JERUSALEM — Gadi Eisenkot launched a direct legislative assault against caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, moving to establish an immediate state commission of inquiry into the catastrophic security failures surrounding the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack.
The push came hours after Israel's new parliament was sworn in. Armed with fresh parliamentary leverage as Eisenkot maneuvers to assemble a governing coalition, his Yashar party tabled legislation to force the very inquiry Netanyahu has resisted for months.
Accountability has stalled for over a year. Netanyahu fought tooth and nail against any comprehensive state probe while the conflict raged, insisting that investigations wait until hostilities end. Eisenkot has now broken that political firewall.
Yet the October 7 inquiry is only half the battle. Yashar simultaneously proposed a mass repeal of Netanyahu's contentious judicial overhaul package — the polarizing legislative blitz that fractured Israel's security establishment and triggered the largest mass protests in the nation's history.
| Legislative Measure | Yashar Party Target | Political Objective |
|---|---|---|
| Commission of Inquiry | October 7, 2023 Hamas assault | Establish state accountability for security and political failures |
| Judicial Overhaul Repeal | Netanyahu government judicial changes | Rescind legislation that sparked historic nationwide protests |
Eisenkot now turns to the parliamentary floor, where party leaders will test whether the newly installed chamber holds the working majority required to push the inquiry bill into law.