Proposal to Untie the Knot: A Government to Establish a State Commission of Inquiry

Prof. Yitzhak Gal-Nor proposes forming a minority government supported by the Change parties and the Arab parties, whose sole purpose would be to establish a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 disaster. According to him, 67 Knesset members were elected to free the country from the political deadlock, and they must exercise their powers as a majority in the Knesset.

Prof. Yitzhak Gal-Nor proposes forming a minority government supported by the Change parties and the two Arab parties, whose sole purpose would be to establish a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 disaster. According to him, 67 Knesset members were elected to free the country from the political deadlock, and they must exercise their powers as a majority in the Knesset: appointing the Knesset Speaker, committee chairs, and stopping the previous government's legislative proposals. After the president tasked Gadi Eisenkot with forming the government, it would be appropriate for him to return to the president and announce the formation of a minority government. The government would decide at its first meeting to establish the commission, approach Supreme Court President Yitzhak Amit to appoint its members, and be limited to 18 ministers. Gal-Nor acknowledges that his proposal deviates from the usual process, but argues that the country is at a fateful crossroads and the deviation is legal and minor compared to the outgoing government's violations of the law. He notes that a majority of the public supports a commission of inquiry, and after it fulfills its mission, the government will decide on its future course.