The real victim of October 7
Three years after the October 7 massacre, an opinion column argues that the Netanyahu government is waging a stubborn battle against the establishment of a state commission of inquiry, while trying to turn the national disaster into a political story. The author analyzes the mechanism of evading responsibility, blaming security forces and the protest movement, and whitewashing reality through the choice of words and dates. Alongside this, he presents hard data on the scope of casualties and warns of the heavy social and economic price that is not yet fully understood.
Three years after the October 7 massacre, a sharp and well-written opinion column argues that the real victim of the disaster is the truth. The author, apparently a columnist for Calcalist, analyzes the conduct of the Netanyahu government over the period and identifies a clear mechanism of evading responsibility, blaming others, and a systematic attempt to whitewash the scale of the failure. He points to the stubborn refusal to establish a state commission of inquiry, the attempt to turn the massacre into a 'political story' in which the prime minister is a victim, and the use of words like 'events' and 'revival' to erase the harsh reality. Alongside the political criticism, the column presents hard official data: 30 billion shekels in compensation for 1.17 million victims, more than 87,000 Israelis added to the circle of victims of hostile acts, 1,029 murdered civilians including 63 children, 345 orphaned children, and nearly 1,400 fallen security personnel. The author warns that the public still does not understand the full social and economic implications of the national trauma, and that the government is working day and night to hide the full picture.