Meretz

The electoral threshold is distorting Israel's democracy - time to rethink it - opinion

Israel’s electoral threshold was designed to improve governability. Instead, it can distort election results and leave voters without representation.

 A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.
Yair Golan, chairman of The Democrats party, with party members following the announcement of the results of The Democrats party primaries ahead of the upcoming elections, in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 20, 2026.

Israel Election 2026: What does Yair Golan’s Democrats party stand for?

(L-R): Yair Golan, Gilad Kariv

No. 47: Yair Golan and Gilad Kariv: Reviving Israel’s fractured Left

Yair Golan, chairman of The Democrats party, with party members following the announcement of the results of The Democrats party primaries ahead of the upcoming elections, in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 20, 2026.

Yair Golan's Democrats list for the Knesset cements Labor's shift to the far Left - opinion


Grapevine November 6, 2022: Pride before the fall

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 YITZHAK RABIN

Merav Michaeli must take responsibility for failing Labor - editorial

Under Merav Michaeli's leadership, Labor fell from seven seats to just four, and yet she refuses to take responsibility for the failure.

 Head of the Labour party and Minister of Transportation Merav Michaeli gives a statment to the media following the results of the Knesset elections in Tel Aviv, on November 3, 2022.

Lapid concedes defeat, promises orderly transfer of power

Labor won only four seats in the new government with its sister party Meretz falling below the threshold.

 Israeli Prime Minister and Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid addresses his supporters from the stage at his party headquarters during Israel's general election in Tel Aviv, Israel, November 2, 2022.

Meretz officially out of Knesset for first time since party is formed

Meretz leader Galon: "The election results are a disaster for Meretz, a disaster for the country, and yes, also a personal disaster for me."

 Meretz Leader Zehava Galon

Meretz likely to fall under electoral threshold

Party leader Zehava Galon and party MKs have yet to speak publicly

 Meretz Party chairwoman Zehava Galon casts her vote at a voting station in Bnei Brak, during the Knesset Elections, on November 01, 2022.

Israel election: Final results announced for election 2022

With Meretz and Balad definitely below the threshold, Netanyahu is ensured victory and will look to form a coalition.

 Vote counting at the Knesset on November 3, 2022

Israel Elections: Left-wing Labor, Meretz secure 8-9 seats - exit polls

These parties make up the left-wing bloc together with bloc leader Yesh Atid, led by current prime minister Yair Lapid. In total, the left-wing bloc is estimated at 55 seats.

 Labor Party leader Merav Michaeli, Meretz leader Zehava Galon

Man wearing Meretz shirt desecrates tefillin

The Meretz party says that the man is unknown to them and he could be an imposter.

An illustrative photograph of a man wearing tefillin

Israel Elections: The Jerusalem Post's top seven tips ahead of tomorrow's mayhem

Voting is a privilege and a right that excites the Israeli public every time it comes around (and around and around), and it's not just the day off of work; election day can be quite exciting.

 A demonstration of a polling station ahead of the March 2021 elections.

Yesh Atid MK on Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir: Hitler also rose to power democratically

National Unity's Sharren Haskel claims Gantz can bring in Likud defectors • Arab list asks for support of Jewish Left amid threshold fears

 L: Otzma Yehudit leader MK Itamar Ben Gvir. R: Likud leader, former-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.