition Bloc to Form Israeli Fact-Finding Committee on October 7 Failures

According to the International Desk of Webangah News Agency, Yair Golan, head of the Democratic Party in Israel, stated that the first decision to be made by the new government will be the establishment of an official fact-finding committee concerning the failures of October 7.

These remarks come as opposition parties to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced in a joint statement on Tuesday their agreement to nominate Matan Kahana as the new Knesset Speaker and Avigdor Lieberman as the head of the parliamentary Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.

According to the Hebrew media outlet ‘Times of Israel’, this agreement was reached among Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the ‘Yesh Atid’ party, Lieberman, Naftali Bennett of the ‘Yamina’ alliance, Yair Golan, head of the Democratic Party, and Yair Lapid, the opposition leader.

This accord was finalized before the swearing-in ceremony of the members of the 26th Knesset on Tuesday. The opposition parties are aiming to remove the current Knesset Speaker, Amir Ohana, from the Likud party.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog officially tasked Eisenkot with forming the government on Sunday. He received this mandate after securing the support of 67 representatives, compared to 46 representatives supporting Netanyahu.