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


Netanyahu: In a democracy there will be no call to civil riots

Netanyahu talked to President Herzog, stressing that just as the opposition won't be arrested, the coalition shouldn't be compared to the Nazis.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a government conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on January 8, 2023

New gov't and far-right Americans more dangerous to Israel than radical progressives - opinion

On the Right, any criticism of Israel has increasingly been altogether condemned as antisemitic, a phenomenon that looks suspiciously akin to the cancel culture.

 AN EVANGELICAL supporter prays at an event with then-US president Donald Trump in Miami, in 2020. Evangelical Christians have supported Israel as a means to accelerate Armageddon, says the writer.

Maoz threatens LGBTQ+ Pride parade, women's rights in IDF after deal with Netanyahu

The unit in charge of external programming in the education system will be under the control of far-right MK Avi Maoz.

LGBTQ youth protest against far right Noam party at Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem

Ben-Gvir: Chief of Staff should 'think twice' about punishing Givati soldier

A Givati Brigade soldier has been sentenced to 10 days in prison for his role in the attack of left-wing activists in Hebron.

 Israeli soldiers stand guard during a Palestinian protest near the Jewish settlement of Elon Moreh,east of Nablus, in the West Bank, November 25, 2022.

Father of soldier suspended for Hebron brutality calls son 'hero'

The IDF soldier's father lamented that more focus wasn't being put on the fact that soldiers were being disrupted.

 Israeli troops detain a man during a Palestinian protest over the killing of Palestinian gunmen in an Israeli raid on Wednesday, in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank September 29, 2022

Five soldiers suspended for beating left-wing activist in Hebron

In another video from Hebron on Friday, a soldier told activists "Ben-Gvir will make order here."

 An Israeli soldier gestures during a scuffle between Palestinians and Israeli settlers in Hebron in the West Bank November 19, 2022.

'Jewish supremacy' is an oxymoronic term - opinion

Somehow the Jews – the Christ-killing pariahs of western Christendom who were later brought to near extinction in the gas chambers of Auschwitz – are nothing more than (white) European imperialists.

 MEMBERS OF the media take cover on an Ashkelon street, as a siren sounds, warning of incoming rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, May 2021. Over 200 ‘scholars of Jewish studies and Israel studies’ signed a statement vilifying Israel as the sole aggressor of the conflict.

Will Israel get old responsible Netanyahu or brash with no limits?

INSIDE POLITICS: With no alternate fig leave on his Left, and with a strong and heavy plummet pulling to his Right, the new Netanyahu has no choice but to play the responsible adult by himself.

 THE OLD conservative and democratic Netanyahu would have probably thwarted such intentions with one of his leftist partners, but the new Netanyahu has no choice but to be the left-wing arrow himself.

Naftali Bennett to incoming gov't: Leftists should not be made to feel unwelcome

In a statement on his Twitter, the former prime minister stressed the importance of respect and of serving the entire Israeli public, not just one sector.

 Former prime minister Naftali Bennett adresses the Israeli parliament during a "40 signatures debate" in the plenum hall of the Israeli parliament, on June 13, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90

Radical social justice ideology is fueling US antisemitism - opinion

Unlike antisemitism coming from the extreme Right or the Muslim world, antisemitism on the Left is frequently spoken about as if there are only symptoms and no causes.

 US HOUSE Speaker Nancy Pelosi is flanked by Rep. Adam Schiff (right) and US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides during a meeting in the Knesset, earlier this year. ‘As a lifelong Democrat, I’m worried about voices growing louder within the Democratic party,’ says the writer.