Meretz News

MK Zehava Galon, Chairperson of the far-left Meretz party, spoke with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday morning, demanding that he cancel Operation Protective Edge which was launched the previous night in response to the flood of Gaza rocket fire.

During the meeting with MK Davidi, MK Regev called to take citizenship away from Israeli-Arabs who incite to terrorism.

FM Avigdor Liberman says Israeli Arabs who rioted Friday belong in prison; Meretz chairwoman accuses FM of promoting hate between Jews and Arabs.

While some in the right are calling for revenge for the kidnapping and murder of Eyal Yifrach, Gil-Ad Shaer and Naftali Frenkel, hundreds of protesters gathered at HaBima Square in Tel Aviv on Thursday evening urging "No to Escalation, No to Revenge."

Meretz chairwoman Zehava Gal-On said rocket fire from Gaza is terrorism that has no legitimacy.

Hundreds of Israelis gathered in downtown Jerusalem Wednesday evening to protest a wave of nationalistic violence that swept the city a day earlier.

The response to the murder of the three abducted Israeli teens, Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Shaar, and Naftali Fraenkel, has been predictable in its call for restraint and moderation.

Two committee reports on important social issues were published last week. The first committee, on the war against poverty, submitted its report on June 23. The second committee, on strengthening public health, submitted its report two days later.

MK Issawi Frej says that with vote Israel chose not to "strengthen the familiarity between different parts of Israeli society."

Mothers of the three youths come to Knesset, where MKs from nearly every party from Meretz to the Bayit Yehudi showed their support; "We pray and beg God, but he will do what is right," one of the mothers says.

At 3:30 Shavuot morning, more than 100 people are seated on folding chairs singing in Yiddish as men walk around with shots of vodka and cups of coffee.

PA president reiterates commitment to helping Israel find kidnapped teens in conversation with Meretz leader Gal-On, but warns "cold-blooded shooting of innocent Palestinians" may cause situation to spiral out of control.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas spoke by telephone with Meretz Chairwoman Zehava Galon and stressed his deep commitment to making sure that the three missing teens return home safely.

MK Zehava Galon, head of the leftist Meretz party, claimed on Wednesday that the IDF's Operation Brother's Keeper, launched after three teenagers were kidnapped by terrorists, is no longer effective.

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel gave approval Wednesday for the construction of 172 new homes for Jewish settlers in annexed east Jerusalem, a city councilor said, nearly two weeks after it announced thousands.

With regard to "Israel advances plans for 1,083 settler homes" , who are you, The New York Times? What kind of headline is that? Headline issues Sir, With regard to "Israel advances plans for 1,083 settler homes" , who are you, The New York Times? What kind of headline is that? How about "Israel advances plans for 1,083 new homes in Judea and ... (more)