Opposition Boycotts Vote on National Inquiry Committee Bill in Knesset

The opposition parties are currently boycotting the vote on the government's proposed National Inquiry Committee bill in the Knesset plenum. Yair Lapid, a leading opposition figure, stated that the opposition refuses to participate in what he called a "false representation" aimed solely at covering up and preventing a thorough investigation into what he described as the greatest disaster to befall the Jewish people since the Holocaust. Lapid further pledged that in the first month of the next government, a state commission of inquiry will be established to investigate the massacre that occurred during the October events.