THE PROMISE OF JUDGMENT DAY:
Explain this to me. The President of Ukraine has been accused of being a dictator because the country has not held elections during wartime, something which is completely normal, the United Kingdom did the same during WW2.
Yet Benjamin Netanyahu is refusing to authorize a State Commission of Inquiry into the October 7 attacks. No Israeli will have to risk their lives by going to the polls, in fact the Supreme Court will nominate someone to lead the investigation. I’ve not heard a peep from JD Vance or anyone else about this obvious Incongruence. Do as I say not as I do. A bit like the – it’s ok for Elon not to wear a suit to the Oval Office, but Zelensky, how dare he?
So to work around this obstinance and dereliction of duty, both the Israeli Defense Force and Shin Bet, the Israeli spy agency, published reports just this week detailing the failures of the government to protect their people.
Everybody knows Netanyahu has extended the war to achieve two major aims. Firstly to avoid multiple corruption charges against himself, his wife, and his son. Secondly to avoid taking responsibility for the obvious security failures of October 7.
Netanyahu was single handedly responsible for six months of sustained protests against his government for trying to overthrow the Supreme Court in the lead up to 7/10. I highly recommend the BIBI Files documentary to better acquaint yourself with his character.
For those of you wanting to understand what is really going on, read the articles below. The main points are – Israel allowed millions of dollars to flow into the coffers of Hamas. They knew about the planned attack as early as 2018. Israel moved soldiers away from Gaza, leaving the border exposed. Israel ignored multiple signs of an imminent attack. The IDF admitted that they killed Israelis as they struggled to distinguish between Hamas and their own people.
Israel under the leadership of Netanyahu has committed countless war crimes in the name of God, countless. Will America support them as they plan on committing even more? Only time will tell.
WHAT WENT WRONG? Israel’s spy agency lists failures in preventing Oct. 7 attack. Haaretz – Daniel Estrin.
TEL AVIV, Israel – Hamas code-named it – The Promise of Judgement Day. As early as 2018, Israel caught wind of Hamas’ battle plan to invade Israel from neighboring Gaza. But Israel’s domestic intelligence agency did not consider it a realistic threat.
▪ Israel had obtained intelligence of Hamas’ battle plans in two iterations, once in 2018 and another in 2022, but the agency did not translate it into an actionable threat. A series of signs in the months leading up to the Oct. 7, 2023 attack was dismissed.
That is the main conclusion of an investigation by Israel’s Shin Bet agency into the colossal security failure of the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023. It was the single deadliest day in Israeli history, when thousands of Palestinian attackers killed nearly 1,200 people and took 251 people hostage.
This is the first inquiry by Israel’s main agency tasked with spying on Hamas into why Israel failed to detect and prevent the attack, following another inquiry by Israel’s military.
The Shin Bet hinted at failures by Israel’s political leadership to carry out the agency’s desire to assassinate senior Hamas leaders, and blamed Israeli policies of propping up Hamas rule in Gaza to buy calm on its border.
In an unusual move for the organization, the Shin Bet spy agency published details of its investigation Tuesday. Here is a list of its main findings:
▪ Israel maintained a policy of calm with Hamas, which allowed for the group’s “massive buildup.” Israel allowed Qatar to transfer MILLIONS of dollars to Hamas to fund its governing bureaucracy in Gaza. The money was diverted to Hamas’ military capabilities.
▪ Israel falsely thought Hamas was trying to inflame tensions in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, rather than maneuvering to invade Israel from Gaza. Israel had concluded that any major attack would be a multi-front assault from militias throughout the region, not just from Gaza.
▪ Israel thought its border barrier with Gaza, a system of fences and walls, was more fortified than it actually was.
▪ Israel had a poor network of spies in Gaza, following a botched intelligence operation in Gaza that Hamas uncovered in 2018. Gaza is a closed-off territory, making it difficult for Israel to recruit sources there.
