Israel's Democrats party chief says Netanyahu resumed Gaza war to stay in power

Israeli Democrats party leader Yair Golan accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of resuming the war in Gaza for political survival, saying soldiers and captives are “just cards in his game of survival.”

“Netanyahu is using the lives of our citizens and soldiers because he trembles in fear of us - the public protest against the dismissal of the head of the Shin Bet,” the left-wing leader said, referring to Netanyahu’s recent announcement that he will terminate Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar.

Israelis “must not let the madness win” and instead protest in order to save the state of Israel “from the hands of this corrupt and dangerous man,” he said.