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


Israeli building in E1 will thwart Palestinian state, NGOs tell IDF

'Israeli construction on E1 harms Palestine’s future growth potential and therefore closes the door to the possibility of a peace agreement,' architect Uri Reicher told the Civil Administration.

The E1 territory, located outside of Jerusalem and within the jurisdiction of the Ma'aleh Adumim settlement

IDF to hold hearing on contentious E1 settler building project

Left wing organizations, as well as the international community, see the project as harmful to Palestinians, while the right sees it as a security insurance policy.

 View of the desert near Ma'ale Adumim, in the West Bank, January 26, 2021.

Changing ideologies: Three people who changed their worldview

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: It could be a former socialist hippie who became a venture capitalist, a haredi woman who became a fashion mogul, or the son of a Hamas terrorist who became a Zionist.

AN ARMED MAN looks at the Israeli flag in the settlement of Rehelim in 2002, whose founders included now-Peace Now activist Shabtay Bendet.

Politics of guilt: Why does the Left oppose 'occupation' - opinion

Although many in the international community promote a two-state-solution and ending the occupation, they are oblivious to the danger this poses to Israel.

ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN demonstrators argue during a protest in Al-Thaalaba village in 2020.

Bennett, Shaked security levels raised to 2nd highest amid death threats

Labor Party chairwoman Merav Michaeli: "[Netanyahu's] hatred is the main reason why I have always refused to sit with him and why I am so committed to replacing him."

Pro-Netanyahu protesters hold up a sign which says "Leftist traitors" outside the home of Yamina MK Ayelet Shaked in Tel Aviv, May 30, 2021.

The Left, Hamas are boosting Netanyahu - opinion

In a perverse way, the whole scenario boosts Netanyahu and his the-whole-world-hates-us enablers – from Hamas’s bombing to the Left’s bashing to the antisemites’ bullying.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu briefs ambassadors to Israel at a military base in Tel Aviv last week.

When did a left-wing government become a danger? - opinion

Today, the demonization and bad-mouthing of the leftists/liberals/socialists is undoubtedly much more widespread than several decades ago.

Would a government of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid really be a potential leftist disaster?

The Left should insist on an Arab minister - opinion

When we go out to the polls again, be it in 2021 or 2025, the Center-Left will still need to face the Arab public and convince them to vote and to give them their support.

JOINT LIST MEMBERS greet each other after meeting with President Reuven Rivlin at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on April 5.

The Left, Right are both correct and wrong about Israel - opinion

No one narrative is fully correct, and the truth (whatever it may be) will often upset the partisans among us. So let’s try to set the record straight (or further complicate it) on a few issues.

YAIR LAPID (left) walks with Naftali Bennett at the Knesset in Jerusalem in 2013.

Is Israel's Left really dead? Political analyst: Resurgence on the way

The Jerusalem Post Podcast, Episode 8

MERETZ PARTY chairman Nitzan Horowitz attends an Israel News Company conference in Jerusalem last week.