Major General Yair Golan:

[Tomconroy]

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If you don't live in Israel or consume Israeli media, you don't know who Yair Golan is. He is a 61-year-old retired Major General in the Israel army and a former parliament MP. Spend a minute to read this story.

Yesterday, when IDF and the police were in complete chaos, Golan put on his old uniform, took his weapon, and drove into the war zone multiple times to rescue civilians under fire. He rescued two young adults hiding under a bush after 260 of their friends were murdered at an outdoor party. He answered a call from a journalist that his son was hiding under fire and simply said, "Give me his location, and I will bring him back home." An hour later, the son called his father from Golan's car.

Golan collected a small crew and went in and out of the war zone, rescuing dozens of people while exchanging fire with Hamas terrorists. He is 61, he could have stayed home, but he chose to risk his life for people he does not know.

Golan is one of the strongest voices from the Israeli left and was constantly attacked by the right wing in Israel. But when the time came, he was first fighting the barbaric attack. The same brain wiring that supports peace, is often the same wiring that drives people to do the right thing.

A true hero.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yair_Golan

[DFW]

1. I know a former American General who did things like that

In hairy situations in the Balkan War, he used to order his jeep stopped and scale down the side of a ravine to see if he could save car accident victims. He was commander of NATO for a while. He was and is a true Democrat, definitely one of us. He even briefly ran for president in 2004, but was overshadowed by Howard.

[COL Mustard]

6. Wesley Clark

I know this story. An old acquaintance of mine was with him then. Years later, I talked to him briefly about a technical subject. My 3-star wasn't in the office when the phone rang, and as it happened I knew a lot about the subject so I got to brief him. Interesting times.

[DFW]

9. Wes Clark, indeed.

He's originally from Arkansas, but was recently living in northern Virginia, not too far from my brother.

A Rhodes Scholar, he is one towering intellect, in contrast to his small stature. The only time I ever won a disagreement with him was just after Cheney-Bush invaded Iraq. Wes was sure they would try to invade Iran next, and I said I didn't think so. He asked what made me so sure, and I said that the Republicans were essentially cowards. They didn't like to invade places they were fairly sure would shoot back. I pointed out Panama (Bush) and Grenada (Reagan) as the sort of place Republicans liked to attack. I said Iraq was a massive miscalculation, and reminded Wes of what Rumsfeld said at the onset of the 2003 invasion: "maybe six days, maybe six weeks, certainly not six months." Oops. Like I said, not a change of heart, just a miscalculation. They really didn't think Iraq would shoot back, and they knew that Iran would. That is the only time I can remember when I was right and Wes was wrong. Of course, he also knew fifty times more about just about everything than I did, so he had a head start.

[COL Mustard]

26. And as a matter of coincidence, I ran into that former colleague recently

His daughter now works in my office. Small world!

[Lovie777]

2. The situation called for action....................

the farthest thing from his mind was not left nor right but only one Israel. Yes indeed he is a hero, and apparently age ain't nothing but a number.

[Irish_Dem]

3. A true hero and true leadership.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

4. A soldiers soldier.

Semper Fi Major General Golan.

[mitch96]

12. +1 Agree.. A Mensch

[burrowowl]

23. I agree!

[RAB910]

5. As is almost always the case, true bravery and courage comes from the left, not the right

[hueymahl]

7. A soldier fighting for peace and fighting for lives when peace is impossible

A true hero.

[Joinfortmill]

8. Wow, talk about guts.

[Israeli]

10. He is Meretz

or he was .

My party since its conception .

He is one of the leaders of our protest movement .

see : https://www.timesofisrael.com/former-mk-calls-on-anti-government-protesters-to-use-nonviolent-illegal-acts/

Golan, who is also a retired major general in the IDF, served as a lawmaker with Meretz from 2019 until last year, when the left-wing party failed to cross the electoral threshold. Over the past six months he has become a prominent voice in the ongoing protests against the government’s judicial overhaul plans.

[getagrip_already]

11. Begs the question...

Where were the defense forces?

Where were the police?

Where were the reservists?

Who was leading? Who was coordinating? Who was on the ground?

[Martin68]

13. An excellent example of the fact that you can understand both sides, but must defend your own

family when attacked. I have friends in the war zone. I have no doubt that they first made sure their children were safe in their basement bomb shelter, and then they put on their gear, picked up rifles, and prepared to defend their home. They are liberals, and hate Netanyahu, but their first duty is to their family (since they've already done their military service and are too old to be called up from the reserves).

[carpetbagger]

14. Weren't they going to indict him for civil disobedience earlier this year?

Crazy times, all of it, not just this month.

[Cha]

15. TY & Major Gen Golan

[Hekate]

16. I think I'm going to cry, Cha.There's a crapload of horrible posts today, & this OP pierced my heart

[Cha]

17. I know Hekate I feel the same 🕊️🕯️❤️‍🩹

[halobeam]

22. Understood.

[WarGamer]

18. Could be a movie... awesome.

Maybe in a few years... when appropriate.

[moonshinegnomie]

19. ive know a couple of retired israeli officers

i used to work with them

complete jackasses but some of the toughest people ive ever met. You really dont want to piss them off. and they are pissed to high heaven right now.

[orangecrush]

20. Bless this man

A true hero.

[senseandsensibility]

21. It would be great if more people knew about him

CNN should interview him or do a story about him.

[alimbalt]

24. There must be a better...

...outlet than CNN, surely?

[senseandsensibility]

25. Heavens knows I don't like CNN

but I was just thinking of how to reach a wider audience.