Opposition’s Yair Golan says PM ‘launched a war against Israel’ since he was indicted

Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Tel Aviv District Court before the start of his testimony in the trial against him, December 10, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Tel Aviv District Court before the start of his testimony in the trial against him, December 10, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

Since his criminal indictments in 2020, Benjamin Netanyahu “launched a war against the State of Israel,” The Democrats party chairman Yair Golan alleges ahead of the start of the prime minister’s testimony in his ongoing corruption trial.

“From that moment on, we were dragged into five election campaigns, a crazy coup that tore the nation apart, and a massacre the likes of which has not been seen since the rise of Zionism,” Golan says.

Between 2019 and 2022, Israel held five national elections.

“Every trick and stunt Netanyahu tried to do to prevent his trial failed, and he will also fail the test of the trial itself. Israel will win,” he adds.

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