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Coalition denies Labor Party's bid to change name to The Democrats

The rejection of the request sparked an uproar in the committee, and MK Rayten was removed from the discussion by the Committee Chairman

Yair Golan, head of The Democrats party speaks at the Knesset. February 24, 2025.
 Labour MP Andrew Gwynne.

UK health minister fired after barrage of antisemitic, sexist texts exposed

 Yair Lapid speaking on the 15th of July 2024, before the Knesset goes on reccess.

Netanyahu a 'whiner and coward' for incitement complaints, Lapid says

 FROM LEFT: Meni Benish, Yitzhak Eldan, Pannabha Chandraramya, and Yitzhak Bejerano.

Grapevine July 3, 2024: Thais that bind


Biased UK media influences the public causing anti-Israel stance - opinion

British media outlets have massively contributed to stirring up anger among Muslim extremists and play a significant part in the fact that the UK is slowly losing its identity.

AN ANTI-ISRAEL protest takes place outside a Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Chelsea, in Manchester, in February. A Henry Jackson Society poll shows that one-third of British Muslims want implementation of Sharia law in the UK.

If the Left wants a fighting chance in the next elections, they must unite - editorial

If there is anything the Israeli Left struggles to do, it is to unite behind a single leader. If they wish to succeed, Golan might be that person.

 Labor leader Yair Golan poses next to a photo of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, June 17, 2024

Drafting haredim to the army is 'an offense to religion,' says former Shas MK

Moshe Maya, a former MK in the Shas Party, responded to the High Court's ruling requiring the draft of ultra-Orthodox men, saying that the law will be met with resistance.

 A group of ultra-Orthodox Jews blocked traffic and the light rail  in Jerusalem demonstrating against a Haredi draft into the IDF. February 26, 2024.

Will Yair Golan recruit activists to establish a unity camp?

Former Knesset member Yair Golan won the Labor Party leadership primaries recently and discussed his party's future plans.

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

Supporting Labor Party's new controversial leader Yair Golan - opinion

I have high hopes that as leader of a united Left, Golan will gain sufficient influence on Israel’s future to make a difference – hopefully even as a senior minister in Israel’s next government.

 THEN-MK and deputy minister Yair Golan addresses the Knesset, in 2022.

Editor's Notes: Israel needs a new kind of leader, not Yair Golan

It is time to embrace a new type of leader who can unite the nation, manage complex challenges, and promote a vision of inclusivity and mutual respect.

 YAIR GOLAN delivers his victory speech after winning the Labor Party primary elections in Tel Aviv, on Tuesday.

Is Yair Golan the Labor Party's new hope? - opinion

If the left-wing bloc led by Golan will take mandates from Yesh Atid and National Unity, then the battle between Golan, Gantz, and Lapid is just beginning.

 YAIR GOLAN speaks after the results were announced in the Labor Party primary election, in Tel Aviv, on Tuesday.

Labor Party's new chairman calls for civil disobedience in Israel

Golan, called for "widespread civil disobedience" in order to put heavy pressure on Netanyahu and his government such as "We shouldn't join the [IDF] reserves, until the government changes".

 Yair Golan speaks after winning the Labor party primary elections, in Tel Aviv, May 28, 2024

Israeli parties should follow Labor’s example and set primaries for new leaders - editorial

The Labor Party's primary race saw Yair Golan elected leader with 95.15% of the vote, pledging to unite left-wing parties and strengthen Israeli democracy.

 Former Meretz MK Yair Golan

EXCLUSIVE: Israel's Labor Party official slams Spanish PM for unilateral recognition of Palestine

Hermoni called the move a "windfall for the terrorist organizations that wish upon our demise."

SPAIN'S PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez (left) and Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo meet with PA head Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah last week.

Suella Braverman apologizes on behalf of police for UK Jewish community feeling unsafe - report

“It was a real concern for me that police, over the last seven months, displayed a total lack of seriousness when it came to protecting the Jewish community,” she was cited as saying by the JC. 

A man wears a kippa.