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"The best way to clarify the circumstances surrounding this tragedy and to learn the necessary lessons that will prevent such a thing from happening again, is to carry out an investigation under a singular body," Mendelblit said, "not amid a multiplicity of decentralized investigations."
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Attoreny General Avichai Mendelblit in Israel's top court, last month.Credit: Emil Salman
Despite the attorney general's approval, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to oppose a state commission of inquiry, the type of investigative panel that has the broadest of powers, including the power to subpoena witnesses.