Meretz

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


Israeli coalition toes thin line, Zoabi says her future still undecided

Rebel Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi, whose departure from the Knesset is the key to keeping the government together, said her future is undecided.

 Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi voting at the Knesset on June 6, 2022

Naftali Bennett's coalition is continuing to crumble

Silman denies extortion attempt on Orbach, who is mulling toppling Bennett • Coalition loses vote on minimum wage • Former IDF chief to enter politics

 Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is seen at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 7, 2022.

Right-wing ministers trying to topple gov't, says Meretz MK

The comment, by MK Mossi Raz, came after coalition MKs were given unusual permission to vote as they see fit on a law that would prohibit waving a Palestinian flag on university campuses.

 Meretz MK Mossi Raz tour in the East Jerusalem neighborhood Sheikh Jarrah, on January 22, 2022.

Far-right leader Ben-Gvir excited about success in Jerusalem Post poll

A survey found that far right leader’s Otzma Yehudit would win more seats than MK Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionist Party if they ran separately.

 MK Itamar Ben-Gvir arrives to open his office in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, February 13, 2022.

Political crisis over, Rinawie Zoabi returns to government

Rebel Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi will once again support Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's coalition after a brief political crisis.

 Yair Lapid and Rinawie Zoabi

Israeli politics: What happens if Israel goes to elections? - poll

If Israel were to go to elections now, Meretz would be the one to carry and pay the heaviest price — not passing the election threshold.

A discussion and a vote on The vote on the Citizenship Law at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on March 10, 2022.

Biden trip to Israel in jeopardy as Bennett gov’t nears collapse

It is highly unlikly US President Joe Biden will proceed with his planned visit if the Knesset dissolves and Israel heads to its fifth elections.

 US Vice President Joe Biden speaks as he delivers a joint statement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting in Jerusalem March 9, 2016.

Meretz want to run with Labor in future elections, Labor less sure

Labor secretary-general Eran Hermoni criticized Michaeli's statement, saying that "Labor is not a branch of Meretz" and "must return to its rightful place in the Center-Left."

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz at the Knesset, November 15, 2021, Labor head Merav Michaeli at faction meetings, December 13, 2021.

Former Meretz MK Ilan Gilon passes away at 65

Gilon served as an MK for nearly 15 years altogether, in six different Knesset assemblies.

Former MK Ilan Gilon (Meretz) speaks during a recent protest calling for an increase in disability benefits.

107 years since Armenian genocide: MK Mossi Raz to take part in memorial

Israel has not yet recognized the mass murder of Armenians by the Ottoman Turks as genocide.

 Members of the Armenian community attend a memorial march marking the 100th anniversary of the mass killings of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces in Jerusalem's Old City April 23, 2015