Yair Golan
First time voters could determine as many as 12 Knesset seats with high turnout
More than four-fifths of respondents to the IDI survey for first-time voters described the opportunity to vote as either “fairly meaningful” or “very meaningful.”
Burning tires, halted traffic: Druze protesters block Route 6 days after Tel Aviv club attack
Golan, Winter receives Shin Bet security two days before election, following party petitions
Yair Golan vows to replace Netanyahu, backs coalition with Arab party Ra'am - interview
As Israel’s opposition jostles over leadership, its bid to replace Netanyahu weakens - opinion
The change bloc is losing momentum as its leaders remain divided over strategy. A simple pre-election agreement could resolve the deadlock.
Lapid to host all five change bloc leaders for coordination meeting ahead of elections
The meeting comes as the bloc's leaders seek to tighten coordination while grappling with disagreements over election strategy and the identity of the candidate who will lead the camp.
Majority believe Israel should help Saudis against Houthis as Likud continues downward trend - poll
Thirty-eight percent said such assistance should be conditioned on a normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia, while 16% supported assisting the kingdom even without diplomatic return.
Netanyahu attacks Eisenkot's Yashar, says elections are direct struggle between Left, Right
Netanyahu also attacked Democrats party chairman Yair Golan and referred to his statements regarding IDF activity and the controversy surrounding the former military advocate-general.
'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.
Golan already preparing demands for coalition talks if change bloc government formed
Enshrining issues of democracy and the rule of law, along with ministries already identified, Defense, Justice, Education, National Security, and Communications, are among Golan's demands.
Rosh Hashanah 2026: What does ‘shana tova’ mean in an Israel divided by politics? - opinion
Israelis may share a wish for a shana tova, but their visions for the country’s future could not be more different.
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.
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.
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.
