Key anti-Netanyahu protest activists join Israeli center-left Democrats' primary

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Among those who announced their intention to join Yair Golan's party are protest leaders Moshe Radman and Danny Elgart, the brother of Itzik Elgart, who was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and murdered in captivity

Michael Hauser Tov Noa Shpigel

02:18 PM • January 07 2026 IST

Prominent anti-government protest leaders and social activists on Tuesday joined the left-wing party the Democrats, and are expected to run in its upcoming primary elections.

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