Former IDF Leader Golan Launches New Democrats Party, Poised as Alternative to Netanyahu Government
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Yair Golan, former IDF deputy chief and Meretz MK, posts video announcing new political party called "The Democrats"
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Golan says the party will be "democratic, free, broad-based" and a "Zionist alternative" to the "corrupt, messianist government"
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Video comes as Golan was expected to lead left-wing Labor Party
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Golan gained acclaim for rescuing Nova massacre survivors in October attack
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Announcement comes amid calls for early elections with polls showing Netanyahu would lose PM office