When the British comedian Rosie Holt heard that Rishi Sunak, then the Prime Minister and head of the Conservative Party, would be holding a snap election in July, earlier than many expected, her first thought was: “So annoying!” “The election screwed up so many things,” she told me on a recent hot afternoon. Holt was … Read more
Former Member of Knesset and Deputy Economy Minister Yair Golan was recently elected as the new head of the Labor Party. Golan spoke this Wednesday with Udi Segal and Anat Davidov on their program on 103FM radio and articulated his plans for the future of the party. At the beginning of the interview, Golan … Read more
Following the announcement that Spain would recognize Palestine as a state last week, the Secretary General of the Israeli Labor Party, Eran Hermoni, sent a letter on Saturday to the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez criticizing the decision. In the letter, Hermoni called the decision a contradiction of the traditional position of the Spanish … Read more
Yair Golan, the Major Gen. (res) and former Meretz MK, posted a video to X on Monday morning that appeared to announce the creation of a new political camp, called “The Democrats,” that he intends to create as leader of the Labor Party following the next elections. “I am leading the creation of a … Read more
On the morning of October 7, after receiving a call from his sister that Hamas terrorists had begun to invade towns near the Gaza border, Maj.-Gen. (res.) and former Meretz MK Yair Golan launched a heroic one-man rescue mission and drove in and out of the battle zones, rescuing a number of survivors. Reflecting … Read more
The passing of former finance and infrastructure minister Avraham Shochat this week nearly marks the end of an era. Ehud Barak was the last Labor prime minister in Israel, serving from 1999 to 2001.There are few still living Labor Party stalwarts who served as ministers or Knesset members in the administrations of Yitzhak Rabin, … Read more
Following the attempt to oust MK Ofer Cassif from the Knesset, Maariv learned on Tuesday that the New Hope center-right political faction was “severely disappointed” by the absence of the four members of the Blue and White faction during the vote. Both factions are part of the National Unity Party. MK Sharren Haskel wrote … Read more
