Left-wing

My Word: When Europe fiddles and burns - opinion

France’s riots are more than protests. They reflect a growing assault on national identity, civic values, and the security of Europe’s Jews.

Masked protesters stand next to burning bicycles amid clashes during a demonstration against the cost of living and rising fuel prices near the Place de la Republique in Paris as part of nationwide protests called by the "Yellow Vests" movement, joined by French high school and university students,
Golda Daphna (right) is seen in the aftermath of being the victim of a terror attack in the West Bank.

What happens when ideology becomes more important than the people? - opinion

A fire burns, as Police officers in riot gear stand guard, during civil unrest, the day after a national day of demonstrations against the cost of living and rising fuel prices, in Paris, France, October 18, 2026.

Liberty, equality, impunity: France ignored the warnings. Now it’s paying for it - opinion

  David Milstein, former Special Assistant to the U.S. Ambassador of Israel, speaks during the general session at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas, U.S., August 4, 2022.

From Dreyfus to David Milstein: The enduring accusation of Jewish dual loyalty - opinion


There is no reason for the Israeli Left to disappear - opinion

Being left-wing involves, inter alia, seeking peace and believing in humanism, the welfare state, and a mixed economy. There is no reason for the Israeli Left to disappear.

 LABOR PARTY leader MK Merav Michaeli holds a news conference in Tel Aviv last week. Michaeli announced that she won’t seek reelection as party leader and will not run for the next Knesset.

Netanyahu has been exposed as a skilled manipulator - opinion

As a skilled manipulator, Netanyahu strives to inculcate that Judaism and the Left are diametrically opposed, in which case the Left threatens our very basic identity as Jews.

 Minister-without-portfolio Benny Gantz walks behind Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as Defense Minister Yoav gallant takes his seat, at a recent news conference.

Israel-Hamas war: Did Oct. 7 change Israeli left-wing views on peace?

36% of Israelis have gone farther Right, as opposed to only 6% who reported going farther Left, following Hamas's October 7 massacre.

 UPDATED PRIORITIES: The papered-over bulletin board outside the Knesset reflects the shift in focus.

Ahed Tamimi: Showing her true colors - opinion

Tamimi stands for the 21st-century iteration of antisemitic blood libels, Nazism 2.0, and the mendacious manipulation of bleeding hearts everywhere, especially in Israel.

 Then-Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebi honors Ahed Tamimi in Tunis, 2018. Now, at last, she has finally removed her mask, say the writers. She posted on Instagram: 'What Hitler did to you was a joke.'

Diplomats harassed by Israeli settlers during West Bank tour - EU

Footage from the scene showed the left-wing and right-wing activists scuffling and shouting at each other.

 Israeli settlers hurl stones at Palestinians during the annual harvest season near the Israeli settlement of Yitzhar in the West Bank on October 7, 2020.

Labor 'finished its role' in Israeli politics, Michaeli must resign - Omer Bar Lev

"It began when the party decided to lower its security flag to half-mast," the former IDF Sayeret Matkal commander lamented.

 Labor party leader MK Merav Michaeli leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 17, 2023

Israel's intellectually dishonest Left must return to sanity - opinion

To my leftist brethren, I say: Please stop being intellectually dishonest. Stop talking about an “end to democracy” when you are the ones trying to overturn the results of the last election.

 DEMONSTRATORS LIGHT a bonfire during an anti-judicial reform protest in Tel Aviv.

Left-wing antisemitism is a growing threat - opinion

For too long, antisemitism from some elements of the political Left in Europe has been excused as “just criticism of Israel” or not worthy of attention. It must be fought and rejected.

 DEMONSTRATORS IN Berlin hold a poster with a drawing of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that reads ‘The King of Apartheid,’ while protesting against Netanyahu’s visit to Germany earlier this year.

Israel needs to reach a judicial reform compromise - editorial

The participants were not all cut of the same cloth: They came from the Right and the Left and included those in favor of the reform and those opposed.

 Pro-judicial reform protesters cover up the "Democracy Square" sign in Tel Aviv. July 23, 2023

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.