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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with cabinet members attending a memorial ceremony marking 24 years since the assassination of former israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, in the Knesset on November 10, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The illusion of stability is key to the Israeli right’s rule

The right portrayed Israel as an island immune to the world’s political and economic turmoil over the past decade. The left needs a coherent, inclusive platform to challenge that narrative.

By Matan Kaminer December 30, 2019

An Israeli settler argues with Palestinians during a protest against a new tent placed by Jewish settlers near the West bank village of Bani Naem on June 23, 2018 (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90).

In advocating for a Palestinian state, Haaretz forgets about the Palestinians

According to Haaretz, all Israel has to do to maintain the relevance of the two-state solution is evacuate 9,800 Jewish families from the West Bank. How do the Palestinians factor into this vision? They do not. By Meron Rapoport The headline on the front page of last weekend’s Haaretz weekend magazine was a short one:…

By +972 Magazine August 20, 2018

Head of the Zionist Union party Avi Gabbay with Opposition Leader Isaac Herzog. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Explained: Why many on the Left are furious at new Labor leader Avi Gabbay

From vowing never to join forces with Arab political parties to saying there’s no reason to remove settlements, Labor’s new leader has alienated many on the Left in recent months. His latest move, supporting the deportation of asylum seekers, is different. Last July, Avi Gabbay was elected chairman of the Labor party on the promise…

By Joshua Leifer November 23, 2017

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Left-wing Israelis stage a pro-peace demonstration. (File photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Ending the occupation is in the interest of Israelis, too

The occupation is disastrous first and foremost for Palestinians, but it is also disastrous for the Jewish people in Israel. Left-wing politics cannot be based solely on solidarity with the Other. By Uri Weltmann There are left-wing voices in Israel who believe that the very foundation of Israeliness has become inextricably intertwined with the country’s occupation of…

By +972 Magazine November 7, 2016

Labor chairman Isaac Herzog (Photo by Activestills.org)

We need a center-left political alternative in Israel

This is not a time for ideological purity. There is an overriding goal and that is ending the Occupation. By Jeremiah Haber Since the election of Ehud Barak as prime minister in 1999, if not earlier, there has been no center-left in Israel. Of course, there has been something referred to as “center-left” but that…

By +972 Magazine January 25, 2016