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Head of Rabbis for Human Rights Avi Dabush to run in Democrats Party primaries

The left-wing Democrats Party is composed of the Labor and Meretz parties, which merged in 2024. Dabush is expected to run for one of the reserved Meretz slots on the party’s list.

AVI DABUSH (left) sits alongside Democrats Party leader Yair Golan and MK Naama Lazimi  (Democrats).
 Businessman and former Labor Party member Avi Shaked, who announced the formation of a new Jewish-Arab party.

Former Labor Party member Avi Shaked announces new Jewish-Arab party

 Yair Lapid speaking on the 15th of July 2024, before the Knesset goes on reccess.

Netanyahu a 'whiner and coward' for incitement complaints, Lapid says

 Yair Golan facing the crowd before his speech following the vote to merge Meretz and Labor parties

With an overwhelming majority, Meretz and Labor approve merge, becoming the Democrats


Meretz gains at the expense of Labor, poll finds

The full poll results were: Likud 31, Yesh Atid 25, Religious Zionist Party 13, National Unity 12, Shas 8, United Torah Judaism 7, Joint List 6, Meretz 5, Yisrael Beytenu 5, Labor 4 and Ra’am 4.

 Zehava Galon following her victory in the Meretz leadership primary on August 23, 2022

Lapid, Michaeli, Galon to meet, discuss Meretz-Labor merger

The deadline for political parties to hand in their lists for the upcoming election is on Thursday.

 Labor Party leader Merav Michaeli, Meretz leader Zehava Galon

Ben Gvir panels for teens, supporters chant 'Your village should burn'

Religious Zionist Party MK Itamar Ben Gvir ignited passionate support and condemnation when he came to panel at a Ramat Gan high school.

 Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks at Blich high school

Zehava Galon: Labor could crash out of Knesset without Meretz merger

When asked if a merger is needed, Zehava Galon said that "out of responsibility, you must consider that one of the parties could fall [below the threshold].

 Labor Party leader Merav Michaeli, Meretz leader Zehava Galon

Likud's use of reserved slots keep the number of women MKs low - opinion

Opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu's use of reserved slots in Israel's Likud Party has become the focus of bitter competition among women.

 Former prime minister Naftali Bennett and the female ministers in the government pose for a photo with visiting German chancellor Angela Merkel earlier this year.

It's not the party, it's the bloc: Coalitions decide elections

INSIDE POLITICS: The number of parties in each bloc is crucial not only for Election Day, but for designing and defining the campaign.

 Merav Michaeli.

Meretz, Labor reach tentative surplus vote-sharing agreement

The agreement stipulates that after being allocated their number of seats in the Knesset, the two parties pool their votes together in an attempt to win one of the "leftover" seats. 

 (L-R) MKs Michal Rozin (Meretz) and Ram Shefa (Labor) following the signing of a vote-share agreement on Wednesday, August 31, 2022.

Activists call for Labor-Meretz merger ahead of elections

Michaeli has consistently refused to enter negotiations with Meretz, arguing that the two parties were different. Galon, on the other hand, supports such a move.

 Labor Party leader Merav Michaeli, Meretz leader Zehava Galon

What are questions that remain for Israel's political parties - analysis

With the primary season over, which questions remain for Israel's political parties?

 A voting box in the last Israeli election in 2015

Grapevine August 26, 2022: Happy anniversary

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 US AMBASSADOR Tom Nides (right) looks at the nano-Bible at the David and Janet Polak Visitors Center, alongside Technion President Prof. Uri Sivan.