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10. He could have chosen his words more carefully
Wed May 21, 2025, 10:37 AM
May 21

but he is a warrior not a politician , same could be said of Benny Gantz only Gantz leans to the right and Yair to the left .
All of his political rivals are having a field day and why ?
Latest polls gave him 17 seats , ......more than Gantz or Lapid .

You dont know who he is like we do ......

Former PM Ehud Barak defends Yair Golan amid outcry over ‘killing babies’ accusation

Former Labor prime minister Ehud Barak defends The Democrats chairman Yair Golan following widespread outrage over a statement he made during a radio interview on Tuesday morning, alleging that Israel was killing babies in Gaza “as a hobby.”

“Yair Golan is a brave, direct man [and] if I had to go on a raid tonight or a tough political campaign tomorrow, I would prefer him by my side over all his detractors and condemners of the last few hours,” Barak, an ex-IDF chief of staff, tweets.

“Even if it would have been better if he had chosen one or two other words, it is clear that he meant the political leadership, not the fighters,” Barak insists.

Source : https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/former-pm-ehud-barak-defends-yair-golan-amid-outcry-over-killing-babies-accusation/#:~:text=Former%20Labor%20prime%20minister%20Ehud%20Barak%20defends%20The,was%20killing%20babies%20in%20Gaza%20%E2%80%9Cas%20a%20hobby.%E2%80%9D





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And yet I keep seing people defending Israel's actions at all cost. Dave Bowman May 20 #1
His remarks are dusgusting, and it will cost him many votes in the next election Beastly Boy May 20 #2
Some people consider the killings of babies he refers to be disgusting. David__77 May 20 #3
Some people consider the killings of all babies to be disgusting. Beastly Boy May 20 #4
You are going by the English media Israeli May 21 #9
I am responding to references from the English media. Beastly Boy May 21 #13
I very much doubt that Israeli May 20 #6
I hope you are right, but Golan just irredeamably discredited himself in my eyes. Beastly Boy May 20 #7
He could have chosen his words more carefully Israeli May 21 #10
If Golan represents the Labor/Meretz coalition, he is a politician. Beastly Boy May 21 #11
We have a habit of electing warriors Israeli May 21 #15
Any reasonable person will stand for a two state solution. Beastly Boy May 24 #19
Yair Golan: When Ministers Celebrate Death and Starvation of Children, It Must Be Said. Israeli May 20 #5
The JP article cited in the OP quotes Golan as saying Beastly Boy May 20 #8
He is saying out loud what we on the left are thinking Israeli May 21 #12
Israel's left has the legitimacy of saying this as Israelis speaking of the country they love. Beastly Boy May 21 #14
Bibi just made a televised address Israeli May 21 #16
I posted what I did without ever listening to Bibi. Beastly Boy May 24 #18
Israel's Opposition Leaders Must Call Out the Real Outrages - While They Still Have a Chance Israeli May 23 #17
This! vanessa_ca May 26 #20
Chris Hedges hates Democrats, hates the Democratic Party, and has endorsed and voted for third part candidates lapucelle May 28 #22
Truth hurts so attack the messenger. Attack the message of a Holocaust survivor. Shame. EOM vanessa_ca May 28 #24
Folks are free to trust whomever third party ratfucker Chris Hedges platforms. lapucelle May 28 #25
Yair is now receiving death threats Israeli May 28 #21
Didn't he try to walk back his original claim? N/T lapucelle May 28 #23
If you want to describe it that way Israeli May 29 #26
What are yo talking about? lapucelle May 29 #28
You asked a question Israeli May 30 #29
The answer to my question is not in post #5. Your link goes to a rolling breaking news page. lapucelle May 30 #30
DUH Israeli May 30 #31
So the answer was not in post #5, lapucelle May 30 #32
Why Israel's First Kahanist Government Is Libeling Yair Golan Israeli May 29 #27
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