Creator Meni Assayag Accuses Protestors of Wishing for Disaster to Blame Netanyahu

Creator and screenwriter Meni Assayag has launched a sharp and unusual attack on the Kaplan protest movement on social media. In a post on his X account, Assayag claimed that some protestors are disappointed that a potential terrorist incident on a Flydubai flight did not occur, as it would have provided them an opportunity to blame Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the right-wing government.

"I read many posts and tweets from Kaplanists... I won't generalize, but it seems quite a few of them are truly disappointed that a disaster was missed, one where they could have blamed Netanyahu and the right-wing," Assayag wrote harshly. He added, "Only one thing interests them, the downfall of Netanyahu and the right-wing and turning Israel into a state of all its citizens, and to achieve this goal they are willing to sacrifice a plane with Israelis on board."

Assayag intensified his tone, accusing the demonstrators of causing previous disasters in Israel. "In the name of this goal, they have already deliberately and knowingly caused much greater disasters for all of us. For example, a massacre. They have already proven how irresponsible and cruel they can be." He concluded by expressing concern about protest leaders entering Israeli politics, stating, "And the madness is that many of them are about to enter the Knesset instead of prison. This must not happen!" He ended with a firm declaration: "Because we all know that: No Kaplan, no massacre."

Assayag also reacted to the identity of Yeniv Hayoun, a passenger on the Flydubai flight who was involved in an incident where he confronted the co-pilot. Assayag celebrated Hayoun's identity, posting, "How this backfired on the racist Kaplanists: A dark-skinned guy, with a Mizrahi/Maghrebi surname, maybe also a 'Bibi-ist,' precisely the figure they imagined in hundreds of venomous tweets, as someone who fought for his enjoyment on the plane (because to them, we are all violent)."