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Democrats Party Chairman Yair Golan (left) gives a statement to the media outside the Channel 12 News studios in Tel Aviv, July 28, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); Yisrael Beiteinu party chairman MK Avigdor Lieberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on July 13, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 4, 2026, 7:02 pm
Liberman tells Golan to ‘shut up,’ says rhetoric aiding Netanyahu election campaign
In opposition in-fighting, Golan says Liberman should ‘stop echoing’ right-wing messaging, as Likud continues to weaponize The Democrats leader’s past comments ahead of elections
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
A masked assailant is caught on surveillance footage hurling a brick at the glass doors of Channel 12's offices in Tel Aviv, in the early hours of July 28, 2026. (Channel 12 via X)
July 28, 2026, 2:11 pm
‘Someone will die’: Vandal smashes Channel 12 office doors again, leaves threatening note
Network’s Tel Aviv entrance hit with two bricks, message demands apology for coverage of alleged abuse of Palestinian at Sde Teiman army base; outlet accuses government of incitement
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the start of a cabinet meeting, July 26, 2026. (Screenshot via GPO)
July 26, 2026, 6:15 pm
Netanyahu vows expanded operations against West Bank ‘terrorist strongholds’
Katz accuses Democrats chief Golan of ‘blood libel’ for blaming deadly Friday shootout on settlers, government; cabinet meeting moved underground for unspecified security reasons
By Lazar Berman, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Yair Golan, chairman of The Democrats party, speaks during a party rally at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, July 25, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 26, 2026, 12:20 am
Launching election campaign, Democrats’ Golan says blood spilled in West Bank is on PM’s hands
At event ahead of weekly anti-government protests, left-wing party says it eyes education and justice ministries, vows to keep criminal defendants out of office, nix judicial overhaul laws
By Noam Lehmann
MKs Naama Lazimi (red jacket) and Gilad Kariv (to her right) celebrate with other Democrats party politicians after winning the No. 2 and No. 3 slots respectively on the party's Knesset slate, following party leader Yair Golan (to Kariv's right). The candidates gathered in Tel Aviv on July 20, 2026, after the party's primary. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 20, 2026, 9:53 pm
MK Naama Lazimi wins No. 2 spot after Yair Golan in left-wing Democrats’ primary
Party says 97,000 of 112,376 registered members cast ballots in digital vote; party leader predicts list will draw ‘more than a million voters’; Reform Rabbi Kariv comes in third
By Ariela Karmel
The Democrats party leader Yair Golan (left) shakes hands with new member Omri Ronen at a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 16, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 19, 2026, 6:11 pm
Katz orders Democrats party candidate ousted from IDF reserves over call to refuse service
After Omri Ronen says he would support army refusal to prevent government’s alleged judicial ‘coup,’ defense minister vows not to allow ‘scourge of refusal’ among ranks
By Stav Levaton
Left to right: Attorney General Gali Baharav Miara attends a House committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, June 9, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a memorial ceremony for Zionist leader Theodor Herzl at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on July 5, 2026. (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL)
July 5, 2026, 9:22 pm
AG: Government pledge to disobey High Court undermines core principles of rule of law
Herzog: Disobeying court ruling crosses a red line; opposition leaders warn against weakening of democratic norms, envision ‘anarchy in the streets’; Israel Bar Association chair: ‘Israel will not survive’ if move goes unchallenged
By ToI Staff
MK Yitzhak Pindrus (left) attends a meeting of the Education, Culture and Sports Committee at the Knesset, Jerusalem, June 29, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); MK Naama Lazimi attends a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on petitions seeking to overturn the election of attorney Michael Rabello as State Comptroller, June 18, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 29, 2026, 3:55 pm
Haredi MK Pindrus says opposition lawmaker Lazimi should be shot in legs for protesting
Asked if he believes cops should fire at demonstrators who block roads, including his party chair, UTJ lawmaker says: ‘Sure, but start with Lazimi’; Democrats MK files police complaint
By Ethan Rubinson
Democrats chief Yair Golan speaks during a press conference at the party's headquarters in Tel Aviv on January 6, 2026. (Courtesy of The Democrats)
June 28, 2026, 5:12 pm
Golan’s Democrats party unveils 51 primary candidates, touts 85,000 members
Vying for a spot on the left-wing alliance’s slate are current and former lawmakers, civil society activists, the IDF’s first Christian Arab lieutenant colonel, and the brother of a slain hostage
By Ariela Karmel
Israel Police spokesman Aryeh Doron visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, March 7, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 16, 2026, 11:35 am
Israel Police spokesman calls Yair Golan a ‘defiler of Israel,’ drawing backlash
Aryeh Doron later walks back remarks he made after opposition Democrats leader said he’d keep a close eye on police during coming election to ensure it isn’t serving government
By ToI Staff
Left-to-right: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks outside his office at the Knesset on June 3, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Opposition Leader Yair Lapid leads a Yesh Atid faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 15, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Gadi Eisenkot, head of the Yashar party, speaks during a conference at Tel Aviv University, May 12, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90); Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference ahead of the vote on the state budget at the Knesset, June 15, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 15, 2026, 11:52 am
Ministers say Israel won’t be bound by Iran deal, as opposition castigates Netanyahu’s ‘absolute failure’
Defense minister vows the IDF will remain in southern Lebanon, hit Iran hard if needed, despite Trump-Tehran MOU ending Lebanon fighting; Bennett calls Trump-imposed terms a product of failed Israeli leadership
By Emanuel Fabian, Ariela Karmel, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Female soldiers operate a tank in the Negev Desert, in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 10, 2026, 12:28 pm
Yeshiva rabbis say they won’t send students to tank units due to integration of women
Leaders of 12 yeshivas in ‘hesder’ joint study-service program reject plan to allow women to serve with men; IDF source says army in ‘impossible situation,’ critics pan it as refusal to serve
By ToI Staff, Rossella Tercatin and Emanuel Fabian
Left to right: Former prime minister Naftali Bennett speaks during a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 20, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Opposition Leader Yesh Atid MK Yair Lapid leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on May 25, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Gadi Eisenkot, head of the Yashar party, speaks during a conference at Tel Aviv University, May 12, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); Leader of the Democrats party Yair Golan leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 25, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Yisrael Beytenu chair Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on May 25, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 5, 2026, 1:17 am
Poll shows anti-Netanyahu bloc winning majority; Eisenkot seen as best fit to be PM in separate survey
Zman Yisrael has Zionist opposition parties winning 62 seats, enough to form a government, though they would come short of a majority if all Arab factions run on joint slate
By ToI Staff
The Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, May 13, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 20, 2026, 1:00 am
Preliminary vote to dissolve Knesset set for Wednesday, but no election date set
Democrats’ Yair Golan reportedly urges opposition leaders to hold joint press conference ahead of vote to show unity; elections must be held by Oct. 27 in any case
By Sam Sokol
ToI political correspondents Ariela Karmel and Sam Sokol join host Jessica Steinberg on today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI)
May 10, 2026, 2:44 pm
Daily Briefing May 10: Political parties form new constellations ahead of elections
Political correspondents Sam Sokol and Ariela Karmel discuss the opposition parties’ mergers and defections, and a blitz of new legislation as the Knesset goes back to work
By Jessica Steinberg, Sam Sokol and Ariela Karmel
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