Da'am Workers Party

Israelis in Tel Aviv protest against Israel's assault on Gaza, calling for a ceasefire and an end to the blockade of the Strip, Tel Aviv, August 23, 2014. (Photo: Activestills)

‘Pay the price for peace’: Israelis demand ceasefire

Some 400 protesters gathered in Tel Aviv Saturday night to protest against the war in Gaza, calling for an end to the blockade of the Strip and the Israeli occupation in general. The protest was organized by the the Coalition of Women for Peace and the socialist Da’am Workers Party. The protest was set to…

By +972 Magazine August 23, 2014

Asma Agbaria, chairwoman of Da'am (YouTube screenshot)

On small parties and strategic voting: Burn your vote

While arguments against voting for smaller parties that are unlikely to cross the minimum threshold tend to be erroneous, don’t fall into the trap of thinking your vote actually determines what happens here over the next four years – for that you need a different type of democracy. By Tomer Zeigerman In the unappealing lineup…

By +972 Magazine January 22, 2013

Ballot slips from 2009 Knesset elections (Photo: Michal Barel / Creative Commons licence)

Deliberations of a first-time non-Zionist voter

Less than 48 hours to vote, and I still haven’t decided. The first time I voted I was a soldier in the Israeli Navy. It was 1992, and I remember being all excited about taking part in the democratic process. I walked over the plank of my missile boat towards a decaying building on shore,…

By Ami Kaufman January 20, 2013

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Asma Agbaria, chairwoman of Da'am (YouTube screenshot)

WATCH: Finally, an Israeli politician demanding Arab-Jewish unity

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post sharing my personal grappling with the question of whether to vote or not in the election in 12 days. I’m still not sure if I will end up voting, as it feels to me in principal like conceding to Israel’s farcical democracy and a direct affront to…

By Mairav Zonszein January 10, 2013

MK Dov Khenin (Yossi Gurvitz)

Vote for Arab-Jewish parties, or don’t vote at all

Just as an American wouldn’t imagine voting for a party that does not accept blacks, progressive Israelis should only consider voting for parties that challenge the separation between Palestinian and Jews. This is a translation, with minor changes, of my weekly column for Time Out Tel Aviv. The Hebrew original can be read here. A…

By Noam Sheizaf January 5, 2013

Israeli election notes for the 18th Knesset (photo: YiftachT/wikimedia/CC)

To vote or not to vote? Grappling with the question

Last month’s Gaza war-cum-onslaught now seems like a distant memory, a forgotten speck of death and destruction in a news cycle that is now dominated by the January 22 elections and all the recent political musical chairs that make our political system look like a chicken running around without a head. I am now supposed to get ready for…

By Mairav Zonszein December 9, 2012

The myth of the wasted Israeli vote – and the alternative

As Israeli elections approach, are you considering voting for a party you don’t really like, merely to prevent Bibi-Lieberman from winning? Here is a piece from a friend active with the Da’am Workers Party on the importance of voting not just for the lesser evil, but for a party that offers a real alternative to…

By Mairav Zonszein November 9, 2012