Meretz

Democrats Party breaks record of 75,000 members, sets date for primaries ahead of elections

The left-wing Democrats Party said it will hold primaries on July 20 after crossing a record 75,000 members, marking its highest membership since the late 1990s.

Leader of the Democrats party Yair Golan leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 15, 2026.
AVI DABUSH (left) sits alongside Democrats Party leader Yair Golan and MK Naama Lazimi  (Democrats).

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

 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


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.

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.

 300 housing units being built in Beit El in the West Bank

Letters to the Editor October 25, 2021: NGOs: No-Good Organizations

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Israeli coalition member from Meretz lobbying European MPs to attack Israel

Together with Joint List MK Aida Touma-Suleiman, Raz is seeking signatures of parliamentarians for a letter calling for ‘robust consequences’ against Israeli ‘violations.'

MKS MOSSI RAZ and Aida Touma-Suleiman are seen at the Knesset event they organized: ‘After 54 years: Between occupation and apartheid.’

MK Mossi Raz calls for review of Western Wall management

Meretz MK Mossi Raz has submitted a motion to the agenda in the Knesset to review the management of the Western Wall after a report highlighted problems with Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz's administration.

 WOMEN OF THE WALL hold a prayer service at the Western Wall in Jerusalem as hundreds of ultra-Orthodox women protest

Two faces of Abbas - editorial

PA president Mahmoud Abbas invited all the Israeli ministers to visit him in Ramallah.

PA PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a meeting in Ramallah last August.

Abbas invites all Israeli ministers to talk with him after Meretz visit

Defense Minister Benny Gantz has also previously visited Palestinian Authority Head Abbas, but the question of whether to speak with the Palestinian leader is a divisive one within the government.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas hosted a delegation from the Meretz party. October 4, 2021.

Meretz ministers Horowitz and Frej to meet with PA’s Abbas

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett expressed reservations about the meeting but did not block it from taking place.

 Health Nitzan Horowitz attends a press conference about the Coronavirus, in Jerusalem on August 29, 2021.

Meretz: Each West Bank settler outpost built under Bennett must be razed

The Meretz party is part of the coalition, which was sworn into office in May. But it differs dramatically from Bennett’s Yamina Party when it comes to the West Bank.

Meretz MKs Michal Rozin and Mossi Raz on a tour of West Bank outposts on Thursday with Peace Now

Internal criticism in Meretz over MK Zoabi's threat to topple government

Meretz MK Mossi Raz and Interior Minister Ayelet Shake criticized Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi's claim that if the gov't decided to act militarily - Meretz and Ra'am would topple it.

MERETZ PARTY member Jida Rinawi-Zoabi attends a press conference in Tel Aviv in January.