Yediot Aharonot says that "All in all, his remarks jibed with what happened: The assessment was that the army could make do on its own. If there was a problem, it would be in the public diplomacy sphere. He [the Prime Minister] could leave on his important visit to the US and Canada and leave matters in the Defense Minister’s hands." The author criticizes the Prime Minister for not asserting his leadership yesterday, especially given that the Turkel Commission, unlike a formal state commission of inquiry, lacks the mandate to call for the ouster of senior officials who were involved in the flotilla affair.
Ma’ariv faults Prime Minister Netanyahu for "casting responsibility for the Turkish flotilla on the Defense Minister, and travelling abroad," and cites the Book of Judges’ fourfold repetition that "In those days, there was no king in Israel; everyone did that which was right in his own eyes." The author notes that both the Prime Minister and his Bureau issued several clarifications regarding his remarks to the Commission and suggests that these, far from helping, made him look even worse.
Yisrael Hayom wonders what the Prime Minister’s critics "would have said about him had he flown to meet Barack Obama without leaving dealing with the flotilla in the hands of one of his ministers? Would they have said that he was abandoning the fort without leaving anyone to guard the gate?"
Haaretz criticizes support received by former policeman Shahar Mizrahi from top police officers as he entered prison to serve a 30-month term for the manslaughter of a car thief, and states that this support sends a message that "Mizrahi acted legally and even in a way that merited his commander’s public backing." The editor declares that "Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein must make it clear immediately to the police’s top brass that the war on crime is not a license to kill criminals. And neither is it a permit for law enforcement agents to criticize and demonstrate against the court system."