Meretz
![Once, the Labour leader - now The Democrats leader. Yair Golan.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=700/2024/06/30/a023e790-3700-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h5464_w8192.jpg)
Having once called Charedim a "parasitical population," Democrats leader Yair Golan now says he does not rule out forming a government with them - but he does with others.
![Once, the Labour leader - now The Democrats leader. Yair Golan.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/30/a023e790-3700-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h5464_w8192.jpg)
Politics
Following negotiations between the two leftwing parties, a new unified party has now been formed for future elections.
![Reason to smile. Labour leader Yair Golan.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/27/e3843bc0-348a-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h5464_w8192.jpg)
Politics
The two leftwing parties are set to form an agreement merging into a new, leftwing party with a new name. Meretz will have two MKs in the opening ten on the next Knesset election list.
![Prominent Israeli Jurist Amnon Rubinstein Passes Away at 92](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/01/18/b1ea0b80-b618-11ee-adaf-d9320ff81fe5__h3135_w4702.jpg)
Amnon Rubinstein
Rubinstein, a recipient of the Israel Prize, had served as Education Minister in the Rabin government and was a thoughtful commentator on Israel's judicial wars.
![Chairman of Meretz Uri Zaki](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/12/27/5a59aec0-a4ca-11ee-adaf-d9320ff81fe5__h331_w650.jpg)
Religious Zionist Martyrs
The chairman of the board of Meretz wrote on his Twitter account that in these difficult days it is impossible to ignore the large number of martyrs from the religious Zionism movement, we must salute this community.