Overview
- The Supreme Court, which limited public attendance and aired the session live Thursday, heard petitions to order a state commission under the Commissions of Inquiry Law.
- An expanded panel of seven justices led by Deputy President Noam Sohlberg considered whether to turn a prior conditional order into a binding directive.
- The government argued that only the cabinet can create a state commission of inquiry and said a court order would violate the separation of powers.
- Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara supported a state commission, saying the refusal to form one delays an independent probe and blocks a full accounting of what went wrong.
- Outside the courthouse, bereaved families clashed, with some backing a court-appointed state commission and others pushing a Knesset committee that passed a preliminary vote in November.