Israel: Three Years After October 7 – A Trauma Without Reckoning

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Three years after October 7, the aftermath of the massacre in Israel continues. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu still refuses to allow an independent examination of the background and consequences of the attack. This is reported by Spiegel in an assessment.

While in other democracies independent investigative commissions are the norm following severe crises, such a body is still missing in Israel today. The blockade by the prime minister stands at the center of the political debate – and with it the question of which institutional shortcomings made October 7 possible in the first place.

What an independent investigation would need to clarify

A state commission could have identified which misjudgments by the military, intelligence services, and political leadership enabled that day. It would have assigned responsibilities – including within the political leadership. Instead, the background of the massacre remains unanswered in the official reading.

Why the reckoning has stalled three years later

The consequences of October 7 are, according to Spiegel, still felt in Israeli society today. Without institutional reckoning, distrust in the state grows – and with it the divide between those who demand an honest accounting and those who read any investigation as a political assault.

What remains

Spiegel draws a clear conclusion in its assessment: three years after October 7, Israel bears the weight of a massacre – without any independent clarification ever having taken place. As long as Netanyahu blocks a state investigation, the trauma that Spiegel diagnoses remains without reckoning.