A more robust introduction to Yair Golan, and the "language of October 6" that has come back to haunt us.

Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis · May 26, 2025 · 4m

Yair Golan, who now heads The Democrats, the Jewish political party that was forged out of a combination of the Labor Party and Meretz, has been much in the news for the foolish comment he made about Israel killing babies as a hobby, a comment we covered yesterday.

Golan is a serious and accomplished person, and he knows that what he was said not true. Why he allowed himself to say something like that, on the radio, at a time when he needs to be building his political base and not eroding it, I cannot begin to explain.

But the comment caused shock waves in Israel and did him no political help…