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MK Yair Golan of the Democratic Camp party during a tour of the Knesset, September 25, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 7, 2020, 1:13 am
Left-wing, ex-general MK spars with Likud after accusing it of sparking violence
‘Where’s the logic in igniting violence with irresponsible declarations of annexation?’ demands former army deputy chief Yair Golan; PM retorts he has ‘gone off the rails’
By TOI staff
MK Heba Yazbak of the Ra'am-Balad party holds a press conference in Jerusalem on April 16, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
January 20, 2020, 9:49 pm
Knesset set to ban Arab MK as Blue and White confirms it backs disqualification
With Likud already on board, Elections Committee has majority to bar Heba Yazbak from running in elections due to her alleged support of terror; Supreme Court can overrule
By Stuart Winer and Raoul Wootliff
MK Stav Shaffir of the Democratic Camp party holds a press conference, September 15, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)
January 9, 2020, 9:56 am
In ‘final offer,’ Meretz said willing to place Shaffir fifth on joint slate
But left-wing party reportedly doesn’t expect MK to accept offer to return to Democratic Camp alliance in coming elections
By TOI staff
Democratic Choice chairman Yair Golan (L) and Meretz chairman Nitzan Horowitz sign an agreement to run together as the Democratic Camp on January 7, 2019. (Courtesy)
January 7, 2020, 10:06 pm
2 of 3 left-wing slates that make up Democratic Camp ink deal to stick together
Meretz chairman Nitzan Horowitz and Democratic Choice head Yair Golan agree to keep same positions on joint slate, but Green Party leader Stav Shaffir noticeably absent
By Jacob Magid
(Left side) Democratic Camp party leaders Nitzan Horowitz and Stav Shafir at faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on November 4, 2019. (Hadas Parush /Flash90) (Right side) Labor party head Amir Peretz, left, and Gesher party chair Orly Levy-Abekasis, right, announce they will again run together in parliamentary elections in March 2020, on December 15, 2019. (Courtesy Labor-Gesher)
December 22, 2019, 8:42 pm
Failure to unite threatens survival of left-wing parties in March elections
Both Democratic Camp and Labor enter another campaign flirting with electoral threshold; while some want them to merge, internal politics threaten further division
By Jacob Magid
Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, shakes hands with IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Yair Golan at a ceremony for outstanding soldiers on Israel's 68th Independence Day celebrations, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, May 12, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 17, 2019, 6:51 am
One-time Netanyahu pick for chief of staff Yair Golan now calls PM a ‘coward’
‘It’s terrible to me when leadership builds itself not on hopes, but on the darkest feelings people have,’ says the Democratic Union MK, who supports withdrawal from the West Bank
By Ben Sales
MK Yair Golan of the Democratic Camp party during a tour of the Knesset, September 25, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 3, 2019, 3:02 pm
Incoming MK Yair Golan again compares right-wing to Nazis, drawing ire
Former general’s comments recall his 2016 speech likening Israel to Europe before Holocaust; political rivals slam his ‘obsession’
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz. (Oded Balilty and Jack Guez/AFP)
September 16, 2019, 7:54 pm
Gantz assails Netanyahu over reports he sought to go to war before elections
Generals-turned-politicians accuse PM of exploiting security issues for political gain after newspaper says he planned, and later abandoned, Gaza operation last week
By TOI staff
Former prime minister Ehud Barak speaks at the Democratic Camp electoral alliance's campaign launch in Tel Aviv on August 12, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
September 14, 2019, 5:27 pm
Citing voter apathy and Gantz’s pull, leftist parties warn of potential wipe-out
Leaders of Democratic Camp and Labor-Gesher say Blue and White’s efforts to take in their voters could cause the centrist alliance to ‘win the battle but lose the war’
By TOI staff
Retired major general Yair Golan at a conference held at the Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem on July 7, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 30, 2019, 6:00 pm
A general’s warning: Yair Golan says only Democratic Camp can mend Israel’s ills
No.3 on the left-wing union’s slate says the party can enlarge the center-left, unseat Netanyahu, and ‘continue the disengagement’ by, in principle, setting Israel’s borders
By Raoul Wootliff
Labor chief Amir Peretz at the opening of the party's new election headquarters in Tel Aviv, on July 24, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 26, 2019, 10:31 pm
Despite stated opposition, Labor head said mulling merger with Democratic Camp
TV quotes Amir Peretz expressing willingness to join alliance if it will secure center-left majority in Knesset; Blue and White said to offer spot on slate to Labor’s Shmuli
By TOI staff
Ehud Barak, head of the Israel Democratic Party speaks during an election campaign event in Tel Aviv on July 17, 2019. (Hadas Parush\Flash90)
July 18, 2019, 1:53 pm
In the dark shadow of Epstein ties, Barak wages an underdog fight
At campaign launch event, Israel Democratic Party leader goes on the offensive like a guerrilla warrior leading a unlikely coup. It may be his only choice
By Raoul Wootliff
Former prime minister Ehud Barak (L) shakes hands with Yair Golan after announcing the formation of a new party at Tel Aviv's Beit Sokolov on June 26, 2019. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
July 9, 2019, 2:15 pm
Barak says ex-general ‘told the truth’ when he likened Israel to pre-war Germany
Former PM steps into potential minefield by backing comments by member of his party Yair Golan comparing trends in Israeli society to conditions that gave rise to Nazism
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) with Likud MK Miki Zohar at a Likud faction meeting in the Knesset on February 26, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 5, 2019, 2:44 pm
Netanyahu ally: There won’t be 3rd elections if PM again fails to form coalition
Miki Zohar says Blue and White’s Gantz would get a crack at assembling a government if Likud unable to do so after September polls, didn’t believe Knesset would really dissolve
By TOI staff
Former Labor party candidate Yair Fink (R) with former prime minister Ehud Barak, June 30, 2019. (Courtesy)
June 30, 2019, 5:35 pm
First Labor candidate defects to Ehud Barak’s new rival party
Renouncing place on beleaguered slate, Yair Fink says Israel ‘in need of real leadership’ that can mount a credible challenge to Netanyahu
By Raoul Wootliff
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