▪ Hamas’s decision to attack when it did was due to a confluence of three factors: Israeli practices regarding religious Jewish ultranationalist activities at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, which is also revered in Judaism; Israel’s treatment of Palestinian prisoners, which had hardened under Israel’s far-right government; and the perception that Israel’s social cohesion was weakened, which was at a time of domestic Israeli street protests over Netanyahu’s weakening of the country’s judiciary.
Netanyahu says a state commission of inquiry into the attack would be biased. While the Shin Bet and the military have conducted their own investigations and submitted detailed reports on the operational failures that led to the Oct. 7, 2023 attack, Netanyahu refuses to allow a state commission of inquiry to examine the failures of Israel’s leadership that contributed to the attack.
Netanyahu served as Israel’s prime minister for 13 of the 15 years preceding the outbreak of the war — leading Israel’s years-long policy of containing Hamas in Gaza.
In a speech to Israel’s parliament on Tuesday, Netanyahu said he supports the establishment of an “objective” commission of inquiry into the attack, “not a commission of inquiry whose conclusions are already written in advance.”
Netanyahu railed against “deep state bureaucrats” in the speech. In Israel, members of state commissions of inquiry are usually appointed by the Supreme Court’s chief justice.
Public opinion polls in recent months show a majority of Israelis support the establishment of a state commission of inquiry. This aligns with past precedents following major security failures in Israel, such as the 1973 Yom Kippur War, when a severe intelligence failure led to a war with Egypt and Syria.
Opposition figures in Israel say Netanyahu seeks to use the Shin Bet and military investigations to shift blame for the 2023 attacks onto them — absolving himself of responsibility and remaining in office. They warn Netanyahu could replace Israel’s security chiefs with loyalists.
“The greatest disaster that has happened to the Jewish people since the Holocaust belongs to you. It will always belong to you,” said opposition leader Yair Lapid in a speech in parliament, addressing Netanyahu. “An entire country is in pain, anxious, angry, abandoned by a government that takes no responsibility for anything. Ask for forgiveness from them.”
THE GREATEST FAILURE: An inquiry by the Israeli Defence Force has found that the Hamas October 7 attacks were ‘one of the greatest failures’ in the history of the nation’s military.
The attacks on October 7 2023 saw thousands of Hamas fighters storm into southern Israel where they killed 1,320 Israelis and took a further 251 hostage.
Now a damning internal investigation into the events has claimed the inability to prevent the attacks were a ‘complete failure’ of the Israeli security and the result of years of planning and deception by Hamas.
The IDF goes as far to admit it ‘failed in its mission to protect people’ and revealed that the security forces were taken off guard by the attack with only the minimum number of soldiers stationed by the border on that day.
According to the inquiry, seen by Sky News, as many as 5,600 terrorists broke into Israel on October 7 in three waves.
Hamas fighters entered Israel from Gaza in three waves with the majority of killings and kidnappings taking place in the first two waves between 6.30am and 9am.
The third wave in the afternoon saw other terrorists join civilians who were ‘a mob taking advantage’ rather than Hamas fighters.
All this time the IDF battled to retake control of the area with officers resorting to the usage of Google maps and mobile phones to talk to each other.
The Israeli Air Forces have even admitted that they struggled to distinguish between Hamas terrorists and Israeli civilians and have admitted some deaths were caused by friendly fire.
The report – which has taken tens of thousands of hours of work to put together – said that Gaza was seen as a secondary threat with the IDF’s primary focus being on Iran and Hezbollah.
Forces had also been moved up to the Lebanon border with the army believing an expensive subterranean wall surrounding the strip was sufficient to prevent an attack.
Shocking intelligence assessments from before the attacks believed that Hamas lacked the capability to launch a full-scale war and also did not want one.
The IDF also wrongly believed that there would be an early warning before any attack.
Based on that, officials said soldiers ‘were addicted to the precise intelligence information’ and failed to challenge the assumptions internally.
Officers had noticed an unusual activity in Gaza before the attack – such as the activation of Israeli sim cards- but didn’t think it was time-critical and further investigation was needed.
Hamas activity in the area was also dismissed as a training exercise following a consultation with senior commanders in the night.
