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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.
In June 2019, incumbent leader of Meretz Tamar Zandberg was defeated by Nitzan Horowitz in a vote held by the party's conference ahead of a legislative election in September. [3] [4] Following his election, Horowitz formed an alliance with the Israel Democratic Party and the Green Party, named the Democratic Union. [5]
In the 2022 Israeli legislative election, the left-wing Meretz party won 3.16% of the vote failing, for the first time, to pass the electoral threshold (3.25%) required to qualify for seats in the Knesset, while the Labor Party just managed to pass, with 3.6% of the vote, winning only four seats, its worst ever performance in terms of popular vote.
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]
The extended period of political deadlock that led up to the election was the result of four inconclusive elections (April 2019, September 2019, 2020, and 2021).In April and September 2019, neither incumbent Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, nor leader of the main opposition party Blue and White, Benny Gantz, was able to muster a 61-seat governing majority, leading to fresh elections.
The twenty-fifth government of Israel was formed by Yitzhak Rabin of the Labor Party on 13 July 1992, [1] after the party's victory in the June elections.The coalition also contained the new Meretz party (an alliance of Ratz, Mapam, and Shinui) and Shas, and held 62 of the 120 seats in the Knesset.
JERUSALEM — Israel’s Labor party has chosen a new leader, picking a retired military general in hopes of boosting its fortunes. ... He also served briefly in parliament with the dovish Meretz ...
The Democratic Union (Hebrew: המחנה הדמוקרטי, romanized: HaMaḥaneh HaDemokrati, lit. 'The Democratic Camp') was a liberal-left-wing political alliance in Israel formed between Meretz, Israel Democratic Party, Labor defector Stav Shaffir, [3] and the Green Movement [4] that ran in the September 2019 Israeli legislative election. [5]