Left wing israel

Who is Gadi Taub , the Labor prince who became the Israeli Left’s fiercest critic?

The historian, author and podcaster on his political journey, why he still backs Netanyahu, and what he calls the Left's "license to fabricate narratives".

Gadi Taub sits down with Editor-in-chief Zvika Klein to retrace the defection that took him from Peace Now demonstrations to the front line of the fight over Israel's Supreme Court, its media and its national identity.
A haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protester argues with a police officer outside the Jerusalem IDF recruitment center, April 12, 2026.

Almost half of Israelis support tougher sanctions, pressure to promote haredi conscription - poll

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.

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

THE MAIN rehearsal of the 78th anniversary Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem.

Independence Day and the new reality - opinion


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

Left-wing politicians: 'The era of annexation, Arab transfer has ended'

The time has come to end any talk of unilateral annexation and the transfer of Israeli-Arabs to a Palestinian state, the leaders of Labor-Gesher-Meretz said.

Labor leader Amir Peretz and Meretz chairman Nitzan Horowitz

Judaism’s liquidoxy rejects extremes, Right and Left

Imagine some truly dangerous people who should be kept away from key institutions.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin, January 30, 2020

Left rallies in Tel Aviv against ‘apartheid,’ ‘transfer’ plan

True peace can only be achieved between the Israeli and Palestinian leadership and not between two leaders.

Rally against the Deal of the Century

The Israeli left is dead. Can Jewish and Arab cooperation save it?

Among the Jewish population in Israel, the traditional ideals and policy priorities of the left are not realistic or particularly pressing.

LABOR’S AMIR PERETZ (left) and Meretz leader Nitzan Horowitz join forces on Monday.

Encountering Peace: Maybe next time

It is not only Arab voters who are deeply disappointed with the construct of the merged list. Israel needs a new vision and pragmatic camp of leaders.

A picture of Jordanian King Abdullah and his father, the late King Hussein, is seen as a girl visits the "Island of Peace" in an area known asNaharayim in Hebrew and Baquora in Arabic, on the Jordanian side of the border with Israel November 9, 2019

It’s not just ‘leftists’ who support a two-state solution

The two-state solution should not be considered to be a partisan issue, but rather an issue over different values.

ALESTINIANS PASS through at checkpoint at the Kalandia crossing in Jerusalem

Want a change? Don’t change anything

No matter what the polls say, no matter which politician disappoints you, and what campaign will excite you, you must go out and vote for the same party you voted for in September.

Time to decide who to vote for again

Soccer star withdraws from project over New Israel Fund backing

Menashe Zalka withdrew from the All Star Team Initiative after learning of the NIF's involvement.

Menashe Zalka