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
Labor Members of Knesset (MKs) Gilad Kariv and Naama Lazimi announced on Sunday that they support former IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Yair Golan as the party’s next leader. The endorsement signals Kariv and Lazimi’s support for Golan’s plan to merge Labor into a larger party that will include supporters of the left-wing party … Read more
An estimated 34,000 Israelis took to the streets on Saturday night to protest the Netanyahu government. In Caesarea, four were arrested, in Tel Aviv police shot water cannons at demonstrators blocking the Ayalon highway, and in Jerusalem, protesters temporarily shut down the city-center intersection at Paris Square. Across the different protests, speakers denounced not … 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
Former MK Yair Golan was interviewed on Ben Caspit and Amit Segal’s program Meet the Press on Channel 12 where he expressed his opinion on the conduct of the Israel-Hamas war and talked about his return to politics. At the beginning of the interview, Golan was asked what had changed for him since October … Read more
