At the behest of the Shin Bet a vote on publishing a report on the government’s handling of the 2014 war on Gaza was postponed Tuesday by a Knesset state comptroller subcommittee despite expectations that the publication would be approved but following amendments.
According to different Israeli news outlets on Friday the state comptroller’s report is highly critical of premier Benjamin Netanyahu as well as of former war minister Moshe Ya’alon and was described by Bayit Yehudi leader Naftali Bennett on Tuesday as a “security earthquake” that will shake up the Israeli establishment.
The subcommittee which is comprised of three coalition MKs and two from the opposition decided to delay the vote due to concerns raised by the Shin Bet over sensitive information and security issues and will be holding the vote next Sunday instead.
Makor Rishon newspaper reported that the Shin Bet Israel’s internal security agency asked to delay the vote.
After leaks from the report have created confusion and disarray among cabinet members Netanyahu defended himself again recently claiming he did not ignore the threats of Gaza tunnels and rockets during the war.
Israel’s Channel 2 also reported that the comptroller report directs criticism at Mossad director Yossi Cohen who at the time was head of the national security council for failing to be proactive on a range of issues addressed in the report.
