The Times of Israel reports: “Left-wing politician Yair Golan faced a wave of backlash on Tuesday from across the political spectrum after he accused Israel of killing babies in Gaza ‘as a hobby.’

Golan, a former IDF deputy chief of staff and current head of the The Democrats party, a merger of Labor and Meretz, said in an interview with the Kan public broadcaster that ‘Israel is on the way to becoming a pariah state, like South Africa was, if we don’t return to acting like a sane country.’

The political leader, who is not a current member of Knesset, added that ‘a sane country does not fight against civilians, does not kill babies as a hobby, and does not give itself the aim of expelling populations.’

Golan accused the current government of being ‘full of vengeful types with no morals and no ability to run a country in a time of crisis. This endangers our existence.’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed Golan, calling his comments ‘wild incitement’ and a ‘blood libel.’

‘I vehemently condemn the wild incitement from Yair Golan against our heroic soldiers and against the State of Israel,’ Netanyahu said in a statement. ‘The IDF is the most moral army in the world, and our soldiers are fighting in a war for our existence.’…”