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Israel Election 2026: What does Yair Golan’s Democrats party stand for?

“If I put this ballot in the box, what government, policies, and political reality am I helping create?”

|BySHIR PERETS
Yair Golan, chairman of The Democrats party, with party members following the announcement of the results of The Democrats party primaries ahead of the upcoming elections, in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 20, 2026.
(L-R): Yair Golan, Gilad Kariv

No. 47: Yair Golan and Gilad Kariv: Reviving Israel’s fractured Left

Golan and Kariv's role leading the Democrats party positions them as leaders of Israel's main left-wing party, opposing Netanyahu's right-wing government.

|ByTAL SPUNGIN
Yair Golan, chairman of The Democrats party, with party members following the announcement of the results of The Democrats party primaries ahead of the upcoming elections, in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 20, 2026.

Yair Golan's Democrats list for the Knesset cements Labor's shift to the far Left - opinion

To Yair Golan’s credit, he inherited a political party on the verge of collapse after his predecessor, Merav Michaeli, had led Labor to an electoral disaster in the 2022 election, securing four seats

|ByORI WERTMAN
Leader of the Democrats party Yair Golan leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 15, 2026.

Democrats Party breaks record of 75,000 members, sets date for primaries ahead of elections

The left-wing Democrats Party said it will hold primaries on July 20 after crossing a record 75,000 members, marking its highest membership since the late 1990s.

|ByKESHET NEEV

Biden trip to Israel in jeopardy as Bennett gov’t nears collapse

It is highly unlikly US President Joe Biden will proceed with his planned visit if the Knesset dissolves and Israel heads to its fifth elections.

MAY 19, 2022ByYAAKOV KATZ
US Vice President Joe Biden speaks as he delivers a joint statement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting in Jerusalem March 9, 2016.

Meretz want to run with Labor in future elections, Labor less sure

Labor secretary-general Eran Hermoni criticized Michaeli's statement, saying that "Labor is not a branch of Meretz" and "must return to its rightful place in the Center-Left."

MAY 6, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz at the Knesset, November 15, 2021, Labor head Merav Michaeli at faction meetings, December 13, 2021.

Former Meretz MK Ilan Gilon passes away at 65

Gilon served as an MK for nearly 15 years altogether, in six different Knesset assemblies.

MAY 1, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Former MK Ilan Gilon (Meretz) speaks during a recent protest calling for an increase in disability benefits.

107 years since Armenian genocide: MK Mossi Raz to take part in memorial

Israel has not yet recognized the mass murder of Armenians by the Ottoman Turks as genocide.

APRIL 24, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Members of the Armenian community attend a memorial march marking the 100th anniversary of the mass killings of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces in Jerusalem's Old City April 23, 2015

Meretz MK justifies PA payments to terrorists, apologizes

"There are children [of terrorists] who are left without financial support, it is necessary that they not be taken advantage of or turn to terror themselves," said MK Gaby Lasky to Kan Radio.

APRIL 8, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli lawyer Gaby Lasky is seen at the supreme court for hearing in Jerusalem on September 14, 2020.

Should Israel allow in Ukrainian refugees?

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Yaakov Katz and Lahav Harkov

MARCH 17, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Capuchin Franciscan brother Arkadiusz gestures towards volunteers on their way home after they assist refugees crossing the border from Ukraine to Poland, fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at border checkpoint in Kroscienko, Poland, March 17, 2022.

Letters to the editor February 28, 2022: Fighting at any price

Readers of the Jerusalem Post have their say.

FEBRUARY 27, 2022ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

How dare Israel send an anti-Zionist envoy to Shanghai? - opinion

The real problem that the coalition has with Zoabi is not her voting record, it’s her refusal to hide her political ideology for the purpose of preserving pretenses.

FEBRUARY 24, 2022ByRUTHIE BLUM
MK GHAIDA RINAWIE ZOABI attends a Special Committee on Arab Society Affairs meeting, in the Knesset in June

Meretz MK to become Israel’s highest ranking female Arab diplomat

Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi will be the first Israeli Arab woman to hold such a senior diplomatic position.

FEBRUARY 22, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV
MK GHAIDA RINAWIE ZOABI attends a Special Committee on Arab Society Affairs meeting, in the Knesset in June

Anti-sexual harassment laws passed, applied to Meretz party

"I am happy we became the first party to add harassment prevention guidelines into our bylaws," said MK Tamar Zandberg.

FEBRUARY 18, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
Head of the left wing Meretz party and Minister of Health Nitzan Horowitz, Minister of Environmental Protection Tamar Zandberg and MK Michal Rozin attend Meretz faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 28, 2021.