Left-wing

Israelis divided on joining US pre-emptive strike on Iran, ending US military aid - IDI poll

Israelis are divided on Iran, US military aid, and Netanyahu’s role in Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace, according to a new Israel Democracy Institute survey.

|ByJAMES GENN
Damage in the aftermath of an Iranian ballistic missile hitting a building in Bat Yam, June 29, 2025; illustrative.
ISRAELI FAR-RIGHT TikToker Roy Star harasses left-wing activist, January 20, 2026.

Israeli far Right TikToker harasses, pepper sprays activists, invades West Bank home

Star pushed his way into the activist house in Ras al-Auja, ignoring activists' calls that he was trespassing on private property and demanding that he leave.

|ByTZVI JASPER
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks at a press conference on the day of an EU-Israel Association Council with European Union foreign ministers in Brussels, Belgium, February 24, 2025.

Shifting EU politics, Israel's stance analyzed at Jerusalem conference - analysis

At an academic conference in Jerusalem, experts discussed the EU’s political decline, shifting attitudes towards Israel, and the impact of Russian aggression, US geopolitics, and global tensions.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
People attend an anti-Israeli protest after Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran, June 20, 2025

My Word: Persian protests and Western perversity - opinion

Iran’s streets run with blood, yet the West looks away, too consumed by pro-Palestinian ideology to defend real victims.

|ByLIAT COLLINS

This far-left French politician said the Oct. 7 massacre was 'legitimate'

Rima Hassan's comments on the October 7 massacre placed her and La France Insoumise in a precarious position.

JULY 1, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Rima Hassan, the then candidate for the European elections on the list of La France Insoumise (LFI), attends a pro-Palestinian protest in central Paris, France, May 29, 2024.

Have anti-Israel activists gone too far for US progressive politicians? – analysis

The Progressive Caucus condemned recent protests, saying that they had crossed a line.

JUNE 18, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
Demonstrators chant slogans outside the White House during a pro-Palestinian protest, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2024.

Gaza war rattles European politics from the left - analysis

More EU members recognizing Palestinian state.

JUNE 4, 2024ByREUTERS
PALESTINIAN, EU, Ukrainian, and Irish flags flutter, after Ireland has announced it will recognize a Palestinian state, outside Leinster House in Dublin, on May 28.

What stands in the way of Israel's national unity? - opinion

The question is whether we can somehow remain united despite our real differences in positions on many pertinent issues.

MAY 20, 2024BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
A woman waves an Israeli flag as people gather during the event "100 days 100 voices" to mark 100 days since the October 7 Hamas attack, calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza, in front of the Opera Bastille in Paris, France, January 14, 2024

Sorry, neo-Nazis: The antisemitic progressive Left is the real threat to US Jews - opinion

In recent months, we have witnessed the equivalent of dozens of Charlottesville neo-Nazi marches, only this time the participants are from the extreme Left.

MAY 3, 2024ByMICHAEL FREUND
An illustrative image of the KKK.

AOC decries lack of genocide ruling on Gaza, urges halt of weapons trade with Israel

The New York Representative does not mention Hamas in her commentary on the events currently in the Gaza Strip.

MARCH 23, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Labor MKs Kariv, Lazimi endorse Yair Golan to lead party

Golan previously served as a member of the Knesset within Meretz. He ran for leadership of Meretz ahead of the November 2022 election and lost to Zehava Galon.

MARCH 17, 2024ByELIAV BREUER
Yair Golan attends a conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya, on February 6, 2024.

Yair Golan launches campaign to lead Labor, Left

Other than Golan, the only other person to announce her candidacy is current Labor MK Efrat Rayten.

MARCH 7, 2024ByELIAV BREUER
Former Meretz MK Yair Golan

Letters to the editor, March 4, 2024: Contrasting articles

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

MARCH 4, 2024ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Left-wing Zionist groups Americans for Peace Now, Ameinu to merge

The groups declared that the merger made sense because the groups complemented one another.

FEBRUARY 16, 2024ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Rep. Andy Levin speaks at a press conference introducing his "Two-State Solution Act" on Capitol Hill, Sept. 23, 2021. He is flanked by Hadar Susskind, the president/CEO of Americans for Peace Now; Rep. Alan Lowenthal; Rep. Sara Jacobs; Rep. Peter Welch; and J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami.