Kara'i: 'Did you see a video of Yair Golan firing a single bullet on 7/10? I don't think he saved anyone'
Communications Minister Shlomo Kara'i cast doubt in a Knesset Channel interview on the heroic actions of Democratic Party chairman Yair Golan on October 7, saying he had not seen a video of Golan firing a single bullet. He called Golan and his potential partners 'terrorist lovers' and insisted Golan had not saved anyone. The article notes these are baseless conspiracy theories and that Golan fought bravely and saved people in the Gaza envelope.
Communications Minister Shlomo Kara'i cast doubt in an interview with ynet journalist Yuval Karni on the Knesset Channel on the heroic actions of Democratic Party chairman Yair Golan on the morning of the October 7 massacre. Kara'i said: 'What, what did he do on October 7? Did you see a video of him firing a single bullet from his rifle? He took the trouble to pose with pressed uniforms in the morning, smiling. I haven't seen a single video of him actually doing something.' He also called Golan a 'terrorist lover,' along with other senior members of his party such as MK Naama Lazimi and attorney Gaby Lasky. When asked about the difference between ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir and Eisenkot's potential partners, he replied: 'There is a big difference, they are Zionists, lovers of the land. These are terrorist lovers.' He insisted he does not think Golan saved anyone. The article notes that in the days following the events, conspiracy theories against Golan were circulated, and Kara'i is not the first from Likud to question his actions; MK Nissim Vaturi had previously said the same. It also states that the Democratic Party has begun filing defamation lawsuits following the spread of the theories, and that these are theories without basis or proof.