Media Personality Meni Assayag Slams October 7th Memorial Event as Political

Media personality and screenwriter Meni Assayag launched a sharp attack on social media against the national memorial ceremony for the October 7th massacre, calling it political rather than national. In a post on his X account, Assayag stated that the event was "anything but national" and expressed skepticism about the large number of registrants, asserting it had a "sharp political scent." He criticized the media's enthusiastic cooperation, questioning the involvement of Channel 14, and suggested this indicated a problem.

Assayag further accused the organizers of acting in the spirit of the anti-government protests. He specifically pointed to the "Kaplanist" organization "Komu" as being behind the event. According to Assayag, the "Kaplan left" is attempting to establish an "alternative state" with "alternative Judaism and alternative ceremonies" aimed at undermining the legitimacy of the elected government and its voters. He claimed they "despise stateliness" while demanding state commissions of inquiry, adding, "Dream on." He concluded with the reminder, "No Kaplan, no massacre."

In a separate recent post, Assayag had also directly criticized the Israeli left, accusing it of legitimizing and normalizing the idea of a Palestinian state, thereby participating in spreading a "historical lie." He described the Israeli left as "weak, submissive, rootless, and spineless." Assayag asserted that Palestinians have "no right to a centimeter of the holy land" and that their presence in the land is merely a "gesture from the legal and exclusive owners of this land: the people of Israel."