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It was never really a left party, it was a left plus Islamic party, with the only real link between them being Gaza.
The party tried to get a statement of support for LGBT rights and four of them refused to sign it, for fundamentalist Islam reasons.
Religious conservatives are never going to be left wing. Look to the US... how many of their religion-focused politicians are left leaning? Almost none.
There is no left in American politics
Relative to us, no there isn't. But I feel you're purposely missing the point. The people that bring religion into their politics seem to almost unanimously be Republican.
In 2025, any "left" party which can not produce a unanimously supportive statement for LGBTQ+ rights within a day of being asked can get fucked.