An assessment of the late night activity was supposed to take place the next morning however before that could take place Hamas had already stormed into Israel.
The IDF were also reportedly taken by surprise by the scale and brutality of the attacks.
Various intelligence sources believe that Hamas had first started to plan the attack almost a decade ago in November 2016 before it was formally approved in July 2019.
Hamas was close to launching the attacks on three occasions during 2022 but decided not to for unknown reasons.
They eventually chose to attack Israel on October 7 2023 to take advantage of a Jewish religious holiday in 2023. In the years before the attack, Hamas underwent a mass deception campaign to convince the Israeli government it wanted economic prosperity rather than conflict.
A further 41 findings from individual attacks on specific kibbutzim, military bases and key roads are set to be presented to the affected communities in the coming days.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has rejected calls for State Commission of Inquiry, saying the time is not yet right because of the ongoing war.
Critics of the Prime Minister have claimed he is avoiding responsibility for his role as leader of the nations at the time of the attacks.
It is estimated 66 hostages taken on October 7 being held by Hamas. About half of all the hostages still in Gaza are believed to be alive.
On October 7 2023 Hamas launched an attack into Israel killing over 1,000 Israelis and took a further 251 as hostages.
In response Israel launched a military campaign against Gaza which has killed at least 48,247 Palestinians.
THE BIBI FILES: Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister Yariv Levin has initiated proceedings to dismiss the country’s Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, accusing her of abusing her authority to undermine the government’s policies and destabilize Israel’s rule of law. Right-wing Israeli politicians have long called for her dismissal.
The controversial move, announced Wednesday, has prompted a fierce backlash from opposition leaders, who condemned it as an unconstitutional escalation amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
Baharav-Miara’s office has not yet publicly responded to the allegations. CNN has reached out to her office for comment.
Levin, a key ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, formally submitted a no-confidence motion against Baharav-Miara to the Cabinet Secretary alongside an 886-page dossier detailing allegations of misconduct.
The document, which includes a summary and letters to senior officials, accuses the attorney general of transforming her office into a “political entity” that obstructs government decisions, selectively enforces laws, and fuels societal divisions.
The Justice Ministry’s summary outlines several central claims, including that the attorney general’s role in Israel grants unparalleled influence compared to democratic counterparts in the rest of the world, enabling her to act as a “key political figure” rather than an impartial adviser.
Yair Lapid, head of the opposition, criticized Levin’s move as “criminal, violent, and unconstitutional,” accusing the justice minister of exploiting wartime divisions to consolidate power. “
Levin, one of the main people responsible for the disaster of October 7, has learned nothing. He is harming the country, harming the rule of law, and harming the war effort,” Lapid said in a statement on Wednesday.
Critics claim the motion reflects what they say is a broader campaign by Netanyahu to weaken judicial oversight following a shelved judicial overhaul in July 2023 that sparked mass protests. Baharav-Miara, appointed in 2022, has frequently clashed with the government over its policies, including controversial judicial reforms and wartime decisions.
Levin’s office also announced the formation of a committee to select a new attorney general, signaling a push to expedite Baharav-Miara’s removal. The process, however, faces legal and political hurdles. Under Israeli law, dismissing the attorney general requires cabinet approval and a hearing, which opposition lawmakers pledge to challenge.
The move has deepened Israel’s political rift, with centrist and left-wing factions warning it jeopardizes democratic checks and balances. Supporters of the government, however, argue the attorney general’s office has overstepped its mandate, politicizing legal oversight.
Legal experts caution that Levin’s motion risks further polarizing institutions at a time of national crisis, with Israel embroiled in war and mounting international scrutiny over its Gaza campaign.
The attorney general’s role in Israel holds unique authority, serving as both the government’s legal adviser and a public watchdog. Unlike in many democracies, the position is not a political appointment tied to the ruling coalition, a structure Levin’s government has long sought to change.
Last year, Baharav-Miara ordered an investigation into Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Netanyahu, after a report alleged that she had harassed opponents. – CNN –
IMAGE: Families of hostages protesting against Netanyahu for risking the lives of their loved ones.