In March, 2024, I met Yair Golan when he spoke to our Synagogue group bearing witness to Hamas atrocities.
Yair Golan served in the Israeli military for 38 yrs before running for Political office.
He has combined the Meretz Party and the Labor Party in Israel, giving 1/3 rd of the Israeli public a voice.
“The meaning of my words was clear: This war is the realization of the fantasies of [far-right minister Itamar] Ben Gvir and [Bezalel] Smotrich and if we allow them to put this into action, we will become a pariah state,” Golan wrote on X. “It is time for us to have a backbone of hardened steel. We must stand up for our values as a Zionist, Jewish and democratic state.”
He added: “IDF fighters are heroes; government ministers are corrupt. The IDF is ethical, and the people are upright; the government is crooked. The war must be ended, the hostages returned, and Israel rehabilitated.”
Yair Golan wants Israelis to know there is an alternative to perpetual War. He’s standing up to voice that alternative. Who will join him?
It is a known fact, Yair Golan is a folk hero. He saved many lives on October 7 th. Personally driving with another Retired Major General to the Nova site and saving kids lives. He is not a radical.