Netanyahu Admits Some Responsibility for October 7 But Says “Everyone” Shares the Blame

by | May 11, 2026 | News

In a wide-ranging CBS “60 Minutes” interview aired Sunday, Prime Minister Netanyahu acknowledged bearing some personal responsibility for the failures preceding October 7, while insisting that blame extends across every level of Israel’s political, military, and security establishment.

Netanyahu deflected calls for an independent state commission of inquiry, renewed his call for a politically appointed panel, and argued that the more important question is what Israel has accomplished since that day, pointing to campaigns against Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Iran.

On Iran, he acknowledged he lacked “perfect foresight” regarding Tehran’s use of the Strait of Hormuz, and said the Iranian regime’s collapse is possible but not guaranteed. He also conceded that Israel has “not done well on the propaganda war,” and called a series of recent anti-Christian incidents “aberrations” rather than policy.

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