Former minister Yoaz Hendel said in an interview on Channel 14 that the entire political class is to blame for the failure, and that the judicial reform protests led the enemy to perceive Israel as weak and divided, contributing to the October 7 attack.
Yoaz Hendel, the former minister who now leads the Reservists Party, delivered sharp criticism of the political establishment in a Saturday night interview on Channel 14. He said 'all the group that chose politics is to blame for the failure' and explicitly linked the 2023 judicial reform protests to the October 7 massacre. 'The enemy thought we were weak. They identified that we are divided,' Hendel said.
Hendel, who has been a vocal critic of the government's war management, previously described a 'huge gap' between victory declarations and results, and has called for a new political framework centered on reservists and national service. The interview aired as the political season intensifies ahead of the next election cycle.
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