Labor Party

Lessons for both the right and the left.

March 19 2015 12:01AM

A Labor-party member of Israel’s Knesset gave an impassioned speech last week accusing the Israeli right of having “lost Zionism some time ago.” In fact,. . .

Feb. 2 2015 12:01AM

Under Isaac Herzog’s leadership, the once-dominant Labor party seems to be on its way to a revival; a mood of enthusiasm accompanied Tuesday’s primaries. But. . .

Jan. 16 2015 12:01AM

For the first time since 2000, writes Jonathan Spyer, a center-left coalition has a real chance of defeating the right in Israel’s elections. But Spyer. . .

Jonathan Spyer
Dec. 30 2014 12:01AM

Last Wednesday, Israel’s Labor party, led by Isaac Herzog, and the centrist Hatnua, led by Tzipi Livni, agreed to merge. Conventional wisdom holds that Hatnua. . .

Dec. 15 2014 12:01AM

In part, the fall of the current Israeli government can be blamed on the clumsy maneuvering of some of its members. But the underlying cause,. . .

Dec. 3 2014 12:01AM

Isaac Herzog’s surprise ouster of Shelly Yachimovich as leader of Israel’s Labor party may be good news for Benjamin Netanyahu but not for his. . .

Nov. 25 2013 12:00AM

In the early 1990s, in exchange for their support of the Oslo agreement, the Labor party gave control over religious institutions to the ultra-Orthodox. Now. . .

July 26 2013 12:00AM