Only 18 of 82 Knesset Inquiries to Prime Minister Answered During 25th Knesset
During the 25th Knesset, members of parliament submitted 82 inquiries to the Prime Minister's Office, but only 18 received responses, leaving 64 unanswered, according to an investigation by the transparency site Shakuf as part of the Ministermeter project. Of these, 78 were regular inquiries and four were urgent, approved by the Knesset Speaker. Over the 44 months covered, the Prime Minister's Office responded on average to one inquiry every two and a half months, with an overall response rate of just 22%.
Among the unanswered inquiries were repeated questions from MK Yoav Segalovich regarding the security arrangements for Yair Netanyahu abroad, including why recommendations to limit protection duration and transfer responsibility to the "Magen" unit were not implemented. Four inquiries related to the "Qatargate" scandal also went unanswered, including questions about close adviser Yonatan Urich's acceptance of money from Qatar and alleged involvement of Netanyahu's associates in a campaign to improve Qatar's image.
MK Gilad Kariv asked the Prime Minister why Urich had not been dismissed 66 days after admitting to receiving funds from Qatar, and also sought a commitment that the government would comply with Supreme Court rulings, following Netanyahu's refusal to answer a CNN question about obeying a court decision on repealing the reasonableness clause. These inquiries received no official replies.
MK Ofer Cassif submitted two unanswered inquiries concerning settler violence and Jewish terrorism, including whether the Prime Minister intended to instruct security agencies to designate settler groups as terrorist organizations amid rising violence since the Gaza war began. He also questioned the Shin Bet's classification of violent incidents against Palestinians.
Other unanswered questions involved the dismantling of a National Security Council unit addressing the climate crisis, government spending on television channels, Sara Netanyahu's role in Israel's wartime public diplomacy, and reports on the Prime Minister's health.
