Yair Golan

Former Supreme Court president Asher Grunis hospitalized after suffering stroke

Grunis heads the Senior Appointments Advisory Committee, which in recent days has been examining the appointment of Roman Gofman as the incoming Mossad director. 

Former president of Supreme Court Asher Grunis speaks during a conference at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute on July 2, 2018.
Yair Golan announced the new members of the Democrats Party.

Israeli protest leaders to join forces with Democrats in next election, Yair Golan announces

An attorney has urged the Shin Bet to act after three Jewish hilltop youth allegedly attacked a pregnant Arab woman in Jaffa, warning that settler violence is being shifted from the West Bank into Israel’s cities.

Attorney urges Shin Bet action after alleged Jaffa attack by Hilltop Youth

Opposition party leaders Yair Golan, Yair Lapid, and Benny Gantz. Israel’s opposition needs to find unity, the writer says.

Israel's opposition must unite to defeat Netanyahu, restore responsibility in politics – opinion


Editor's Notes: Israel needs a new kind of leader, not Yair Golan

It is time to embrace a new type of leader who can unite the nation, manage complex challenges, and promote a vision of inclusivity and mutual respect.

 YAIR GOLAN delivers his victory speech after winning the Labor Party primary elections in Tel Aviv, on Tuesday.

Is Yair Golan the Labor Party's new hope? - opinion

If the left-wing bloc led by Golan will take mandates from Yesh Atid and National Unity, then the battle between Golan, Gantz, and Lapid is just beginning.

 YAIR GOLAN speaks after the results were announced in the Labor Party primary election, in Tel Aviv, on Tuesday.

Labor Party's new chairman calls for civil disobedience in Israel

Golan, called for "widespread civil disobedience" in order to put heavy pressure on Netanyahu and his government such as "We shouldn't join the [IDF] reserves, until the government changes".

 Yair Golan speaks after winning the Labor party primary elections, in Tel Aviv, May 28, 2024

Israeli parties should follow Labor’s example and set primaries for new leaders - editorial

The Labor Party's primary race saw Yair Golan elected leader with 95.15% of the vote, pledging to unite left-wing parties and strengthen Israeli democracy.

 Former Meretz MK Yair Golan

Thousand of Israelis protest around country, demand a hostage deal

According to reports, multiple protestors lit fires on the highway in Tel Aviv, and one was even arrested for suspicion of lighting a tire on fire.

 Police officers on horses try to move protesters out of the way during a protest for the release of hostages kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Isr

'A strong Zionist alternative': Yair Golan announces new political camp

“I am founding a democratic, free, broad-based party, to present a strong, straightforward, Zionist alternative to this corrupt and messianist government," he said in a video posted to X.

 Yair Golan, former IDF deputy chief of staff, announces the creation of a new political camp in a video posted to X, March 18, 2024.

Labor MKs Kariv, Lazimi endorse Yair Golan to lead party

Golan previously served as a member of the Knesset within Meretz. He ran for leadership of Meretz ahead of the November 2022 election and lost to Zehava Galon.

 Yair Golan attends a conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya, on February 6, 2024.

Tens of thousands protest Netanyahu government, call for elections

Across the different protests, speakers denounced not only the members of the governing coalition, but also those who sit in the opposition or are seen as checks on Netanyahu in the war cabinet.

 Demonstrators protest calling for the for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip, outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, March 16, 2024.

'War, now!': Hezbollah fires over 100 rockets on Israel, IDF hits terror drone

Two barrages of at least 100 rockets in total were launched at northern Israel on Tuesday morning.

 Smoke and flares during an exchange of fire between the IDF and Hezbollah terrorists on the border between Israel and Lebanon, November 12, 2023.

Yair Golan launches campaign to lead Labor, Left

Other than Golan, the only other person to announce her candidacy is current Labor MK Efrat Rayten.

 Former Meretz MK Yair Golan