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Meretz Party chairwoman Zehava Galon in Tel Aviv, Aug. 23, 2022. Credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Zehava Galon to quit as head of Meretz

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Zehava Galon, the chairwoman of Israel’s far-left Meretz Party, will submit her resignation at a party meeting next week. She will remain in the post until at least the end of the year. The announcement...
Meretz Knesset member Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi arrives for an interview at Channel 12 News in Neve Ilan in the outskirts of Jerusalem, May 19, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Rescuing the coalition at Israel’s literal and figurative expense

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When Israeli lawmaker Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi reversed her decision to quit the government, a sigh of relief was heard in the halls of half of the 120-seat Knesset. Had the Knesset member from the left-wing Meretz Party upheld...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas (left) with Israeli Health Minister and Meretz head Nitzan Horowitz at the Muqata in Ramallah, Oct. 3, 2021. Source: Twitter.

Meretz’s pilgrimage to Ramallah

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If anything illustrates the farcical nature of the current makeup of the government in Jerusalem, it’s the parley in Ramallah on Sunday evening between Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas and a delegation of Israel’s Meretz Party,...
Esawi Frej of the Meretz Party addresses the Knesset plenum ahead of the swearing-in of the new Israeli government, June 13, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Meretz MK: ‘Why do we need mediators to talk to Hamas?’

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Israeli lawmaker Esawi Frej (Meretz) called on Tuesday for Israel to negotiate with Hamas directly, sans mediator. Speaking with 103 F.M., Frej, who serves as Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s regional cooperation minister, questioned the need for...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (center) and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (left) during a Cabinet meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem on Aug. 8, 2021. Photo by Ohad Zwigenberg/POOL.

Iranian aggression and Israel’s fragile coalition

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At the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addressed the country’s security situation. Referring to the Israel Defense Forces attack on Hamas targets in Gaza following the latest wave of...
Israeli lawmaker Ghaida Rinawie-Zoabi at the Knesset, ahead of the opening parliament session of the new government, on April 5, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitousi/Flash90.

Meretz MK: Bennett knows his government will fall if he takes military action

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Israeli lawmaker Ghaida Rinawie-Zoabi said on Sunday that her party, Meretz, together with the Arab Ra’am Party, can prevent the government from taking military action, according to Israel’s Kan News. “It’s in the coalition agreements. The...
Noam Party head Avi Maoz, Jan. 19, 2021. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Noam Party draws fire from Israel’s center-left for list of coalition demands

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Israel’s Noam Party announced on Thursday that it will recommend Benjamin Netanyahu to form the next government though also presented a list of conditions, including the establishment of a national directorate dedicated to neutralizing...
Meretz Party head Nitzan Horowitz participates in an event in Beersheva on Feb. 29, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Meretz leader justifies ICC probe of alleged Israeli war crimes

Nitzan Horowitz, head of left-wing Israeli party Meretz, said on Saturday night that there “was room” for the International Criminal Court’s decision to investigate Israel for war crimes. In an interview with Channel 13‘s Ayala Hasson, Horowitz said,...
Meretz Party chair Nitzan Horowitz, former Israeli prime minister and leader of Israel Democratic Party Ehud Barak and Israeli MK Stav Shaffir hold a press conference in Tel Aviv announcing their newly formed Democratic Camp political alliance, on July 25, 2019. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Can Israel’s new left-wing alliance shift the political landscape?

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With the deadline to file party lists ahead of the September election fast approaching, a major shake-up within Israel’s leftist could bolster its camp after weak results in the April election. On Thursday, the newly...
Tamar Zandberg and Issawi Frej of the Meretz party arrive for a meeting with Israeli president Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on April 16, 2019. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

New Left-wing bloc to feature Meretz, Barak and Labor breakaway Shaffir

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Former prime minister Ehud Barak, Meretz leader Nitzan Horowitz and breakaway Labor Knesset member Stav Shaffir have announced the creation of a new left-wing bloc—the Democratic Camp—following two nights of marathon meetings. “The founders of...