Written by 'junior level officials at the National Security Council'?

Remember that statement from Prime Minister Netanyahu on Tuesday that sounded like it came from Meretz's Zehava Gal-On? Well, Netanyahu is now claiming that he never read the statement and that it was written by 'junior level officials at the National Security Council.' What happened to 'the buck stops here' Bibi?

This is from the second link.

The prime minister reportedly took issue with a