Left-wing

Open letter to Peter Beinart: When the Left comes for you, where will you go? - opinion

The Left is turning on Jews in ways that have nothing to do with Israel.

PETER BEINART attends the PEN America 62nd Annual Literary Awards at Town Hall in New York City.
US REPRESENTATIVE Ro Khanna looks on during the National Action Network National Convention in New York City, earlier this month.

Rep. Ro Khanna: Betting against Jews - opinion

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez meet at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, March 6, 2024.

Global leftist leaders gather in Spain to mobilize against far right

IRAN’S CROWN Prince Reza Pahlavi meets with Iranian former left-wing political prisoners in Paris. Many who formerly would never would have the son of the shah have now backed his post-regime plan for Iran. Iraj Mesdaghi is second from left, next to Pahlavi, and bottom right is Mahshid Sepehri.

From revolutionaries to royalists? Why some of Iran's former leftists now back Reza Pahlavi


Herzog speech boycotted: Left-wing politicians snub J Street again - opinion

No matter how hard J Street tries, no matter how many times J Street defends or praises Bowman, Omar, or Ocasio-Cortez, their wing of the Democratic Party simply hates Israel.

 US REP. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez glances from behind (left) at Rep. Ilhan Omar, after Omar was ousted by the Republican-led House of Representatives from serving on the Foreign Affairs Committee, earlier this year.

Settler rioters as sweet boys? Not! - opinion

To the left and the right everyone is making a mess in Israeli politics. Ironically, IDF soldiers, who are much younger than the Knesset members in charge, are forced to act as the nation's adults.

 NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir addresses a parliamentary faction meeting of his Otzma Yehudit Party in the Knesset last week. It is horrifying, watching the national security minister undermine security, says the writer.

Antisemitism is neither uniquely from the Right or Left - opinion

Not only must we call out antisemitism when we see it in others, but when we see it emanating from our political party, as well.

 US SPECIAL Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt speaks at a news conference during a meeting of envoys and coordinators on countering antisemitism, in Berlin, earlier this year.

Buttressing the middle: Israelis must unite to box out 'zealots'

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: In an ugly skirmish for dominance, the Zionist parties on the Right and Left aligned with the fringes.

 A PROTEST OUTSIDE Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Jerusalem home.

Rothman escorted out of World Zionist Congress after anti-reform protests

The World Zionist Congress has been rocked by arguments between the right and left surrounding the judicial reform.

 MK Simcha Rothman attends a committee meeting at the Knesset, January 17, 2023.

The battle for Jewish hearts and minds returns to the printed page

This spring has seen the launch of two Jewish journals — Masorti, a reboot of the former Conservative Judaism, and Fragments, a product of the left-leaning Jewish human rights group T’ruah.

 Over the years, I’ve rationalized my newspaper hoarding (Illustrative).

Judicial reform protests will end with blood on the street, organizer warns

Protest organizer Eran Schwartz spoke about the concern of deliberate, organized attacks being carried out against judicial reform protesters.

 Judicial reform supporters wave Likud flags and hold signs reading "The leftist minority will not determine Israel" and "Leftist traitors" at a protest on Saturday night, March 18, 2023.

IDF stops left-wing solidarity visit from reaching Huwara

Left-wing activists were trying to pay Huwara a solidarity visit following settler riots that killed one person and destroyed a lot of property.

 View of cars burned by Jewish settlers during riots last night in Huwara, in the West Bank, near Nablus, February 27, 2023

Progressives, liberals alike perpetuate evil with moral ambivalence - opinion

See no evil: In what universe is there a moral equivalency between ramming a vehicle into people standing at a bus stop and a young person losing his life in a crossfire with terrorists?

 AFTER THE funeral, a mourner crouches at the grave of six-year-old Yaakov Israel Pally, killed in a car-ramming attack in Jerusalem, earlier this month.

Israel needs moderate majority to speak up on judicial reform - opinion

The latest Israeli Democracy Institute poll shows 43% disliking the proposed judicial overhaul, with 31% supporting it.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, last week. Don’t blame Blinken for last week’s low moment in Zionist history, says the writer.