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Israeli Politician Critiques the Gaza War's Toll on Palestinians and Sparks an Outcry
- This week, Yair Golan, a center-left Israeli opposition leader, sharply criticized Israel's conduct in the Gaza war, sparking a domestic uproar.
- Golan's rare focus on the suffering of Palestinian civilians highlighted the limited public discussion of Gaza's civilian toll within Israel compared to the international focus.
- Golan, a former general, criticized Israel's far-right government for exacerbating antisemitism and warned that a rational nation would not target civilians or deliberately kill babies.
- Israel’s 2023 conflict began after a Hamas attack killed 1,200 and took 251 hostages, and Israeli retaliation has killed over 53,000, mostly women and children, with 90% of Gaza displaced.
- Golan’s remarks deepened political divides as Netanyahu and opposition leaders condemned him, while some activists say his words resonate within a small anti-war protest movement in Israel.
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Israeli Opposition Lawmaker Ayman Odeh Removed from Knesset After Protesting Gaza Assault
In Jerusalem, a member of the Arab-Jewish coalition Hadash party was forcefully removed from the podium of Israel’s Knesset Thursday as he condemned Israel’s assault on Gaza. This is the lawmaker, Ayman Odeh. Ayman Odeh: “After a year and a half of war in which you killed 19,000 children, 53,000 residents of Gaza, you destroyed all the universities and the hospitals. And for you, there is no political win. You feel there is no political win. Th…
Israeli politician critiques the Gaza war’s toll on Palestinians and sparks an outcry
His words were a shock to the system because, outside of the country’s politically marginalised left, criticism focused on Palestinian civilian suffering and deaths has rarely been spoken publicly in Israel.
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Israeli politician critiques the Gaza war’s toll on Palestinians and sparks an outcry - The Boston Globe
An Israeli center-left opposition party leader and former general sparked an outcry this week when he made rare criticism of the toll of the war on Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
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