Left wing israel

Israel's real West Bank problem is not settler violence - it is the settlement enterprise - opinion

The very existence of Israeli settlements in the West Bank constitutes a form of structural violence against Palestinians, and that reality faces virtually no opposition within Israel’s Jewish public

|ByYONATAN KANONICH
AN ISRAELI settler (R) and a Palestinian farmer are seen arguing during olive harvesting in Silwad, near Ramallah, on October 29, 2025.
Gadi Taub sits down with Editor-in-chief Zvika Klein to retrace the defection that took him from Peace Now demonstrations to the front line of the fight over Israel's Supreme Court, its media and its national identity.

Who is Gadi Taub , the Labor prince who became the Israeli Left’s fiercest critic?

The historian, author and podcaster on his political journey, why he still backs Netanyahu, and what he calls the Left's "license to fabricate narratives".

|ByJERUSALEM POST PODCASTS
A haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protester argues with a police officer outside the Jerusalem IDF recruitment center, April 12, 2026.

Almost half of Israelis support tougher sanctions, pressure to promote haredi conscription - poll

Approximately 31% support conscription only in agreement with Haredi leadership, and 11% believe that efforts to draft Haredi men are futile and should stop.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israelis attend a protest march against the decision of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fire head of Shin Bat Ronen Bar, at the entrance to Jerusalem, March 19, 2025.

Israel’s biggest threats demand unity, not partisan warfare - opinion

Israelis must decide whether politics exists to strengthen the country – or whether the country itself will surrender its fate to partisan warfare.

|ByRAFAEL CASTRO

A conflict of identities

How neglect and denial lead to refusing an adversary’s sense of peoplehood

MARCH 9, 2019ByJONAH NAGHI
Druze-Israelis protest the Nation-State Law

Center Field: Who’s afraid of the big bad Left?

We were among the few Jews in New York who celebrated when Menachem Begin won in 1977 – we were among the few who even knew who he was.

MARCH 6, 2019ByGIL TROY
Moshe Ya’alon, Benny Gantz, Yair Lapid and Gabi Ashkenazi announce the formation of their joint party, Blue and White, in Tel Aviv on February 21st, 2019

High Court: No blocking scientist appointment because of political views

Scientist with left-wing views was initially blocked from government appointment by Minister Ofir Akunis.

MARCH 5, 2019ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Ofir Akunis at the JPost Annual Conference 2017

Jerusalem activist sending English books to Gaza

The Gaza BookLift program sends English books from Israel to Gaza, but Hamas authorities make sure to remove any Hebrew labeling first.

FEBRUARY 28, 2019ByTARA KAVALER/THE MEDIA LINE
A demonstrator wearing a mask at the back of his head holds a Palestinian flag during a protest near the Israel-Gaza border fence, in the southern Gaza Strip December 21, 2018.

UN investigators urge Netanyahu to protect B’Tselem

The rapporteurs sent the letter to Netanyahu in December, but was made public by the UN only this week.

FEBRUARY 23, 2019ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Hagai El-Ad, Executive Director of B'Tselem, a leading Israeli human rights organisation, poses in his office in Jerusalem December 16, 2015. An ultra-nationalist Israeli group has published a video accusing the heads of four of Israel's leading human rights organizations, including "B'Tselem", of b

As I See It: The unique disorder of hatred now destroying the Left

No apology can ever expunge the evil of antisemitism.

FEBRUARY 14, 2019ByMELANIE PHILLIPS
Demonstrators take part in protests outside a meeting of the National Executive of Britain's Labour Party which discussed the party's definition of antisemitism, in London, Britain, September 4, 2018

Think About It: The dilemma of the center-left voters

Unfortunately, for the time being, the Center-Left seems to be having difficulties getting its act together.

JANUARY 21, 2019BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
Election ballots from the 2015 vote lie on a floor

Has Feiglin moved to the Left?

Zehut ad campaign has longtime right-wing agitator spouting slogans such as ‘End the occupation’

JANUARY 16, 2019ByLAHAV HARKOV
Zehut Party leader Moshe Feiglin at an event of his party in Tel Aviv

Right-wing and far-right parties considering joint run for elections

Ariel and Yishai spoke briefly earlier this week after Bennett and Shaked formed the New Right and agreed to continue a dialogue on a joint run.

JANUARY 3, 2019ByJEREMY SHARON
The Knesset building

IfNotNow activists removed from Birthright trip after disturbing tour

The participants accused Birthright and their tour guide of engaging in “right wing propaganda” regarding the conflict with the Palestinians.

DECEMBER 24, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON
Birthright Israel