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| − | '''Meretz''' Is an [[Israel]]i [[Leftist]] party. In the latest elections to the [[Knesset]] it ran on a joint list with the '''New Movement''' party and won three seats.<ref>[http://www.knesset.gov.il/faction/eng/FactionPage_eng.asp?PG=203 | + | '''Meretz''' Is an [[Israel]]i [[Leftist]] social democratic party. It was formed in 1992 from merger of three leftist parties - Mapam, Ratz and Shinui.<ref>[http://www.knesset.gov.il/faction/eng/FactionPage_eng.asp?PG=4 ''Meretz'' on the Knesset's website]</ref> In the latest elections to the [[Knesset]] it ran on a joint list with the '''New Movement''' party and won three seats.<ref>[http://www.knesset.gov.il/faction/eng/FactionPage_eng.asp?PG=203 ''New Movement - Meretz'' on the Knesset’s website]</ref> |
== Platform == | == Platform == | ||
Revision as of 14:36, October 31, 2011
Meretz Is an Israeli Leftist social democratic party. It was formed in 1992 from merger of three leftist parties - Mapam, Ratz and Shinui.[1] In the latest elections to the Knesset it ran on a joint list with the New Movement party and won three seats.[2]
Platform
The party supports the formation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip[3], despite the inherent dangers such a state will pose to Israel. For example, former IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Yaalon said that a Palestinian state will work against Israel and will seek its destruction.[4] The party also supports full Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights in order to let Syria take over this terrirtory[3], despite the fact that such a move will put Israel’s security in serious jeopardy.[5]
The Meretz party is outspoken in its support of the homosexual agenda.[6] Meretz’s openly homosexual member of Knesset Nitzan Horowitz has worked to legalize same-sex "marriage".[7] Uzi Even, a former member of Knesset from Meretz, is also an open homosexual.[8] In addition to its regular youth movement, Meretz has a separate youth movement called Our Colors, devoted exclusively to advancing the homosexual agenda.[9]
Terrorist connection
Former Meretz member of Knesset Haim Oron is a good friend of convicted murderer and terrorist Marwan Barghouti and has visited him in prison several times.[10] Fidel Castro's regime, which is supportive of of Palestinian terrorism[11], had also kept ties with Meretz. David Rot, a member of the party who had an instrumental role in fostering its ties with the Castro regime, received a medal from the Cuban government in 1999.[12]
External links
- Official website (Hebrew)
- Meretz USA – American supporters of Meretz
References
- ↑ Meretz on the Knesset's website
- ↑ New Movement - Meretz on the Knesset’s website
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Meretz: Interview with Haim Oron
- ↑ ‘Tel Aviv will be like Sderot’ - Ynet
- ↑ The Golan Heights and the Facts – Ariel Center for Policy Research
- ↑ Essentials of the Meretz Platform
- ↑ First-term Meretz MK to present bill for gay and civil marriages - Haaretz
- ↑ Israel’s first gay MP enters parliament
- ↑ Protesters: Peres won’t put us back in the closet – Ynet
- ↑ Marwan Barghouti, Amos Oz, Haim Oron and a tale of darkness - The Jerusalem Post
- ↑ Castro's Anti-Semitism and the PLO
- ↑ history of David Rot