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Israeli Politician Says 'Shouldn't Kill Babies For A Hobby', Sparks Row
- On Tuesday morning, Yair Golan, leader of Israel's Democrats party, claimed the government kills children as a hobby and compared it to apartheid South Africa.
- Golan criticized the Netanyahu government for lacking morality and wisdom and warned Israel risks becoming a pariah state without change.
- His remarks sparked strong backlash from Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Herzog, who condemned the comments as false slander and incitement.
- The Gaza Health Ministry reported 15,613 Palestinian children killed by Israeli forces, including 876 infants, amid international condemnation of Israel's Gaza offensive and blockade.
- Golan's statements intensified domestic political tensions and fueled debate over the war's conduct, Israel's international standing, and calls for ending the conflict.
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“A Sane Country Does Not Kill Babies”: Israeli Opposition Leader Condemns Gaza Assault
The head of the opposition Israel Democratic Party, Yair Golan, condemned the Netanyahu government’s siege of Gaza during an interview with Israeli public radio Tuesday. Yair Golan: “Israel is on its way to becoming a pariah state among nations, like South Africa was, if we don’t return to acting like a sane country. And a sane country does not wage war against civilians, does not kill babies as a hobby, and does not give itself the aim of expel…
Former Israeli general says government is ‘killing children as a hobby’ in Gaza
TEL AVIV—Politicians from across the Zionist party spectrum in Israel—both from the far-right coalition and the opposition—condemn Yair Golan, leader of the Democrats, the country’s main social democratic party, on Tuesday, May 20, after he declared that Israel was killing children in Gaza “as a hobby.” Golan, who is a retired soldier and former general, spent much of his military career serving in the occupied West Bank, protecting Jewish settl…
This charge of antisemitism makes a mockery of what antisemitism is.
Really? Yair Golan, president of the Israeli Democrats party and former deputy military chief of staff, was accused of antisemitism for condemning Israel for 'fighting against civilians' and 'killing babies as a hobby.' I have written about how the...
Gaza's "Conquest": An Opposition Leader Fears that Israel Will Become a "Pariah State" and Provoke an Outcry
RECIT - The leader of the Democratic Party, Yair Golan, denounces Operation Chariots de Gideon, with soldiers who "kill babies by pastime". His polemic statements arise as the country faces a diplomatic storm.
Yair Golan, Leader of the Israeli Left: "A Sensible Country Does Not Kill Babies by Hobby"
He also said in an interview that "it can't be that we, the Jewish people, who have been subjected to persecution, pogroms and acts of annihilation throughout our history [...] are taking simply unacceptable measures."Israel activates the total destruction of Gaza without anyone putting a stop to it The president of the Israeli opposition party The Democrats, Yair Golan, harshly criticized the country's government and foreign policy in a recent …
A leader of the Israeli left is being vilified for criticizing the army's tactics in Gaza
Yair Golan, president of the Israeli Democrats party and former deputy military chief of staff, was accused of antisemitism for condemning Israel for 'fighting against civilians' and 'killing babies as a hobby.'
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