Left wing israel

Israel’s biggest threats demand unity, not partisan warfare - opinion

Israelis must decide whether politics exists to strengthen the country – or whether the country itself will surrender its fate to partisan warfare.

Israelis attend a protest march against the decision of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fire head of Shin Bat Ronen Bar, at the entrance to Jerusalem, March 19, 2025.
THE MAIN rehearsal of the 78th anniversary Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem.

Independence Day and the new reality - opinion

 Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with police outside the IDF Recruitment Center at Tel Hashomer, central Israel, April 28, 2025

As political pressure mounts, Netanyahu delays controversial haredi draft law - opinion

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Communications Minister Shlomo Kahri in the Knesset. Kahri advocates opening up the media market in Israel.

Dangerous game: Netanyahu risks Israel’s security to save coalition with draft deal - editorial


Coronavirus: Poll finds Israel's vaccination rates vary by political view

Center-left respondents were found to be more likely to have received both vaccine doses.

Israelis receive the coronavirus vaccine in Tel Aviv after the Health Ministry announced that anyone over the age of 16 can now be vaccinated, Feb. 4, 2021.

Labor Party under Michaeli represents Israel's extreme Left - opinion

his is not the same Labor Party that established the State of Israel.

LABOR PARTY leader Merav Michaeli (center) attends a first meeting of the party with its newly-elected members, in Tel Aviv on Tuesday.

Elections: Israel needs a strong Left to safe it from itself - opinion

While there are popular opposition leaders today, such as centrist Yair Lapid, he isn’t the savior who will enable the Israeli Left to seriously challenge the Right’s entrenched beliefs.

LABOR PARTY leader Merav Michaeli (center) attends a first meeting of the party with its newly-elected members, in Tel Aviv on Tuesday.

How can Israel’s left-wing parties win more Mizrahi votes?

These leaders should open the dialogue with a simple but sincere message: “I’m sorry.”

Left wing Israelis hold sign stated "we want a democratic Israel" at a rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and in support of the Supreme Court in Tel Aviv, May 25, 2019

A new left wing party won't change the country's fortunes - analysis

Casting longing eyes toward Eisenkot as some kind of political savior seems a relic of a bygone era.

Former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot

Joe Biden won’t swing Israeli voters Left – analysis

A change of direction in US politics is not moving the needle in Israel to the Left – if anything, the needle continues nudging steadily to the Right

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then-US vice president Joe Biden leave after a joint statement to the media at the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem on March 9, 2010.

The Left’s ‘moral’ crusade against Israel and Zionism

Settlers, it is claimed, are undermining the “rule of law.” This generates self-doubt and feelings of guilt and shame.

SETTLERS DANCE and sing in front of IDF troops outside the Neveh Dekalim synagogue on August 18, 2005

We all share the same future

A road map on Arab-Israelis for the new government

Joint List MK Iman Yassin Khatib, the first lawmaker in Israel’s history to wear a hijab, takes a selfie with a friend in Nazareth on March 5

The missed opportunity for those left on the Israeli Left – opinion

Israel needs a vibrant and kicking Left based on partnership and equality.

Left wing Israelis hold sign stated "we want a democratic Israel" at a rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and in support of the Supreme Court in Tel Aviv, May 25, 2019

'So why does the Left hate Netanyahu so much?'

Though I do not deny Netanyahu’s many economic and political achievements, I shall be happy to see the Netanyahu era come to an end as a result of Monday’s elections. It might or might not happen.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as he delivers a statement during his visit at the Health Ministry national hotline, in Kiryat Malachi, Israel March 1, 2020