Yair Golan

'NAZA' director has nothing to come back to in Israel, People of Israel chair Ofer Winter says

Winter went on to note that it is “unpleasant” to have to “endure attacks from within the [right-wing] camp,” including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud.

People of Israel Party chair Ofer Winter during a party rally in Rishon Lezion, September 15, 2026.
Yair Golan leads The Democrats, it is polling at around 10 seats.

Golan already preparing demands for coalition talks if change bloc government formed

 A Jewish worshipper blows a Shofar as he takes part in Slichot at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, 2017

Rosh Hashanah 2026: What does ‘shana tova’ mean in an Israel divided by politics? - opinion

(L-R): Yair Golan, Gilad Kariv

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


Bennett-Liberman, Eisenkot-Golan: Opposition parties sign surplus vote-sharing agreement

A voter surplus is the number of votes a party has left after winning its initial Knesset seats. Surplus-vote agreements can help allied parties turn those extra votes into another seat.

Naftali Bennett and Gadi Eisenkot at a march for conscripting haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jews into the IDF, in Jerusalem, January 15, 2026; illustrative.

Yair Golan files NIS 2.55 million defamation lawsuit against Sara Netanyahu over October 7 remarks

Golan argues that an ordinary viewer would see her remarks as suggesting he knew the attack was coming before it began, failed to warn anyone, and may even have betrayed the country.

Sara Netanyahu attends a cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Atarot Heritage Center in northern Jerusalem, July 5, 2026.

Sara Netanyahu, an objective ally of antisemitic conspiracy theorists - opinion

It is also symptomatic that this attack came at exactly the same time as Netanyahu was declaring that the security services had not deemed it necessary to wake him even as warning signs multiplied.

Sara Netanyahu attends a cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Atarot Heritage Center in northern Jerusalem, July 5, 2026.

Opposition leaders vow to form Oct. 7 probe as first act of new gov't, demand truth from Netanyahu

"As soon as a government under our leadership is established, we will establish a state-led commission of inquiry that will investigate the failures that led to the October 7 massacre," they said.

Naftali Bennett (L), Gadi Eisenkot, Avigdor Liberman.

Eisenkot-led coalition has pathway to 61 seats without Arab parties for first time - poll

Additionally, Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition dropped by four seats to just 47.

Gadi Eisenkot, head of Yashar, is the main challenger to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the upcoming October election.

New blood wanted: Israeli politics needs an infusion of unpolluted leaders - opinion

I eagerly await the day, perhaps in the 2028 or 2030 elections, when the current crop of politicians will have passed – and that means everybody from Netanyahu to Lapid and Gafni.

Israel’s election campaign is gathering pace, with the country’s political parties competing over the questions of security, leadership and the direction Israel takes after three years of war.

Middle Israel: Why is Sara Netanyahu going to war against Yair Golan? - opinion

Sara Netanyahu's insinuation was as transparent as it was flabbergasting. Golan, according to this “conspiracism,” had advance information about the enemy’s invasion and was part of it. 

SARA NETANYAHU has implied that Democrats Party leader Yair Golan had prior knowledge of Hamas’s invasion plans. Although he might be ill-informed about his party’s history and agenda, Golan is neither a villain nor a turncoat, the writer maintains.

'October 7 treason?' 40% of Israelis believe there was 'betrayal from within' during massacre

16% of those polled unsure if there was a 'betrayal,' 40% believe there was not • Smotrich-Feiglin merger, launch of Winter's People of Israel boosted coalition to 51 seats, its strongest since May.

 Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a ceremony commemorating Israel’s Remembrance Day for fallen soldiers, or Yom HaZikaron, at the Military Cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem April 21, 2026.

Netanyahu's Oct. 7 phone call to IDF chief took place three hours after attack began

Earlier this week, Netanyahu claimed that IDF officers deliberately did not wake him for over an hour because they knew he would prevent the massacre.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a vote at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2026.

Israel's election mudslinging hits a new low with toxic October 7 treason theories - editorial

Sara Netanyahu, in an interview with the right-wing Channel 14 on Monday, intimated that Golan must have had advanced warning of the Hamas attack.

hDemocrats Party chair Yair Golan speaks to the press in Tel Aviv in July 2026.