Netanyahu’s October 7 failures remain unanswered three years later - opinion

An opinion piece argues that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security failures surrounding the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack remain unexamined three years later. It details Israeli involvement in Qatari payments to Gaza and haredi draft exemptions, and criticizes Netanyahu for resisting an independent state commission of inquiry. Exit polls project Likud as the largest party but without a governing majority.

An opinion piece by Ori Solow argues that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security record remains unexamined three years after the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack. The article details how Netanyahu's governments developed and defended a policy of allowing Qatari payments into Gaza, which the author says was based on the theory that economic assistance would deter Hamas. It notes that exit polls from Tuesday, October 28, 2026, project Likud as the largest party but without a governing majority. The piece criticizes Netanyahu for resisting an independent state commission of inquiry into the security failure, and for his coalition's support of legislation temporarily preventing arrest of haredi yeshiva students who failed to report for military service. The author argues that military victories do not erase strategic failures, and that the decisions preceding October 7 deserve scrutiny.