Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar said in an interview on 103FM that the October 7 massacre "may have happened on our watch - but it was plotted during the previous watch of Bennett and Lapid." According to Zohar, "Sinwar planned this thing the moment he saw the government's weakness, and ultimately, unfortunately, it happened, in practice, on our watch. He saw the government's weakness, and by all indications he planned this operation." According to Zohar, "Radical Islam identifies weakness when you are not clear with your enemy. If tomorrow morning a similar government rises that leans on the Arab parties, the next October 7 is on its way."

