Zehava Gal-On

Standby squads raise concerns amid Israel-Hamas chaos

Questions surround powers, weapons, and personnel in the growing standby squads movement.

"After that, they began distributing weapons without accountability due to excessive panic." The attack on October 7th
 L: Former Meretz leader Zehava Gal-On, R: National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir

'Heil Kahane': Former Meretz leader likens Ben-Gvir to a Nazi

 Meretz Leader Zehava Galon

Meretz head sues Ben-Gvir after he claimed she hit IDF soldier

 Head of the left wing Meretz party Zehava Gal-On leaving after a meeting with Labor leader and Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid at Lapid's home in Tel Aviv on September 10, 2022.

Zehava Galon to resign as head of Meretz after election downfall


Merav Michaeli must take responsibility for failing Labor - editorial

Under Merav Michaeli's leadership, Labor fell from seven seats to just four, and yet she refuses to take responsibility for the failure.

 Head of the Labour party and Minister of Transportation Merav Michaeli gives a statment to the media following the results of the Knesset elections in Tel Aviv, on November 3, 2022.

Israel Elections: Left-wing Labor, Meretz secure 8-9 seats - exit polls

These parties make up the left-wing bloc together with bloc leader Yesh Atid, led by current prime minister Yair Lapid. In total, the left-wing bloc is estimated at 55 seats.

 Labor Party leader Merav Michaeli, Meretz leader Zehava Galon

Israel elections: Will the fifth time be the charm?

The political instability over the past three and a half years has led to growing dismay about the state of Israel's democracy.

National Unity Party's Benny Gantz, Otzma Yehudit's Itamar Ben-Gvir, Likud;s Benjamin Netanyahu and Yesh Atid's Yair Lapid

Israel elections: Politicians enter final preparations as voting day nears

Labor on Saturday night held a rally in memory of former Labor leader and prime minister Yizhak Rabin, who was assassinated on November 4, 1995.

 A NEARLY-EMPTY Knesset plenum debates the dispersal of parliament, in June. In the upcoming election, be a strategic and principled voter, not a tactical and cynical one, says the writer.

Grapevine October 23, 2022: A Yemenite festival

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Yemeni Jews demonstrate outside the Cabinet office in Sanaa, March 2009

Arab parties fail to sign surplus vote-sharing agreements

Surplus vote-sharing agreements stipulate that after being allocated their number of seats in the Knesset, two parties may bring their votes together in an attempt to win one of the seats.

 COUNTING BALLOTS after the general elections, March 25, 2020.

Netanyahu to be acquitted, Smotrich said in press conference

Netanyahu will be acquitted from accusations of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, MK Bezalel Smotruch said in a press conference on Tuesday.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at Yad Vashem at the start of Holocaust Remembrance Day last week.

Zehava Galon: IDF must restrain soldiers, settlers from attacking Palestinians

Israel's security establishment must act in a stronger manner against violent Jewish settlers, Galon claimed in a Shabbatarbut event.

 Police evacuate Settlers of the Nachala Settlement Movement from an open field near Kiryat Arba, after trying to establish illegal outposts in Judea and Samaria, July 20, 2022

Ayelet Shaked and other politicians clash over Lebanon deal

Ministers and MKs from both sides have commented on the upcoming maritime border agreement with Lebanon.

An empty Knesset Plenum

Top Israeli politicians take to social media, make fun of each other

From the Galon-Shaked debate on the best name for an album cover to the Likud's use of a sinkhole as a jab at political opponents, fun was had by all.

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R)

Israel elections: Merav Michaeli's Labor takes aim at Yair Lapid

A leaked Labor document called the prime minister's merger mediation attempts "illegitimate, counterproductive and unnecessary hysterics."

 Foreign Minister Yair Lapid with Merav Michaeli, Minister of Transport and Road Safety during a discussion and a vote on a bill to dissolve the Knesset, at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem, on June 22, 2022