Katz: Opposition should be blamed for attacks on Israel, ignoring warnings

Defense Minister Israel Katz said future attacks on Israel would be blamed on opposition leaders who questioned the government's security warnings on Thursday, prompting opposition leader Yair Lapid to accuse him of handing Israel's enemies a “gift.”“Every attack on Israel and any future terrorist attacks, should they, God forbid, occur, will be recorded against the names of Yair Lapid, Naftali Bennett, Yair Golan and their opposition colleagues,” Katz said in a statement.Katz accused the opposition figures of repeatedly attacking him and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and casting doubt on their reasons for warning that Israel's enemies intended to strike on the eve of the election or during voting to influence the outcome.Katz said the warnings were based on information available to the government, and did not disclose the underlying intelligence or identify a specific planned attack.“It is important that our enemies know that the Guardian of Israel will not slumber,…