Yair Golan

If the political elite keep performing for cameras, Israel will never be able to heal - editorial

Since October 7, opposition figures have argued that they would have governed, prepared, and responded better than Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition.

A VIEW of Kibbutz Be’eri shows a destroyed home from a world left behind on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists, Palestinian civilians, UNWRA workers, and media members infiltrated Gaza border communities and massacred 1,200 people.
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid speaks at the Knesset on the day of US President Donald Trump's address, amid a U.S.-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Jerusalem, October 13, 2025.

Lapid rejects Democrats merger, says divide with Yair Golan mirrors gap with Netanyahu

 Social activist Omri Ronen joins The Democrats Party, February 16, 2026.

Social activist Omri Ronen joins The Democrats Party ahead of 'fateful' Israel elections

Naftali Bennett.

Criticism without a platform, the problem with Bennett’s return - opinion


'Judaism is not extremism': Israelis remember prime minister Rabin 30 years after assassination

"Here we must say – this [extremism] is not Judaism. The extremists do not represent it," Opposition leader Yair Lapid said in his address at the memorial.

Israelis gather in Tel Aviv to commemorate 30 years since the assination of Yitzhak Rabin. November 1, 2025.

Israeli opposition voices support for IDF attorney's departure after right wing push

Leaders across Israel’s political spectrum, from Lapid and Gantz to Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, responded to IDF legal chief Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi’s resignation.

Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, who resigned as IDF Military Advocate General on October 31, pictured on September 18, 2025 in Jerusalem.

Yesh Atid, Democrats void deal with Likud after Netanyahu’s son chosen for WZC role

Yair Netanyahu is expected to receive one of the five senior positions, with a salary similar to that of a government minister, including an office and car.

Yair Netanyahu, son of former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a court hearing in the defamation lawsuit filed by former MK Stav Shafir in Tel Aviv, on November 29, 2022.

Israel's leaders reignite the fight over faith, service, and statehood as early elections emerge

Smotrich, Liberman, Gantz, Lapid, and Golan laid out competing visions for Israel’s future as fiscal and political strains fuel talk of elections early next year.

Yair Lapid speaks at a Knesset meeting during the first week of the Israeli Parliament's winter session, October 27, 2025

Leaked doc. reveals Israel encouraged Qatar to fund Gaza despite sums reaching Hamas - KAN

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was also the prime minister at the time, defended the decision from 2018 to push Qatar to give money to Gaza. 

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a backdrop of a Qatari flag.

Opposition heads unite to discuss toppling Netanyahu gov’t, backing Trump peace plan

Multiple party heads offered to provide a political safety net to ensure the peace deal passes.

Blue and White leader and MK Benny Gantz arrives for a meeting of opposition party leaders at a hotel in Tel Aviv, October 8, 2025

‘A disgrace’: MKs slam Netanyahu apology to Qatari PM on Doha strike

Ben-Gvir, Smotrich, Liberman, and Golan condemned Netanyahu for apologizing to Qatar over the Hamas strike, calling it weak and a “disgrace.”

U.S. President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 29, 2025.

Netanyahu's coalition continues to crumble as opposition surges ahead - poll

As Israel continues to operate in Gaza City, the opposition bloc strengthened this week, reaching a majority of 62 seats, compared to 48 for Netanyahu’s coalition.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet seen at the Knesset plenum, June 11, 2025

On this Rosh Hashanah, Israel’s reckless government needs to hear the voices of Diaspora Jews

To end the war in Gaza and bring the hostages home, Israelis need the support, solidarity, and partnership of Diaspora Jewry

Yair Golan, leader of the Democrats party in Israel, speaks during a demonstration in Tel Aviv, March 22, 2025.

'A terrible day of bloodshed': Israeli officials mourn deaths of four Armored Corps soldiers

Staff-Sergeant Uri Lamed, Sergeant Gadi Cotal, aged 20, and Sergeant Amit Arye Regev from Modi'in-Maccabim-Reut, were killed in a tank explosion.

 An IDF tank amid counterterrorism operations in the Gaza Strip, May 16, 2025.