Meretz News

MK Zehava Galon, head of the far-left Meretz party, warmly welcomed Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's demands on Israel to freeze construction in Judea and Samaria for three months as a condition to extend talks on Tuesday.

Israeli delegation of lawmakers meets with Abbas in Ramallah; Horowitz says Abbas denounced all terror including attack on Baruch Mizrachi in Hebron and that he would participate in investigation to bring perpetrators to justice.

Defense Minister gives green light for settlers to move into structure known alternatively as the House of Peace and House of Contention in West Bank city; Meretz says decision may lead to bloodshed.

Meretz chairwoman likens Netanyahu, Bennett, Liberman and Lapid to alternate take on Haggada's 4 sons - "wicked, wicked, wicked and the one who doesn't know how to quit."

MK Zehava Galon, Chairwoman of the far-left Meretz party, responded Friday morning to Jewish Home Chairman Naftali Bennett's threats to leave the government if Arab citizens of Israel were included in a proposed terrorist release deal.

MK Nitzan Horowitz on Wednesday slammed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for ordering his ministers to cut ties with the Palestinian Authority in apparent response to the PA's application to join 15 international treaties, outside of the framework of US-brokered peace talks.

A new poll finds that if former Minister Moshe Kahlon were to run for the Knesset as the head of a new party, he would win 10 Knesset seats but not at the expense of his old party, the Likud.

Rather than make bold decisions conducive to peace, the government continues to 'give the US the finger' with regard to talks with the Palestinians, Meretz MK Zahava Gal-on charged on Tuesday, reacting to statements by Secretary of State John Kerry that ascribed much of the blame for the present impasse to Israel.

As in previous years, The Jerusalem Post's annual conference in New York generated major headlines both in Israel and abroad.

As in previous years, The Jerusalem Post's annual conference in New York generated major headlines both in Israel and abroad.

Intermarriage in the US is a surprising source of population growth, and young people today feel more connected than ever to Israel.

The party that took the most action on social issues is Labor, with a score of 37.7, while Bayit Yehudi ranked lowest with -3.2 points.