Democrats chair slams ‘failed’ coalition for not freeing hostages sooner: ‘If the deal falls — the government falls’

The government “has lost its humanity,” The Democrats chairman Yair Golan declares, arguing that “a government that does not see its citizens, that does not feel their pain, that does not work with all its might to save them – is not only a failed government. It is a criminal government.”

The testimonies of freed hostages regarding their suffering in Gaza are “an indictment” of the government, he says, citing reports that they were “hung by their feet, constantly chained, starving, humiliated, without daylight, unable to stand or move.”

“Friends, every additional day that the hostages are left behind is another crime. Every hour of delay is a sentence of torture and death. This government knew – from the prime minister to the last minister – everyone knew. They knew in what inhuman conditions the hostages were being held. They knew, saw, heard — and chose to abandon them.”

“Never has the people of Israel faced a government” that is “so cruel, so un-Zionist and certainly not Jewish,” he adds, calling on the leaders of industry, academia, and unions “to take action” and “make it clear together that if the deal falls — the government falls.”