Avishai David, the father of hostage survivor Evyatar David, who spent 738 days in Hamas captivity in Gaza, is firmly opposed to the left’s push for the establishment of a state?appointed commission to investigate the Oct. 7 massacre, criticizing the judiciary system for “political bias going back decades.”

His comments came amid reports that the government is advancing a ministerial team to oversee a government-led commission of inquiry.

In an interview with Ynet, David said that the judicial system has long sought to topple Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the right-wing government.

�The judicial system has been trying to oust the prime minister and the right wing he represents since 1996 (the year Netanyahu was first elected prime minister),” David said.

�We’ve seen for decades that the judiciary system is corrupt,� he said, referring to the possibility of a state commission led by Supreme Court judge Yitzchak Amit. “His court is a political court; it’s not a court that rules according to law and justice. It is a court that rules according to political considerations, and millions of Israelis know that. Such a court will not expose the truth.�

David also slammed the protective relationships within the judiciary system. �We want real answers, not ones in which Amit defends Attorney General Baharav-Miara and she defends the Prosecution. We know that Baharav-Miara�s son stole a bulletproof vest, and the ex-Military Advocate General closed the case against him. We families want the truth.�

�I speak as a citizen, not just as the father of Evyatar,� David emphasized, adding that he wants accountability from Israel�s military and intelligence leadership.

“Why didn’t they focus on leading their organizations rather than adopting a politically biased view of the Middle East, which no one asked them to do?” he demanded to know. �I want to know what happened with [former IDF chief] Herzi Halevi, with the heads of military intelligence, and with ex-Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, who walked free?�

Regarding the left-wing protests held after the October 7 massacre for the release of the hostages, David said that Evyatar told him that “his abductors �really wanted them to continue the left-wing protests here. They were very angry that his father was not one of the major participants in the anti-government protests.”

David previously slammed the protests while his son was still in captivity.

(YWN Israel Desk�Jerusalem)