Yair Golan tells protesters ‘we’ll never give up’ on fight to oust government

Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center

Anti-government protesters gather near the Knesset in Jerusalem on April 1, 2024. (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
Anti-government protesters gather near the Knesset in Jerusalem on April 1, 2024. (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Former deputy IDF chief of staff Yair Golan speaks at the second night of protests in Jerusalem. “We have an amazing nation,” he says.

Golan, a former Meretz MK who is running to head up the Labor party, tells the gathered crowd that “we could have had the hostages home, in a process of renewal, with another government, to throw the judicial reform in the garbage, with a defense budget that makes sense. But instead, we’re stuck with the Netanyahu-Gantz government.”

He promises change, a government that will be different.

Golan says there an be no victory without the return of the hostages, and says every single person has a responsibility to fight against this government: “We’ll never give up!”

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