Left-wing

From revolutionaries to royalists? Why some of Iran's former leftists now back Reza Pahlavi

IRAN AFFAIRS: Nearly half a century after the Islamic revolution, a number of former leftist revolutionaries are arriving at a conclusion that would once have seemed unthinkable.

IRAN’S CROWN Prince Reza Pahlavi meets with Iranian former left-wing political prisoners in Paris. Many who formerly would never would have the son of the shah have now backed his post-regime plan for Iran. Iraj Mesdaghi is second from left, next to Pahlavi, and bottom right is Mahshid Sepehri.
People march during a protest against the war in Iran on March 2, 2026 in New York, New York. U.S.

Anti-Jew, anti-Zionist, anti-American hate blinds many to the Iranian regime’s evils - opinion

Ana Kasparian speaks at the 2019 Politicon, Nashville, Tennessee; illustrative.

'Israel is evil, genocidal': Ana Kasparian doubles down in anti-Zionist X thread

 A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.

New generation of Israeli voters more traditional, right-wing, poll shows - analysis


Buttressing the middle: Israelis must unite to box out 'zealots'

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: In an ugly skirmish for dominance, the Zionist parties on the Right and Left aligned with the fringes.

 A PROTEST OUTSIDE Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Jerusalem home.

Rothman escorted out of World Zionist Congress after anti-reform protests

The World Zionist Congress has been rocked by arguments between the right and left surrounding the judicial reform.

 MK Simcha Rothman attends a committee meeting at the Knesset, January 17, 2023.

The battle for Jewish hearts and minds returns to the printed page

This spring has seen the launch of two Jewish journals — Masorti, a reboot of the former Conservative Judaism, and Fragments, a product of the left-leaning Jewish human rights group T’ruah.

 Over the years, I’ve rationalized my newspaper hoarding (Illustrative).

Judicial reform protests will end with blood on the street, organizer warns

Protest organizer Eran Schwartz spoke about the concern of deliberate, organized attacks being carried out against judicial reform protesters.

 Judicial reform supporters wave Likud flags and hold signs reading "The leftist minority will not determine Israel" and "Leftist traitors" at a protest on Saturday night, March 18, 2023.

IDF stops left-wing solidarity visit from reaching Huwara

Left-wing activists were trying to pay Huwara a solidarity visit following settler riots that killed one person and destroyed a lot of property.

 View of cars burned by Jewish settlers during riots last night in Huwara, in the West Bank, near Nablus, February 27, 2023

Progressives, liberals alike perpetuate evil with moral ambivalence - opinion

See no evil: In what universe is there a moral equivalency between ramming a vehicle into people standing at a bus stop and a young person losing his life in a crossfire with terrorists?

 AFTER THE funeral, a mourner crouches at the grave of six-year-old Yaakov Israel Pally, killed in a car-ramming attack in Jerusalem, earlier this month.

Israel needs moderate majority to speak up on judicial reform - opinion

The latest Israeli Democracy Institute poll shows 43% disliking the proposed judicial overhaul, with 31% supporting it.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, last week. Don’t blame Blinken for last week’s low moment in Zionist history, says the writer.

Gadi Taub should celebrate being 'cancelled' - opinion

Taub was informed on Wednesday by the publication, for which he has been writing for more than a decade, that his articles would no longer be welcome.

 Israeli author Gadi Taub speaks at the International Writer's festival in Jerusalem on May 06, 2010.

Tom Friedman’s lies, damned lies and statistics - opinion

No, Tom, Biden ought to be told that the Jewish state isn’t “changing its fundamental character.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Likud’s faction in the Knesset, last week. Threats from the Likud Central Committee may be inserted into the selection procedure for the most important judicial institution in Israel, says the writer.

Israel's democracy is fine - beware Left, Right doom-and-gloomers - opinion

The screeching that Israel is becoming Poland or that the duly-elected government executed some coup d’etat,is disproportionate. Such toxicity poisons the democratic well.

 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin holds a news conference at the Knesset, last week.