Labor

Head of Rabbis for Human Rights Avi Dabush to run in Democrats Party primaries

The left-wing Democrats Party is composed of the Labor and Meretz parties, which merged in 2024. Dabush is expected to run for one of the reserved Meretz slots on the party’s list.

AVI DABUSH (left) sits alongside Democrats Party leader Yair Golan and MK Naama Lazimi  (Democrats).
U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer speaks with fellow cabinet members before an event for MLS champion Inter Miami CF at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 5, 2026.

US Labor secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigns amid misconduct probe

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi arrive for a photo opportunity ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, January 15, 2018.

India’s quiet role in Israel’s labor reset after Oct. 7 - opinion

Truck and car on highway in front of stacks of shipping containers

Israeli truckers fear foreign workers may overtake industry if bureaucracy goes unchecked


Labor to hold Rabin memorial in Zion Square 3 days before elections

Labor intends to hold the Rabin memorial rally in Zion Square in Jerusalem, where an infamous anti-Rabin protest took place before his murder.

Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin

Yesh Atid wins high school election famous for predicting real victors

A traditional model election at Blich High School in Ramat Gan has been a reliable precursor to the election itself.

 Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid at a graduating ceremony for new Israel Navy Officers in Haifa Naval Base, Northern Israel, on September 7, 2022.

Israel Elections: Joint List falls apart, Balad to run separately

The two parties finally broke apart in what became an extraordinary last-minute turn of events that could affect the entire election.

 Joint List final list, without Balad, as the parties broke apart, September 16, 2022.

Erel Margalit’s New York ClimateTech project trailblazes sustainability

The center, launched by JVP in partnership with MINI by BMW Group and the City of New York, promises to bring technology into the frontline of protecting our planet.

 Dr. Erel Margalit in his office

Israel elections: Merav Michaeli's Labor takes aim at Yair Lapid

A leaked Labor document called the prime minister's merger mediation attempts "illegitimate, counterproductive and unnecessary hysterics."

 Foreign Minister Yair Lapid with Merav Michaeli, Minister of Transport and Road Safety during a discussion and a vote on a bill to dissolve the Knesset, at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem, on June 22, 2022

Israel elections: Are we barreling toward a sixth election round? - analysis

This time around, Netanyahu is not going anywhere. As a result, the country is staring down the barrel of yet another deadlocked election.

 WHO WILL greet Biden? Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid or Benjamin Netanyahu?

Israel Elections: Decisions to be made before parties give their lists

Questions involving a number of Israeli political parties will need to be decided until Thursday's deadline, and could lead to last-minute drama.

A voter in Jerusalem in the last Knesset election on April 9

Meretz gains at the expense of Labor, poll finds

The full poll results were: Likud 31, Yesh Atid 25, Religious Zionist Party 13, National Unity 12, Shas 8, United Torah Judaism 7, Joint List 6, Meretz 5, Yisrael Beytenu 5, Labor 4 and Ra’am 4.

 Zehava Galon following her victory in the Meretz leadership primary on August 23, 2022

Lapid, Michaeli, Galon to meet, discuss Meretz-Labor merger

The deadline for political parties to hand in their lists for the upcoming election is on Thursday.

 Labor Party leader Merav Michaeli, Meretz leader Zehava Galon

Zehava Galon: Labor could crash out of Knesset without Meretz merger

When asked if a merger is needed, Zehava Galon said that "out of responsibility, you must consider that one of the parties could fall [below the threshold].

 Labor Party leader Merav Michaeli, Meretz leader Zehava Galon