Yair Golan's IDF comments prove it: Netanyahu is our only hope

Yair Golan, the man who was once a heartbeat away from becoming the IDF's Chief of Staff and who now leads the successor to the once-mighty Labour party, has once again disgraced himself by libeling the IDF and saying Israel murders babies "as a hobby."

By now, all of Golan's opposition partners have condemned him or demanded he apologize, including Benny Gantz and Avigdor Liberman. In addition to their genuine outrage, they know that the overwhelming majority of Israeli Jews reject the idea that Hamas propaganda is true, even if echoed by Haaretz and the New York Times.

But it's too late. It doesn't really matter what Golan says in his planned press conference this evening or even if he issues a full throated, if questionably sincere apology. The cat is out of the bag - fully one-third of the coalition seeking to replace Bibi, Ra'am and the Democrats, are viciously anti-Israel and unreliable to protect its national security. There is no serious argument for handing it control of Israel's safety.

This doesn't mean Netanyahu and his coalition are flawless. Far from. Their management of the war has been halting, hesitating, and sometimes even cowardly. The failure to reach a settlement on drafting Haredim that is even minimally acceptable to Middle Israel is rightly infuriating to many.

But when it comes to a government which will stand firm against the appeasement caucus of the Israeli media and will fight to ensure not just the return of the hostages but also the neutralizing and deterrence of Israel's mortal enemies - Bibi is the only game in town right now.

It sucks, but it is what it is.