Yair Golan

Former Supreme Court president Asher Grunis hospitalized after suffering stroke

Grunis heads the Senior Appointments Advisory Committee, which in recent days has been examining the appointment of Roman Gofman as the incoming Mossad director. 

Former president of Supreme Court Asher Grunis speaks during a conference at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute on July 2, 2018.
Yair Golan announced the new members of the Democrats Party.

Israeli protest leaders to join forces with Democrats in next election, Yair Golan announces

An attorney has urged the Shin Bet to act after three Jewish hilltop youth allegedly attacked a pregnant Arab woman in Jaffa, warning that settler violence is being shifted from the West Bank into Israel’s cities.

Attorney urges Shin Bet action after alleged Jaffa attack by Hilltop Youth

Opposition party leaders Yair Golan, Yair Lapid, and Benny Gantz. Israel’s opposition needs to find unity, the writer says.

Israel's opposition must unite to defeat Netanyahu, restore responsibility in politics – opinion


Unite the Left, topple Netanyahu's government: Yair Golan's two goals - interview

Part of the current lack of leadership lies in the fact that the goals for the war against Hamas are unachievable, Golan argued.

 Former Meretz MK Yair Golan

Yair Golan slams political handling of Gaza, aims to topple gov't, unite the Left

Former Knesset member Yair Golan discusses his personal reaction to October 7 on 'Meet the Press,' shares plans to unite the Israeli Left

 Yair Golan

'Netanyahu lies about killing Hamas leaders in Gaza, saving hostages'

Golan said that Netanyahu worked to alter the balance of power since a weaker PA would allow building more settlements.

HAMAS CHIEF Ismail Haniyeh speaks to the press upon his arrival at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip in 2017.

My Word: The fires of perpetual protests

In 1999, Barak beat Netanyahu to become prime minister for a little more than one messy year, and he has never forgiven Bibi for coming back to power, again and again.

 FORMER PRIME minister Ehud Barak participates in a protest against the government’s planned judicial reform in February.

Netanyahu: In a democracy there will be no call to civil riots

Netanyahu talked to President Herzog, stressing that just as the opposition won't be arrested, the coalition shouldn't be compared to the Nazis.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a government conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on January 8, 2023

Otzma Yehudit MK: Lapid, Gantz are 'treasonous', should be arrested

The Otzma Yehudit MK called for the arrest of Lapid, Gantz, Golan and Yaalon, calling them dangerous and accusing them of calling for war.

 New MK Zvika Fogel arrives to the Israeli parliament, for the opening session of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on November 15, 2022.

Ex-deputy IDF chief calls for civil disobedience to protest Netanyahu

Netanyahu's government announced a set of judiciary reforms that have been received negatively across many sectors.

 Deputy Economy Minister Yair Golan at the Knesset plenum

Zehava Galon wins Meretz primary election, Horowitz drops out of Knesset

Galon beats Golan in Meretz leadership race, Raz and Rozin jump into top three, pushing him down to fifth place, and Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz crashes out of the Knesset.

 Meretz's Knesset candidates following Zehava Galon's primary victory on August 23, 2022

Israel Elections: Future of Meretz hangs in the balance - analysis

Zehava Galon and Yair Golan, the two Meretz leadership candidates, represent two sharply different visions for the future of the party.

Outgoing Meretz head and Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on February 28, 2022

Zehava Galon, Yair Golan spar over defining Meretz as Zionist

Following statements from Zehava Galon last week regarding Zionism and Meretz, her fellow leadership candidate Yair Golan took to Facebook to criticize her.

  Zahava Gal attends a Constitution, Law, and Justice, Committee meeting in the Israeli parliament on February 23, 2016.