Labor Party

The electoral threshold is distorting Israel's democracy - time to rethink it - opinion

Israel’s electoral threshold was designed to improve governability. Instead, it can distort election results and leave voters without representation.

|ByDAN PERRY
A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.
Britain's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband speaks at the House of Commons in London, Britain, September 8, 2026.

Israel must follow through on British consulate closure after Miliband sanctions - editorial

Sa’ar should ensure that the measures he announced are carried out, despite British threats to expel an Israeli diplomat from London for every diplomat expelled from the consulate.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
(L-R): Yair Golan, Gilad Kariv

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

Golan and Kariv's role leading the Democrats party positions them as leaders of Israel's main left-wing party, opposing Netanyahu's right-wing government.

|ByTAL SPUNGIN
Leader of the Democrats party Yair Golan leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 15, 2026.

Democrats Party breaks record of 75,000 members, sets date for primaries ahead of elections

The left-wing Democrats Party said it will hold primaries on July 20 after crossing a record 75,000 members, marking its highest membership since the late 1990s.

|ByKESHET NEEV

'A strong Zionist alternative': Yair Golan announces new political camp

“I am founding a democratic, free, broad-based party, to present a strong, straightforward, Zionist alternative to this corrupt and messianist government," he said in a video posted to X.

MARCH 18, 2024ByLEON KRAIEM
Yair Golan, former IDF deputy chief of staff, announces the creation of a new political camp in a video posted to X, March 18, 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.

MARCH 7, 2024ByELIAV BREUER
Former Meretz MK Yair Golan

Unite the Left, topple Netanyahu's government: Yair Golan's two goals - interview

Part of the current lack of leadership lies in the fact that the goals for the war against Hamas are unachievable, Golan argued.

MARCH 3, 2024ByELIAV BREUER
Former Meretz MK Yair Golan

Grapevine, March 1 2024: Party pooper

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MARCH 1, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
FROM LEFT: Galit Gal, Danny Hakim, Danna Azrieli, and Dekel Noy.

Former finance minister Avraham ‘Beiga’ Shochat dies at 87

One of the last pillars of Rabin, Peres, and Barak's Labor party, Avraham 'Beigele' Shochat, passes at the age of 87.

FEBRUARY 28, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
AvrahamShochatFacial

Holon Mayor Moti Sasson ousted after 30 years in office

Holon Mayor Moti Sasson's tenure ends after 30 years that saw him carve out a legacy as a champion of the central city.

FEBRUARY 27, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
From right to left: Prof. Adir Pridor, Chairman of HITS’s Executive Committee, Pinchas (Pini) Cohen, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of HIT, Moti Sasson, Mayor of Holon, HIT President Professor Eduard Yakubov, and Shmuel Goldberg, HIT CEO.

Tensions in National Unity after Gantz's absence from Cassif impeachment vote

Day after failed ousting of MK Ofer Cassif, New Hope disappointed with four Blue and White members' absence during crucial vote, deepening political rifts.

FEBRUARY 20, 2024ByANNA BARSKY
Gideon Sa'ar