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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."

 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

 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

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

Labor, Meretz delegates to approve merger in Tel Aviv convention


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.

Meretz threatening not to support budget over funds for Health Ministry

Meretz is threatening not to support the state budget due to a conflict over funds.

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz, July 19, 2021.

‘Meretz meetings with PA officials don’t mean peace talks’

"It is comfortable for things to stay quiet with the Palestinians. The moment we start getting into the Palestinian issue, the government just falls apart" - Bennett source.

Head of the left wing Meretz party and Minister of Health Nitzan Horowitz leads a Meretz faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 12, 2021.