Quotation from Yair Golan “Uproot the seeds of intolerance, violence, self-destruction and moral deterioration.” — May 4 2016
During a ceremony commemorating the European genocide, Yair Golan, then deputy army chief of staff, warned against a xenophobia that reminded him of the “nauseating processes” of 1930s Europe. He was supported by Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, who was then dismissed by Benjamin Netanyahu.
- Golan, Yair (1962 - ) ( 1 quotation )
"If there’s something that frightens me … it’s the recognition of the revolting processes that occurred in Europe in general, and particularly in Germany, back then—70, 80 and 90 years ago—and finding signs of them here among us today in 2016. […] There is nothing easier than hating the stranger, nothing easier than to stir fears and intimidate. There is nothing easier than to behave like an animal and to act sanctimoniously. On Holocaust Remembrance Day we ought to discuss our ability to uproot the seeds of intolerance, violence, self-destruction and moral deterioration.
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