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Agranat Commission

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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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