The Times of Israel

What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: What’s left of the left?

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 07:03:23 +0000

As Likud and PM Netanyahu rise in the polls, ToI's senior analyst discusses why even life-long leftists are finding it difficult to contemplate voting for their 'home' parties

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Lapid says Netanyahu orchestrating attorney general’s ouster to revive overhaul

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 19:23:44 +0000

'We will not participate in pretending that Israel is a democracy if it ceases to be so,' opposition leader declares, pledging to 'not rule out any step or action'

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Labor and Meretz merge into united ‘liberal-democratic Zionist party’: The Democrats

Sun, 30 Jun 2024 19:08:38 +0000

Union 'a necessary condition for a change of government,' says Labor chief; Meretz secretary general promises party will be 'bigger and more influential than the Kahanists'

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‘A political corpse’: Tuesday primary could mark revival of ailing Labor party

Mon, 27 May 2024 09:14:23 +0000

Former Meretz MK Yair Golan is expected to win Labor's top spot, opening possibility for merger of two leftist parties as Meretz says it's 'ready in principle' for step

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Labor MKs Lazimi, Kariv endorse Yair Golan for party leadership ahead of primaries

Sun, 17 Mar 2024 15:09:55 +0000

In implicit rebuke of outgoing party chair Merav Michaeli, ex-Meretz MK Golan pledges 'to create a large and wide movement' on the political left

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Polls show slow start for solo Sa’ar, dramatic impact for Bennett and Cohen parties

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 08:42:04 +0000

Surveys show New Hope leader may struggle after split from Gantz, but a potential dramatic reshaping of political map if former PM and ex-Mossad chief were to run

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In first, ultra-Orthodox parties win majority on Jerusalem city council

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 15:00:27 +0000

'We don’t want to turn Jerusalem into Bnei Brak,' says Deputy Mayor Eliezer Rauchberger, adding 'we’re here to demand our share' in an equitable manner

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Amnon Rubinstein, ‘the father of Israel’s constitutional law,’ dies at 92

Thu, 18 Jan 2024 19:07:41 +0000

Former lawmaker and Israel Prize winner played key role in shaping Israel's legal and political landscape during 25-year Knesset career, before retiring to write novels

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With Meretz wiped out of Knesset, party’s local candidates struggle to raise funds

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 09:53:48 +0000

Left-wing party was a force in municipal elections for decades, but with it now in debt and barred from subsidizing campaigns, some contenders have reluctantly dropped the brand

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Challenging party boss, Labor MK to push for merger with Meretz to shore up left

Mon, 08 May 2023 21:38:49 +0000

Referencing 'mistakes' that led to Netanyahu win, Gilad Kariv launches bid for unity previously nixed by Labor head Merav Michaeli, with party said looking for a change at the top

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Daily Briefing Dec. 14: A UN investigator’s biased social media; World Cup lessons

Wed, 14 Dec 2022 11:02:01 +0000

From the US, reporter Luke Tress discusses a NY anti-antisemitism program, while correspondent Jacob Magid reflects on his talks with politicians on Israel's decimated left

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Daily Briefing Nov. 24: As Israel mourns two teens, coalition talks turn rancorous

Thu, 24 Nov 2022 11:15:57 +0000

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on bombings fallout and corpse recovery; political correspondent Tal Schneider on demise of Meretz; legal reporter Jeremy Sharon on override clause

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Meretz leader Zehava Galon said set to resign over catastrophic loss

Thu, 17 Nov 2022 09:20:41 +0000

Party rival Yair Golan praises reported move, which comes after left-wing faction failed to make it into the Knesset

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The Israeli left has lost more than an election

Mon, 07 Nov 2022 03:48:10 +0000

Israel's left has been in freefall for 3 decades. It didn't lose ground in the election; it simply woke up to the mismatch between its political institutions and the electorate

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Netanyahu won 8-seat majority over his opponents despite near-parity in raw votes

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 20:54:31 +0000

With Meretz and Balad failing to cross the electoral threshold, some 289,000 votes were wasted by anti-Netanyahu parties, smoothing the right-wing religious camp's path to victory

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