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Israel Election 2026: What does Yair Golan’s Democrats party stand for?

“If I put this ballot in the box, what government, policies, and political reality am I helping create?”

Yair Golan, chairman of The Democrats party, with party members following the announcement of the results of The Democrats party primaries ahead of the upcoming elections, in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 20, 2026.
(L-R): Yair Golan, Gilad Kariv

No. 47: Yair Golan and Gilad Kariv: Reviving Israel’s fractured Left

Yair Golan, chairman of The Democrats party, with party members following the announcement of the results of The Democrats party primaries ahead of the upcoming elections, in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 20, 2026.

Yair Golan's Democrats list for the Knesset cements Labor's shift to the far Left - opinion

Leader of the Democrats party Yair Golan leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 15, 2026.

Democrats Party breaks record of 75,000 members, sets date for primaries ahead of elections


Family reunification bill passes first reading

The coalition had previously failed to pass any version of the bill due to internal dissent and the opposition.

 A plenum session in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 2, 2022.

Arab party Ra'am threatens Bennett's coalition over citizenship bill

There are three versions of the bill, which will all be brought to a vote.

 Ra'am MK Waleed Taha at the Knesset plenum, January 4, 2022

Meretz threatens coalition over controversial bill

The citizenship law continues to cause controversy in the Knesset as MKs fight over its reimplementation.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid with Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, Transport Minister Merav Michaeli, and Yamina MK Idit Silman ahead of the Citizenship Law vote, July 6, 2021

Meretz MK refuses to apologize for call for settler leader's kids to be taken

Mossi Raz stated that the children of settler leader Itai Zar should be taken and given to an adoptive family.

Meretz MKs Michal Rozin and Mossi Raz on a tour of West Bank outposts on Thursday with Peace Now

Jordan blasts Israel after 1,300 apartments approved for sale in West Bank settlements

Left-wing politicians and activists expressed outrage as 1,355 housing units are set to be marketed in West Bank settlements.

 300 housing units being built in Beit El in the West Bank

Letters to the Editor October 25, 2021: NGOs: No-Good Organizations

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Israeli coalition member from Meretz lobbying European MPs to attack Israel

Together with Joint List MK Aida Touma-Suleiman, Raz is seeking signatures of parliamentarians for a letter calling for ‘robust consequences’ against Israeli ‘violations.'

MKS MOSSI RAZ and Aida Touma-Suleiman are seen at the Knesset event they organized: ‘After 54 years: Between occupation and apartheid.’

MK Mossi Raz calls for review of Western Wall management

Meretz MK Mossi Raz has submitted a motion to the agenda in the Knesset to review the management of the Western Wall after a report highlighted problems with Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz's administration.

 WOMEN OF THE WALL hold a prayer service at the Western Wall in Jerusalem as hundreds of ultra-Orthodox women protest

Two faces of Abbas - editorial

PA president Mahmoud Abbas invited all the Israeli ministers to visit him in Ramallah.

PA PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a meeting in Ramallah last August.

Abbas invites all Israeli ministers to talk with him after Meretz visit

Defense Minister Benny Gantz has also previously visited Palestinian Authority Head Abbas, but the question of whether to speak with the Palestinian leader is a divisive one within the government.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas hosted a delegation from the Meretz party. October 4, 2021.