In a searing address delivered Wednesday from the Knesset plenum, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Almog Cohen of the Otzma Yehudit party lashed out at Democratic Party chairman Yair Golan and former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, calling them “disgraceful” and “lowly” individuals.
Cohen, speaking forcefully from the podium, slammed Golan for past remarks made about IDF soldiers: “The message I’m sending,” he said, “to Yair Golan, who described our soldiers as baby killers for sport — see under: sadists — is that you should be ashamed of yourself. You are a lowly person. You are a disgraceful person.”
He went on to criticize Olmert as well: “Joining your ranks is a former convict, Ehud Olmert. I have news for you: our soldiers are lions and lionesses — they are true heroes.”
“They are currently crushing Hamas until we bring our brothers home,” Cohen declared, “and Am Yisrael will prevail even without you — a reckless group of barn burners.”
Earlier in his speech, Cohen responded to media reports claiming he had been appointed Deputy Minister for Artificial Intelligence. With a mocking tone, he addressed the speculation: “The fearmongering and poison-spreading channels told the public that Almog Cohen is the Deputy Minister for AI, but there’s a problem: there is no such position.”
He added humorously, “I’m not a professional. I’m not an expert in the field — aside from using ChatGPT, which some might say I use quite frequently.”
{Matzav.com Israel}