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


Elections over, time to rethink, reorganize, rebuild the Left - opinion

Breaking down existing political parties and creating a new political movement is not going to be an easy task.

MERETZ PARTY Chairman Nitzan Horowitz and party members celebrate at party headquarters in Tel Aviv on election night on Tuesday.

Bennett: I won’t join gov’t led by Lapid; Netanyahu: He’s in Purim costume

"I am prepared to sit in any national government. I am in the camp of the people of Israel, and we have to keep the government in the national [right-wing] camp."

‘NAFTALI BENNETT (in the Knesset in August) has not only passion, but a plan.’

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