A 2024 report by the state comptroller found there was no clear division of responsibility for the security of foreign airlines operating in Israel
Netanyahu “has instructed the head of the National Security Council, Shmuel Ben Ezra, to appoint an examiner to conduct a thorough review of all security aspects of foreign civil aviation to Israel”, a statement from the premier’s office said.
Keren Terner, who previously served as director-general of the transport ministry and is now running for parliament for the opposition, blamed Regev, noting that the Civil Aviation Authority was under the “direct subordination” of her ministry. “You are responsible for the security of foreign companies. Not the Shin Bet, not Mossad. You. That’s what the government decided, and that’s what the law stipulates,” Terner wrote on X.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid dismissed Netanyahu’s announcement of a security review as a “sham investigation”.
“The chain of failures that preceded the incident could have led to a disaster of historic proportions, and this is how an Israeli prime minister responds?” Lapid wrote on X. “Just as Netanyahu escaped an investigation into the October 7 massacre, he is now running away again,” he added.
Gadi Eisenkot, a leading challenger to Netanyahu ahead of the October 27 election, wrote on X that “in a proper and functioning government, the minister of transportation would have submitted a letter of resignation last night”.
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