He Israeli Supreme Court issued an order this Sunday temporarily suspending the investigation into the Army’s failures and the Shin Bet, the domestic intelligence agency, which preceded the Hamas attacks on October 7.
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“In view of the complex reality and the scope of the planned investigation, which will harm the fighting, the investigation must be suspended at this time,” Judge Canfy-Steinitz ruled this Sunday in response to the request of the Movement for a Quality Government in Israel and the Israel Defensive Shield Forum.
One of the Israeli victims, in the Hamas attack on Kibbutz Be’eri.
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“This is a brave and correct decision that will allow the security forces to focus solely on defeating the enemy. We welcome the responsibility shown by the court and ask the comptroller to respect the decision,” said Eliad Shraga, president of the Quality Government Movement.
The judge explained that the confidential opinions delivered by security officials had had significant weight in this order.
This is a brave and correct decision that will allow the security forces to focus solely on defeating the enemy
The State Controller of Israel, Matanyahu Englman, announced at the end of December an extensive investigation with the aim of resolving the main failures that allowed the Hamas attacks in which 1,200 people lost their lives and 251 were kidnapped after a late Israeli response.
However, the launch of this investigation aroused criticism among various groups, including the Chief of the Army Staff, Herzi Halevi, and the Government, which They considered that the first thing was to conclude the war in Gaza.
An Israeli army tank takes position in southern Israel, near the border with the Gaza Strip.
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Massive protests against Netanyahu’s government
While the news was known, Several groups of Israeli protesters blocked some of the country’s main roads this Sunday to demand the calling of early elections. and a deal to release hostages in Gaza.
According to the Israeli media The Times of Israel, protesters called for a week of protests with the intention of mobilizing one million people against the Government.
Spreading banners or burning tires, protesters blocked important arteries such as Route 1 towards Jerusalem or the Ayalon Highway, which runs through Tel Aviv.
Their demands also include equal military service, after Israeli lawmakers agreed last week to pass a bill to shore up the military exemption for ultra-Orthodox Jews.
Rally to demand an agreement on the hostages in Tel Aviv.
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Since the founding of the State of Israel, Ultra-Orthodox can avoid mandatory military service by studying full-time at a Talmudic school (yeshiva), which isolates them from the labor market and has generated strong divisions within Israeli society, especially after the start of the war in Gaza.
The Supreme Court asked the Government to take measures to promote the participation of the ultra-Orthodox in the Army, something that threatens to disrupt the current government coalition, in which the ultra-Orthodox parties Shas and United Torah Judaism are key.
For months now, Thousands of Israelis critical of the management of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have taken to the streets of Tel Aviv and, sometimes, from Jerusalem to ask for his resignation and the calling of early elections.
In recent weeks, the movement has also been joined by the families of the Israeli hostages in Gaza, who are asking for a ceasefire agreement that would allow the hostages to be released.
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