Yair Golan
![Once, the Labour leader - now The Democrats leader. Yair Golan.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=700/2024/06/30/a023e790-3700-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h5464_w8192.jpg)
Having once called Charedim a "parasitical population," Democrats leader Yair Golan now says he does not rule out forming a government with them - but he does with others.
![Once, the Labour leader - now The Democrats leader. Yair Golan.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/30/a023e790-3700-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h5464_w8192.jpg)
Politics
Following negotiations between the two leftwing parties, a new unified party has now been formed for future elections.
![Reason to smile. Labour leader Yair Golan.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/27/e3843bc0-348a-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h5464_w8192.jpg)
Politics
The two leftwing parties are set to form an agreement merging into a new, leftwing party with a new name. Meretz will have two MKs in the opening ten on the next Knesset election list.
![Yair Golan speaks after the results were announced in the Labor party primary elections, in Tel Aviv, May 28, 2024.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/20/1caf7320-2eea-11ef-b326-875a4c3cecda__h267_w400.jpg)
Politics, Israel-Gaza War
Labor Party Chairman Yair Golan attacks the government for the second time in 3 days.
![Yair Golan elected leader of Labour party](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/05/28/9aac2570-1d10-11ef-ae3e-5ba489b5eb8e__h3636_w5465.jpg)
Politics
Former MK and Deputy IDF Chief of Staff Yair Golan won the Labour Party's leadership primary by an overwhelming 95%.
![Naftali Bennett and Yoaz Hendel](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/03/07/aa080470-dc84-11ee-87ff-7f8f8e59a688__h331_w650.jpeg)
Naftali Bennett, Elections in Israel
After Yair Golan's announcement that he intends to run for leadership of the Labor Party, a new survey examined the political map according to a number of likely scenarios.