The Democrats (Israel)

The Democrats
The Democrats
Leader	Yair Golan
Founded	30 June 2024; 2 months ago
Merger of	Israeli Labor Party; Meretz
Headquarters	Tel Aviv, Israel
Ideology	Social Democracy; Progressivism; Labor Zionism; Secularism; Two-state solution;
Political position	Centre-left to left-wing
European affiliation	Party of European Socialists (observer)
International affiliation	Progressive Alliance
Knesset	4 / 120
	Politics of Israel; Political parties; Elections;

The Democrats is a left-of-centre political party in Israel formed on 30 June 2024 by the merger of the Israeli Labor Party and Meretz. According to a press release, the merger is “not a ‘technical bloc,’ but rather a historical process that produces, finally, one large and united party, a liberal-democratic Zionist party that will be a political home for a large part of the Israeli population.”^[1] Under the merger agreement there will be one Meretz representative in every four spots on the new party's electoral list as well as on the party bodies, and there will also be representation for Meretz's municipal factions.^[2]

Leaders

Leader			Took office	Left office
		Yair Golan	2024	Incumbent

References

^ "Labor and Meretz merge into a united 'liberal-democratic Zionist party': The Democrats". Times of Israel. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
^ "Meretz, Labor Party sign agreement to merge parties under new party name 'The Democrats'". Jerusalem Post. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.

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[1] "Labor and Meretz merge into a united 'liberal-democratic Zionist party': The Democrats". Times of Israel. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.

[democrats-2] "Meretz, Labor Party sign agreement to merge parties under new party name 'The Democrats'". Jerusalem Post. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.

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