Meretz

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

The statement said that the party “calls for strengthening Arab society to build a better shared future in Israel."

|ByELIAV BREUER
Businessman and former Labor Party member Avi Shaked, who announced the formation of a 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

"If we do not hit the streets with force, together and now, the abandonment of our brothers and sisters will continue."

|ByELIAV BREUER
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

The Labor Party conference approved a merger with Meretz, strengthening Yair Golan’s control. Despite criticism, the agreement passed with an overwhelming majority.

|ByTAL SHALEV
Labor and Meretz parties reach a merger agreement, June 30, 2024.

Labor, Meretz delegates to approve merger in Tel Aviv convention

The chairman of the new party, Yair Golan, is reportedly considering former justice and foreign minister Tzipi Livni as the number two spot in the party.

|ByELIAV BREUER

Should Israel allow in Ukrainian refugees?

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Yaakov Katz and Lahav Harkov

MARCH 17, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Capuchin Franciscan brother Arkadiusz gestures towards volunteers on their way home after they assist refugees crossing the border from Ukraine to Poland, fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at border checkpoint in Kroscienko, Poland, March 17, 2022.

Letters to the editor February 28, 2022: Fighting at any price

Readers of the Jerusalem Post have their say.

FEBRUARY 27, 2022ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

How dare Israel send an anti-Zionist envoy to Shanghai? - opinion

The real problem that the coalition has with Zoabi is not her voting record, it’s her refusal to hide her political ideology for the purpose of preserving pretenses.

FEBRUARY 24, 2022ByRUTHIE BLUM
MK GHAIDA RINAWIE ZOABI attends a Special Committee on Arab Society Affairs meeting, in the Knesset in June

Meretz MK to become Israel’s highest ranking female Arab diplomat

Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi will be the first Israeli Arab woman to hold such a senior diplomatic position.

FEBRUARY 22, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV
MK GHAIDA RINAWIE ZOABI attends a Special Committee on Arab Society Affairs meeting, in the Knesset in June

Anti-sexual harassment laws passed, applied to Meretz party

"I am happy we became the first party to add harassment prevention guidelines into our bylaws," said MK Tamar Zandberg.

FEBRUARY 18, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
Head of the left wing Meretz party and Minister of Health Nitzan Horowitz, Minister of Environmental Protection Tamar Zandberg and MK Michal Rozin attend Meretz faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 28, 2021.

Family reunification bill passes first reading

The coalition had previously failed to pass any version of the bill due to internal dissent and the opposition.

FEBRUARY 7, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
A plenum session in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 2, 2022.

Arab party Ra'am threatens Bennett's coalition over citizenship bill

There are three versions of the bill, which will all be brought to a vote.

FEBRUARY 6, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
Ra'am MK Waleed Taha at the Knesset plenum, January 4, 2022

Meretz threatens coalition over controversial bill

The citizenship law continues to cause controversy in the Knesset as MKs fight over its reimplementation.

FEBRUARY 3, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid with Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, Transport Minister Merav Michaeli, and Yamina MK Idit Silman ahead of the Citizenship Law vote, July 6, 2021

Meretz MK refuses to apologize for call for settler leader's kids to be taken

Mossi Raz stated that the children of settler leader Itai Zar should be taken and given to an adoptive family.

NOVEMBER 10, 2021ByTZVI JOFFRE
Meretz MKs Michal Rozin and Mossi Raz on a tour of West Bank outposts on Thursday with Peace Now

Jordan blasts Israel after 1,300 apartments approved for sale in West Bank settlements

Left-wing politicians and activists expressed outrage as 1,355 housing units are set to be marketed in West Bank settlements.

OCTOBER 24, 2021ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH, TZVI JOFFRE
300 housing units being built in Beit El in the West Bank