Gilboa Prison break: Commission of inquiry list announced

• Published date: 24 September 2021
• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

The committee will be headed by former military advocate-general Dr. Menachem Finkelstein, Prof. Efrat Shaham and Shin Bet cyber division founder Arik "Harris" Barbing.

The news of Finkelstein's appointment had already been publicized, while the others were announced by Bar Lev on Friday morning.

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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said last week that a commission of inquiry would be established to thoroughly investigate the incident, in which six high-security Palestinian prisoners dug themselves out of Gilboa Prison earlier this month.

Benett said at the time that it would be "a comprehensive and serious inquiry, but we are taking a wider look, and see what happened as a wake-up call.

"Things can, and must, be done differently, especially regarding a security agency like the Prison Service: clean and quality appointments according to professional parameters only, defining national goals, and formulating orderly work plans. What has gone bad can be repaired."

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