Yair Golan attacks: "Ben Gabir and Smotrich want a Gog and Magog war at the expense of our children's blood"

Against the background of the conscription law turmoil and in the shadow of the attack that took place today (Thursday) in the Jordan Valley, Maj. Gen. Yair Golan, the former Deputy Chief of Staff, spoke with Yossi Mizrahi on radio 104.5FM . Golan referred to the exemption from ultra-Orthodox conscription, the conduct of the government and the security situation and said that "Ben Gabir And Smotrich want a Gog and Magog war at the expense of the blood of our children and grandchildren."

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At the beginning of the conversation, Golan said that "as long as the Israeli government persists in doing nothing in the Palestinian arena in the foolish belief that everything will be resolved by force, force and more force, without any political horizon, without any step that expresses an Israeli initiative, in the end the pressures on the ground exist and we will see more and more attacks. The truth is That this government wants it."

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"Ben Gvir and Smotrich what they want, and they have said it countless times, this is the war of Gog and Magog, this is what they want, this is what they are preparing for us. It is no coincidence that at the beginning of the war the national minister of internal security tried to set the area on fire as much as possible It's no coincidence that his friends come out with new inflammatory statements in the mornings. All of this is intended to heat up the atmosphere and reach a situation that, in their view, is the situation they aspire to: a war between Gog and Gog at the expense of the blood of our children, our grandchildren."

Golan later referred to the conscription exemption for the ultra-Orthodox and said that "this is such crazy and absurd madness that it is unbelievable, what nation at war deals with conscription exemption?". He also said that "in Israel today this is what is happening, and I think it expresses how illegitimate, incompetent, and incapable this government is of continuing to manage the affairs of the State of Israel. This is one more failure out of many, many failures that this government, the worst government in the history of Israel , continues to attack us, the good, serving and devoted citizens of the State of Israel."

"Unfortunately, I don't trust in this context that the justice system will rescue us from the punishment of Netanyahu and his government, it probably won't happen. I'm quite convinced that we won't see any big news from the political system. First and foremost because Benny Gantz for some reason remains in this government, I don't know what he is doing there. I don't know what purpose it serves, simply a lack of national responsibility. And it is his complicity in all these terrible failures of this government and he needs to understand that. The public will reckon with him," added Golan.

When asked about the future of the ultra-orthodox parties in the Knesset, he replied that "I have the feeling that in negotiations and knowing that they have no better alternative than this corrupt government, in the end they will find a way out. Here Netanyahu will show creativity and initiative and continue his political maneuvers and in the end a solution will be found. That is why I I think that unequivocally we need to go to the streets, we need to explain to this government that we, the people, perceive it as illegitimate, and it needs to go home as soon as possible. This is not a Shabbat evening protest, it is an everyday protest all day long until, in the end, this government realizes that can no longer govern."

Later he sharply criticized the conduct of the government and said that "we are here in some kind of war of attrition as we know, the State of Israel and the IDF do not come out of the war of attrition who knows what. The war of attrition is a war in which there is no decision, those who expect that through this war of attrition we will change the rules of the game will be disappointed The problem is not military, it is first of all political. The fact that we have been in a war for half a year is a shame and a shame, a political and security failure that is entirely the responsibility of Binyamin Netanyahu and all his incompetent ministers."

According to him, "It would have been possible in a much simpler way and many months ago to pursue a deal for the release of hostages, which in my view is in the highest interest of the State of Israel and Israeli society, because without it we are dismantling the basis of our common existence, no less. It is a symbol that must not violate the trust between the citizens and the government. After that, it is clear that the agreement to return the abductees would have led to the cessation of fighting in the south and the cessation of fighting in the north, and this shame would have ended that for six months the citizens of the north could not live in their homes. There was nothing like this disgrace in the history of the State of Israel. We must first achieve security calm, go to elections, replace the government, and after that begin to address the fundamental problems of the State of Israel, both external and internal."