Left-wing

To bland Mr. Miliband living in la-la land: Your antics aren’t bold. They’re bovine – opinion

Much to the thrill of anti-Zionists, this foreign secretary has engaged in what is quickly becoming the equivalent of an Olympic sport: Regurgitating propaganda to blast Israel’s image to smithereens

The UK foreign secretary has pulled a ‘Mary Poppins’ by ‘adding spoonfuls of sugar’ to make his poison go easily down liberals’ throats, the writer asserts.
(L-R): Yair Golan, Gilad Kariv

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

Sweden prepares for the 2026 general election

Jewish leaders in Sweden warn of antisemitism in the Left Party

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir holds a press conference with new Otzma Yehudit MK Tally Gotliv, in Tel Aviv, September 4, 2026

Israel’s next political upheaval will come from the Right - opinion


Labor MKs Kariv, Lazimi endorse Yair Golan to lead party

Golan previously served as a member of the Knesset within Meretz. He ran for leadership of Meretz ahead of the November 2022 election and lost to Zehava Galon.

 Yair Golan attends a conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya, on February 6, 2024.

Yair Golan launches campaign to lead Labor, Left

Other than Golan, the only other person to announce her candidacy is current Labor MK Efrat Rayten.

 Former Meretz MK Yair Golan

Letters to the editor, March 4, 2024: Contrasting articles

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

Left-wing Zionist groups Americans for Peace Now, Ameinu to merge

The groups declared that the merger made sense because the groups complemented one another.

 Rep. Andy Levin speaks at a press conference introducing his "Two-State Solution Act" on Capitol Hill, Sept. 23, 2021. He is flanked by Hadar Susskind, the president/CEO of Americans for Peace Now; Rep. Alan Lowenthal; Rep. Sara Jacobs; Rep. Peter Welch; and J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami.

Left out: How the global Left betrayed its Israeli supporters - opinion

As the pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian PR war goes on, I realize that the radical left has abandoned its values to support pro-Palestinian antisemitism.

 Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest near the entrance of the Jamaica to JFK AirTrain Station in New York City, U.S., January 27, 2024.

'JPost' election poll: New party of IDF reservists shakes up Israeli politics

According to the poll, a reservists’ party headed by Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli (Likud) would win eight seats.

 How many seats would a new party of reservists receive, if headed by:

As Liberal Jews Feel abandoned by the Left

What’s next?

 Liberal Jews - Abandoned by the left

Israel is changing: Here are the key tribes and trends involved - opinion

The authentic growth of Israeli Judaism, emerging naturally and accepted broadly, will be the defining journey of the next generation. 

 Youth call for unity in Jerusalem, March 2023.

There is no reason for the Israeli Left to disappear - opinion

Being left-wing involves, inter alia, seeking peace and believing in humanism, the welfare state, and a mixed economy. There is no reason for the Israeli Left to disappear.

 LABOR PARTY leader MK Merav Michaeli holds a news conference in Tel Aviv last week. Michaeli announced that she won’t seek reelection as party leader and will not run for the next Knesset.

Netanyahu has been exposed as a skilled manipulator - opinion

As a skilled manipulator, Netanyahu strives to inculcate that Judaism and the Left are diametrically opposed, in which case the Left threatens our very basic identity as Jews.

 Minister-without-portfolio Benny Gantz walks behind Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as Defense Minister Yoav gallant takes his seat, at a recent news conference.