Meretz News

Meretz MK: Bayit Yehudi in charge of religious services is just a change from a black kipa to a knitted one.

Meretz MK calls on Bennett to brand act 'terrorism'; locals leaders fear antic will damage peaceful relations with Arab neighbors.

Hundreds marched in Tel Aviv and several dozens marched in Jerusalem on Saturday in protest of Finance Minister Yair Lapid's proposed budget cuts and tax hikes, in what organizers hoped would be the largest demonstrations since the massive social justice protests of 2011.

With plastic containers of homemade food piled high on her desk, MK Tamar Zandberg and her assistants marked day one of their boycott of the Knesset cafeterias Monday by eating lunch in her office.

Meretz MK Nitzan Horowitz officially threw in his hat for the next mayoral race in Tel Aviv, announcing at a press conference in Neve Tzedek on Monday that he will run for the seat against 15-year incumbent Ron Huldai when the city goes to the ballot boxes in October.

Meretz chairwoman Zehava Gal-On proposed legislation on Monday requiring employers to publicize results of any inquiry into sexual harassment claims in the workplace.

Meretz's Nitzan Horowitz is expected to announce his entrance to the race, while Hadash MK Henin decides not to run.

Dozens of Jerusalem residents joined a protest at Safra Square on Saturday, calling on the municipality to open a new compound containing restaurants and a movie theater on Saturdays and holidays.

Knesset C'tee on Foreign Workers to hold hearing following report that police gathered DNA from imprisoned African migrants to solve crimes.

"It's incomprehensible that women not only cannot be religious judges, but cannot influence who the judges are," Livni says as bills pass preliminary readings.

MK Esawi Frij of the Meretz party is seeking to bar Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, the Chief Rabbi of Tzfat, son of the late Sephardic Chief Rabbi Mordecai Eliyahu, from consideration for the post of Chief Rabbi of Israel.

Labor, Meretz, some Yesh Atid call to adopt Qatari PM's proposal for minor land swaps between Israel, future Palestinian state; Bayit Yehudi: There's nothing new here, settlements won't be evacuated.

Meretz chairwoman Zehava Gal-On called on Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein to order the police to open a criminal investigation against journalist and TV host Emanuel Rosen, who is facing accusations of sexually harassing several female co-workers. Gal-On said the fact none of the women Rosen allegedly harassed have made official complaints to the ... (more)

ISRAELI MP: RECONCILIATION WITH TURKEY MUSTN'T AFFECT GENOCIDE RECOGNITION PanARMENIAN.Net - Knesset member, the chair of Meretz party Zahava Gal-On stressed that negotiations for restoration of diplomatic relations with Turkey must not stand in the way of Israel's recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

ISRAEL MPS NOTE TURKISH MASS KILLINGS OF ARMENIANS Ahram Online, Egypt April 23 2013 Parliamentary discussion comes day after first round of reconciliation talks between Israel and Turkey AFP , Tuesday 23 Apr 2013 Israel's parliament on Tuesday held talks to mark the Turkish mass killings of Armenians in 1915, even as the Jewish state and Ankara ... (more)

PanARMENIAN.Net - Knesset member, the chair of Meretz party Zahava Gal-On stressed that negotiations for restoration of diplomatic relations with Turkey must not stand in the way of Israel's recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

The Knesset's summer session got off to a stormy start Monday with an afternoon session that saw Finance Minister Yair Lapid clash with representatives from the hareidi-religious Yahadut Hatorah party.

Meretz leader Zehava Gal-on criticized the government on Monday saying that it was "a direct continuation of the previous government as far as the issues of human rights and democracy are concerned in Israel." Speaking at a Meretz faction meeting, Gal-on said that "the rabbis control the army, decide who can be buried, and who we must obey.

Meretz chairwoman Zehava Gal-On on Sunday slammed a decision made by Bank Leumi to forgive mega tycoon Yitzhak Tshuva's NIS 130m.

MK Michal Rozin calls to the PM, "The Open Skies agreement with the EU must be postponed.