Protesters rally outside culture minister’s home over Oct. 7 ‘victim mentality’ remark

Anti-government protesters rally outside Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar’s home to express their anger over his remarks that calling the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, onslaught a “massacre” reflects a “victim mentality.”

Activists from the anti-government October Council group, among them relatives of those killed or taken hostage during the massacre, demonstrate outside the home in Kiryat Gat.

Yoram Yehudai, whose son Ron was killed at the Nova festival, plays a recording of gunshots at the rave where revellers were gunned down by terrorists.

“The kids that recorded and filmed this were massacred, Miki! Massacred!” Yehudai says through a loudspeaker, accusing Zohar and the rest of the leadership of not knowing how to protect citizens on October 7.

Zohar’s remarks came in defense of a bill establishing a commemoration of the Hamas-led onslaught, which struck the word “massacre” from the name of the legislation. The decision has drawn outcry from relatives of those murdered in the onslaught, who have accused the government of seeking to rewrite history.

יורם יהודאי, אביו של רון ז"ל שנרצח במסיבת הנובה השמיע את הקלטות טבח 7.10 מול ביתו של השר מיקי זוהר:

"הילדים שהקליטו וצילמו את זה נטבחו מיקי! נטבחו! כשיש הנהגה שלא יודעת לשמור עליהם ואתם ההנהגה שלא ידעה לשמור עליהם והם נטבחו בטבח 7.10 ולא יעזור לך שום דבר. לא תצליחו לטשטש את זה,… pic.twitter.com/Cb8UaqWr6l

— מועצת אוקטובר (@OctoberCouncil) February 13, 2026