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25th Knesset · outgoing

Establishment of a State Commission of Inquiry into the Failures of October 7 Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק הקמת ועדת חקירה ממלכתית למחדלי 7 באוקטובר

TL;DRA bill to establish a state commission of inquiry into the events of October 7, 2023 and the circumstances that led to them.

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What does the bill do?

The bill provides for the establishment of a state commission of inquiry that will investigate the security and system failures in connection with the events of October 7, 2023. The commission will operate under the Commissions of Inquiry Law of 1968, will begin its work within 30 days of the law's entry into force, and will examine all the consequences of the failure and its circumstances. The bill rewrites a similar initiative that was removed from the agenda in the past, with updates to the sponsors' names.

Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: July 1, 2026

The votes on this bill

Rejected47 for · 53 against · 0 abstained · 20 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 67 seats

LikudAgainst 24 · Absent 8
ShasAgainst 8 · Absent 3
United Torah JudaismAgainst 6 · Absent 1
Otzma YehuditAgainst 4 · Absent 2

Left the coalition 9 seats

NoamAbsent 1

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidFor 23 · Absent 1
Yisrael BeytenuFor 5 · Absent 1
Ra'amFor 5
Hadash–Ta'alFor 3 · Absent 2
LaborFor 4

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Other bills with a similar name · 1Separate bills (usually different amendments to the same law) - not readings of this bill.