Israeli opposition leader defends remarks about ministers ‘celebrating’ Gaza children’s deaths – Middle East Monitor

Israeli opposition leader Yair Golan sought late Tuesday to defend remarks he made earlier that triggered a backlash, saying that when members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government “celebrate the death and starvation of children in Gaza, we must speak out”, Anadolu agency reported

Golan, the head of The Democrats party and a former deputy chief of staff of the Israeli army, told Israel’s public broadcaster KAN earlier in the day that…