Netanyahu pays a condolence visit to the home of the fighter Ahmed Abu Latif who fell in Gaza/Omer Miron/L.A.M., Sound: Ben Peretz/L.A.M.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu instructed Prime Minister Yossi Fox to bring within 30 days a proposal for a decision regarding the implementation of the lessons of the report of the commission of inquiry into the Mount Miron disaster - this was announced today (Thursday) by the Prime Minister's Office.
The committee placed personal responsibility for the disaster on 17 people, including Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, the Minister of Internal Security at the time Amir Ohana and Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai.
Despite placing responsibility on Netanyahu, no operative recommendation was given regarding him.
Minister Ohana was advised to no longer serve as Minister of Internal Security.
Regarding the commissioner, the committee said that if this had not been a time of war, it would have recommended that he be removed.
The Likud party's response, which was not long in coming, added fuel to the fire when it called the conclusions "political defiance" and blamed the head of the opposition, Yair Lapid.
The Likud, as mentioned, responded to the committee's conclusions: "The Miron disaster is a tragic disaster.
Our hearts go out to the families of the victims.
In practice, the government has already implemented necessary conclusions and the last event in Miron was conducted with a large and impeccable crowd.
The government will examine the need to draw additional operational lessons to prevent a recurrence of this kind of disaster."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu/image processing, Yonatan Zindel/Flash 90
But they did not do so, and questioned the sincerity of the committee: "Nevertheless, we regret that for the first time in the country's history the government led by Bennett and Lapid established an investigative committee against its predecessor on the political right, and that a key member of the committee is Lapid's associate, Shlomo Yanai, who received an offer from him for a place on the list" "There is a future" for the Knesset. This is completely clear political defiance.
The Likud party's response, as mentioned, received a lot of condemnation from all ends of the political spectrum - but also from within the coalition and the party itself.
The first to respond was MK Tali Gottlieb, who came out publicly against the Likud announcement, and wrote: "I am a Likud member.
And I do not agree with Likud's outrageous response to the conclusions of the Miron Committee.
45 people were killed in the Miron disaster.
It is clear that many factors are responsible.
It is clear that lessons must be learned."
According to her, "it is better for whoever drafted the Likud announcement to be content with expressing deep sorrow, and a commitment to studying the conclusions in depth.
It is clear that the Prime Minister is not to blame, but he is responsible by virtue of being prime minister. The one to blame is the High Court of Justice, which overturned the decisions of the government's expropriation of the mountain, and there is no chance that the High Court will take responsibility."
MK Eli Dellal, from the Likud party, also attacked: "If there is nothing good / smart / leadership to say - it is better not to say anything!".
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