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Meretz (Hebrew: מֶרֶצ, lit. 'Vigour', [7] Arabic: ميرتس) [8] was a left-wing political party in Israel. The party was formed in 1992 by the merger of Ratz, Mapam and Shinui, and was at its peak between 1992 and 1996 when it had 12 seats.
Piratim — The Pirate Party of Israel; Rappeh — a political party protesting COVID restrictions. [9] Shavim (Community) — Founded in 2018 as an LGBT party; Telem [10] The Greens; Tzeirim Boarim (Youths on Fire) — A big tent party founded in 2022 by Hadar Muchtar with the purpose of combating the rising cost of living. [11]
In December 2020, Yair Golan, who previously led the Israel Democratic Party, announced that he would join Meretz. [8] Meretz ran alone in the 2021 election, where it won six seats, [9] and subsequently participated the thirty-sixth government, the first time Meretz sat in a government since 2001. [10] [11]
Watch a live view over the Israel-Gazaborder as fighting with Hamas continues on Monday (23 October). Israel has now widened its attacks to include targets in Syria and the occupied West Bank.
Following the merger, Meretz USA engaged in advocacy for peaceful negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians and worked to promote an open debate among American Jews about the realization of liberal values in Israel. The newly merged Meretz USA applied for membership in the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations ...
An election was held for the leadership of the Meretz party on 27 June 2019 at the party's conference. Nitzan Horowitz unseated incumbent leader Tamar Zandberg.. By winning the election, Horowitz became the first openly gay individual to ever lead a party in Israel's Knesset.
Labor-Gesher-Meretz (Hebrew: העבודה-גשר-מרצ, romanized: HaAvoda-Gesher-Meretz) or Emet (Hebrew: אמת; English: Truth), known as Labor-Meretz (Hebrew: העבודה-מרצ, romanized: HaAvoda-Meretz) from March to April 2020, was an Israeli centre-left electoral list composed of three parties – the Israeli Labor Party, Gesher and Meretz.
On the day of the election, Cohen filed a complaint with the party's election committee alleging irregularities at some polling stations. Galon demanded that three polling stations located in Deir al-Asad have their votes discounted, alleging that her campaign's representatives were blocked from overseeing the voting there and were physically ...