Israeli Left-wing Leader Calls for Immediate End to Gaza War
Israeli left-wing opposition leader Yair Golan said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government no longer represented the majority of Israelis, calling for an immediate end to the war in Gaza, according to Arab News.
'Today the government of Israel doesn't represent the vast majority of Israelis,' Golan said.
He added that after over 20 months of fighting, Israel 'should end the war as soon as possible'.
Golan also stated that Netanyahu's government — one of the most right-wing in Israel's history – represented a threat to democracy.
'The vast majority wants to keep Israel as the homeland of the Jewish people and at the same time a free, egalitarian and democratic state,' Golan said.
In this regard, he said he represents those 'who want to save Israeli democracy… from a corrupted future' and from the 'messianic-like and nationalistic and extremist vision of a very small faction in the Israeli society'.
As for the ongoing war on Gaza, Golan said 'we can reach a hostages deal in a matter of days.'
'I believe that by ending the war and freeing the hostages, we will be able to build an alternative to Hamas inside the Gaza Strip,' he added.
Since the beginning of Hamas-Israel War in Gaza in 2023, the Israeli strikes have killed more than 54,500 Palestinians and wounded more than 118,000, according to Gaza's Health Ministry.
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