The prime minister stated that the inquiry should examine the impact of the 1993 Oslo Accords, the 2005 disengagement from Gaza and the anti-judicial reform protest movement in 2023.
All of those have been the subject of heavy criticism from the coalition and Netanyahu's Likud party.
Likud MK Tally Gotliv - recently promoted by the party to the Knesset Defence Committee - even claimed without evidence in 2024 that leaders in the protest movement had contacted Hamas prior to the attack, earning a public rebuke from Netanyahu himself.
Ministers voted yesterday to advance the legislation forming the basis of the committee, with a Knesset plenum vote scheduled for Wednesday.
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid condemned the bill, saying: "Those directly responsible for the disaster will appoint a cover-up commission whose sole purpose is to clear them of guilt. It will not help them. They are guilty.
"This committee is not meant to investigate the truth; it is meant to bury the truth. Politicians will control it, and its goal is to pollute the testimonies, destroy evidence, mislead and confuse the public."
