One MK promises that Arab MKs will face a firing squad; another describes his fellow MKs of the Zionist party Meretz as “traitors.” ... The relationship of forces is not encouraging, and time is short. . ↩ Israel has no constitution, however, the Meretz party managed to push through..…

Twenty-six other organizations heeded the call, among them Meretz Party members, Peace Now, the Association for Civil Rights, Adalah (the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel) and others. . ..…

The liberal Meretz party and others refused to join a government with Shas if Deri was in control. . ... 'Once Meretz feels confident its conditions for joining the government have been met, they will join Barak,' he said. ..…

This April, when settlers forced a large Israeli bookstore to stop selling a book critical of the occupation, Shulamit Aloni, former head of the dovish Meretz Party, declared that “Israel has not been democratic for some time now.”) ..…