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Agranat Commission was an official Commission of Inquiry appointed by the Israeli government to investigate the circumstances leading to the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War . The Committee was headed by Shimon Agranat , Chief Justice of Israel's Supreme Court, Justice Moshe Landau , State Comptroller Yitzchak Nebenzahl , and former Chiefs of Staff Yigal Yadin and Chaim Laskov . The Committee sat for 140 sessions, during which they listened to the testimony of 58 witnesses. Their Interim Report, released on 1 April 1974 , caused a stir in the country by placing the onus of responsibility on Chief of Staff David Elazar , the Chief of Military Intelligence General Eli Zeira , and the Chief of the Southern Command General Shmuel Gonen . The Report determined that they failed to prepare the Israel Defense Forces for war and for the operations and intelligence failures in the days and months leading up to the war, which led to disastrous results. The Committee placed no blame on the political leadership of the country, though many felt that Prime Minister Golda Meir and Minister of Defense Moshe Dayan should have taken some of the responsibility. In response to these findings, Elazar resigned as Chief of Staff, and Zeira and Gonen were removed from active duty. Although she was vindicated by the report, Golda Meir herself resigned one month later in response to public pressure.1
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The Agranat Commission in its first meeting.From left to right: Yigael Yadin , Moshe Landoi , Shimon Agranat , Yitzchak Nebenzahl , and Chaim Laskov .Set up to investigate failings in the IDF in the prelude to the Yom Kippur War when Israel was found unprepared for the Egyptian attack against the Bar Lev Line and a simultaneous attack from the Syrians in the Golan which ended with 2,812 Israeli soldiers killed.Its report was published in three parts.The interim report, 1 April 1974, called for the dismissal of a number of senior officers in the IDF and caused such controversy that Prime Minister Golda Meir was forced to resign.The second part was published 10 July 1974 and contained the reasons for the conclusions of the first report.The final part of the report was published on 30 January 1975.One consequence of the Commission's investigation was the "Basic Law: The Army (1975)" clarifying the IDF's legal status.
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The Agranat Commission was a National Commission of Inquiry set up to investigate failings in the Israel Defense Forces in the prelude to the Yom Kippur War , when Israel was found unprepared for the Egyptian attack against the Bar Lev Line and a simultaneous attack by Syria in the Golan —the first phase in a war in which 2,812 Israeli soldiers were killed.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
The Agranat Commission (Hebrew: ועדת אגרנט) was a National Commission of Inquiry set up to investigate failings in the Israel Defense Forces in the prelude to the Yom Kippur War , when Israel was found unprepared for the Egyptian attack against the Bar Lev Line and a simultaneous attack by Syria in the Golan —the first phase in a war in which 2,812 Israeli soldiers were killed.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Israeli governmental commission The Agranat Commission (Hebrew: ועדת אגרנט) was a National Commission of Inquiry set up to investigate failings in the Israel Defense Forces in the prelude to the Yom Kippur War when Israel was found unprepared for the Egyptian attack against the Bar Lev Line and a simultaneous attack by Syria in the Golan —the first phase in a war in which 2,812 Israeli soldiers were killed.
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