Shaffir’s Greens are not participating in the new Labor-Meretz alliance. The move represents a rightwards lurch for Meretz, who had previously been emphasising the need for Jewish-Arab unity, with suggestions that a new, Jewish-Arab leadership of the party might emerge. . ..…

They could have voted for liberal Zionist parties such as Labor or Meretz but chose instead to throw their weight toward Arab-led parties as a sign of support for the principle that Israel’s problems can and will only be solved be strengthening the Arab-Jewish coalition. ..…

The so-called centre-left forces supporting him (Meretz, the Labour Party and the Arab list) fall three seats short of a 61-seat Knesset majority. ..…

In this month’s general election, 90 per cent of Israeli Jews voted for parties that identify as being either on the militaristic, anti-Arab right or on the religious, anti-Arab far-right. . The two parties claiming to represent the centre-left – the rebranded versions of Labour and..…

In this month’s general election, 90 per cent of Israeli Jews voted for parties that identify as being either on the militaristic, anti-Arab right or on the religious, anti-Arab far-right. . The two parties claiming to represent the centre-left – the rebranded versions of Labour and..…

There is a sense they feel they have no choice but to vote for Blue and White in order to replace Netanyahu; but if no one votes for the smaller centrist or left-wing parties — Labor, Meretz, the two Arab slates, Gesher or Kulanu — Gantz won’t have a coalition to govern with any way...…

The venerable centrist Labour party, which founded Israel, teamed up with the small rightwing Gesher party in an attempt to draw away from Gantz’s Blue and White party rightwing voters belonging to the Mizrahi population (Jews of non-European, mainly Arab, origin). . And Meretz, usually..…

Meretz has also put an emphasis on Jewish-Arab partnership throughout the last few years, and has even considered turning the party into a joint Jewish-Arab one. . ... That silence on the occupation as well as on the issue of Jewish-Arab partnership upsets many in Meretz...…

Arab parties, while half of Palestinian citizens of Israel vote for Zionist parties, from Meretz and Labor to Shas and even Likud. ..…

Likud, the ultra-religious and Yemina parties voted favor, Blue White, Labor and Meretz voted against, while Yisrael Beitenu and Arab parties opted out of the vote.  ... ..…

Ben-Sasson's sister is Meretz voter, and the political left's anti-clerical stances distance him it. The Arab- Jewish Hadash Party represented his universal values before it hooked up with other Arab parties to form Joint List in 2015.. ..…

RAMALLAH 22 July, On the afternoon of January 11, 2019, Samer S set out for the bus stop with his cousin. ..…

As the editorial puts it, at issue is the fate of two left-wing parties, Meretz and Labor, in dividing the land and civil liberties... It turns out, therefore, r's opinion, Arab parties and Arab- Jewish party Hadash are not part of the democratic camp, the left-wing camp or the..…

Some would also include Balad [a secular Arab nationalist party]. . Labor and Meretz (the Green Party) crashed at the last elections. ..…

Raam-Balad’s leaders are a mix of Islamist and Arab nationalists. It describes itself as a democratic movement opposed to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory. . MERETZ - Leader: Tamar Zandberg. . Four seats, down from five. . The left-wing party has not been part of government..…

Meretz picked up only four seats, one of which came from the Arab community, and won the allegiance of 156,217 voters. ..…

Ra’am-Balad’s leaders are a mix of Islamist and Arab nationalists. It describes itself as a democratic movement opposed to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory. . MERETZ . Four seats, down from five. Leader: Tamar Zandberg. . The left-wing party has not been part of government..…

And if that were not enough, Blue and White also dented Meretz, ignored Arab parties, and offered no alternatives to the law, thus contributing to Arab voter turnout... ..…

Raam-Balad’s leaders are a mix of Islamist and Arab nationalists. It describes itself as a democratic movement opposed to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory. . MERETZ - Leader: Tamar Zandberg. . Four seats, down from five. . The left-wing party has not been part of government..…

Makladeh, research institute based Israel, explained that it's not possible to determine how many Arab Israelis cast ballots because many of them in mixed Jewish- Arab cities... Meretz MK Michal Rozin sent letter on Tuesday to Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, requesting he..…

In the bloc, the parties that made it into Knesset are Kahol Lavan, Hadash-Ta'al, Labor, Meretz and United Arab List-Balad. . ..…

United Torah Judaism party garnered 7 seats, while Arab party Hadash-Ta'al received 6 seats.. Meretz party was given 5 seats while Union of Right Wing Parties, had 5 seats.. ..…

Predicted to win 4 seats, Raam-Balad’s leaders are a mix of Islamist and Arab nationalists. ... MERETZ, HEADED BY TAMAR ZANDBERG . Predicted to win 5-6 seats in the Knesset, the left-wing party has not been part of a coalition government in the past two decades. ..…

The Arab-Palestinian-Jewish slate led by Hadash and Ta’al, are wisely preoccupied with trying to get Arab voters to turn out. The left-wing Meretz party is barely finding its way to my feed — an absence that mainly shows poor targeting skills. . ..…

The leader of the Jewish Power party was disqualified in an 8-1 vote because of his anti-Arab ideology. Ben-Ari had been approved by Israel’s election committee to run, but the opposition left-wing Meretz party successfully appealed the decision to the Supreme Court. . ..…

The elections committee, made up of members of the outgoing parliament, struck down motions that had sought to bar as racist Jewish Power’s Michael Ben-Ari and Itamar Ben-Gvir, who are adherents of late anti-Arab rabbi Meir Kahane. . Left-wing party Meretz said it would appeal, along with..…

Leaving aside the fact that both Meretz and Shafir appear to accept as legitimate contenders Arab parties whose members deny the right of Israel to exist, period, I decided to inform the Jewish Press Online readers about the actual platform presented by Jewish Power, which the New York..…

The platform also calls for full Israeli sovereignty over all the Land of Israel and “arranging for ‘enemies’ of Israel to obtain status in the Arab states surrounding us” — in other words, the expulsion of anyone who refuses to accept Israeli domination. . Meretz appealed to..…

But there is another approach that would radically shift the direction Israel is traveling ideologically: a new political alliance between the Jewish left (Labor and Meretz parties) and the Palestinian Arab parties in Israel. . ... In the 2015 elections, the Joint List as a whole refused to..…

But at the same time, they currently explicitly insist that it is an extra-parliamentary formation only — as it currently brings together some Jewish and Arab supporters of Hadash, but also of establishment parties such as Meretz and even the more right-wing Labour Party. ..…

One MK promises that Arab MKs will face a firing squad; another describes his fellow MKs of the Zionist party Meretz as “traitors.” ..…

The protest call was issued by the Palestinian Arab Higher Monitoring Committee. 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. . ..…