Eran Zehavi and Dan Margalit posted conciliatory messages on social media. The Maccabi Tel Aviv striker spoke out against the demonstrators in Kaplan, and received a sarcastic response from the veteran journalist.

The journalist responded to the striker's comments by saying: "There is no right or left here, there is the State of Israel. Too bad you don't respect my opinion (and by the way, I'm still doing well what I've done in the past excellently)."