Meretz (Hebrew: מֶרֶצ, Arabic: ميرتس[7] lit.'vigour'[8]) is a left-wing political party in Israel. The party was formed in 1992 by the merger of Ratz, Mapam and Shinui, and was at its peak between 1992 and 1996 when it had 12 seats. It currently has no seats in the Knesset, following its failure to pass the electoral threshold in the 2022 elections, the first time it failed to win seats in the Knesset since the party's inception.
Meretz is a social-democratic and secular party emphasising a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, social justice, human rights (especially for religious, ethnic and sexual minorities), religious freedom and environmentalism.[9] The party is a member of the Progressive Alliance and Socialist International, and is an observer member of the Party of European Socialists.
The party's position on Zionism is disputed.[10][11]
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^"Meretz: The Little Post-Zionist Party that Couldn't?". Partners for Progressive Israel. 1 December 2022. The reactions issued by various senior Meretz figures were inconsistent. Here's a sample: "Meretz is a non- Zionist Israeli party belonging to all citizens;" "Meretz is Zionist, while it has non-Zionist members;" "Meretz has never been defined as a Zionist party;" "We are an integral part of the Zionist system;" and "Meretz is a Zionist left party, an Israeli party with Jewish and Arab members."
^"Meretz, Once the Beating Heart of the Israeli Left, No Longer Considers Itself a Zionist Party". Tablet Magazine. 3 November 2017. Late last month, news broke in Israel that the party had deleted any reference to Zionism from its platform, perhaps as early as 2009. Subsequent attempts by reporters to ascertain whether the party still considers itself Zionist—the very question would've seemed absurd to any of us young political animals in the early 1990s—revealed organizational and ideological chaos. The party's head, Zehava Galon, said Meretz remained as committed as ever to Zionism. Her spokeswoman, May Ossi, said the exact opposite: "Meretz," she told Haaretz, "is a non-Zionist Israeli political party, the party of all citizens because the very idea of Zionism necessarily erases an entire other people." Mossi Raz, the party's secretary-general, claimed that Meretz had never defined itself as a Zionist party
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