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Can a new Jewish-Arab party breathe life into the Israeli left?
'All its Citizens' wants to unite the left in Israel around the principle of complete equality for all. But can they even agree on what that looks like?
By
Ben Reiff
December 21, 2022
The Kahanists won. Here’s how the left can rebuild
The results of the latest Israeli election are bleak. But amid the despair are clues to the way forward.
By
Haggai Matar
November 2, 2022
Can Zehava Galon make Meretz matter?
Zehava Galon has returned to lead Meretz out of a sense of duty. To defeat resurgent Kahanism, she says she is willing to compromise on policy. But can she really influence her potential coalition partners?
By
Meron Rapoport
September 14, 2022
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The siege is only a symptom
To confront Israel’s violence against Palestinians, progressive Jews in Israel and around the world must reckon with the ideology that lies at its root.
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Ben Reiff
August 11, 2022
Meretz abandons its last core value
The Israeli left argued that ousting Netanyahu would open the space to fight the occupation. A vote on an apartheid law shows the opposite has happened.
By
Meron Rapoport
June 14, 2022
This Israeli leftist wants his camp to break the Tel Aviv bubble
Activist and Meretz member Avi Dabush explains what the Israeli left gets wrong about towns like Sderot, their Mizrahim, and their views on Gaza.
By
Noam Sheizaf
November 30, 2021
What keeps this Israeli leftist in a pro-occupation government?
MK Mossi Raz opens up about being part of a coalition that is 'moving to the right' on the occupation, and whether his Meretz party truly promotes Jewish-Arab partnership.
By
Yoad Winter-Segev
October 4, 2021
Israel’s most racist law comes crumbling down — for now
The failure to renew the Citizenship Law offers Palestinian families a moment of respite. Four takeaways from the first big crisis plaguing the new coalition.
By
Edo Konrad
July 6, 2021
Ayman Odeh still wants to be Israel’s first Palestinian prime minister
In his first interview following the new government's formation, the Joint List head talks Ra’am’s decision to join the coalition, his steadfast support for two states, and why he thinks he can lead Israel's democratic camp to victory.
By
Meron Rapoport
July 5, 2021
Jewish parties ‘compromise’ against Palestinians and call it democracy
Negotiations over a settlement outpost and a racist law show that Zionist parties of all stripes will find common ground to deny Palestinian rights.
By
Orly Noy
July 1, 2021
Why Israel’s new government brings grim news and rare hope
Two stories reveal that while the Bennett-Lapid government will remain bad on all things occupation, its fractured coalition could help undermine parts of its racist agenda.
By
Haggai Matar
June 30, 2021
If you’re pro-peace, reject this peace
Palestinians and the Israeli right understand that the Abraham Accords are a tool to entrench apartheid. The Zionist left still doesn't get it.
By
Haggai Matar
October 29, 2020
Splintered but not broken: A history of Israel’s independent left
From class struggles to women's rights to fighting occupation, Israel's 'independent left' was never a cohesive social movement. Yet its impact is being felt to this day.
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May 28, 2020
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