Golan says Netanyahu's wife comments on October 7 are move to tarnish opponents
Yair Golan, chairman of the Democrats Party, has accused Sara Netanyahu of orchestrating a smear campaign against him by suggesting he had prior knowledge of the October 7 massacre. Golan claims this is part of a broader, systematic effort by the current government to delegitimize political opponents.
Why it matters
The escalating rhetoric between political figures in Israel highlights deep societal divisions and the intense polarization surrounding the ongoing war.
Democrats Party chairman Yair Golan warned on Wednesday that Sara Netanyahu's comments about him having previous knowledge of the October 7 massacre were not "just a slip of the tongue," but part of a planned move designed to tarnish him and the government's political opponents."It's not a slip of the tongue. I simply see what's happening on the networks, what elements within the Likud, within the coalition, have been saying about me since October 7. This is not some slip of the tongue; it's a planned move," Golan said in an interview with Maariv's podcast broadcast on Wednesday."Netanyahu's real project is to dismantle the norms of Israeli society. It is to dismantle the values of Israeli society," he added. "It is to turn good into evil, to turn straight into crooked, to turn the proper and the moral into corrupt.
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