Opposition leader Tzipi Livni (Livni) said the Knesset's State Control Committee discussions on the Carmel fire disaster "prove that those responsible for the failure are trying to avoid a state commission of inquiry, which may – G-d forbid – determine who is responsible."

"Had we determined in advance the distribution of responsibility in the State of Israel we might have become a regular country where those who are responsible pay with their positions when such a catastrophe happens," she said.