Labor-Gesher-Meretz
Labor-Gesher-Meretz העבודה-גשר-מרצ | |
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Abbreviation | Emet |
Leader | Amir Peretz |
Founders | Amir Peretz (Labor) Orly Levy (Gesher) Nitzan Horowitz (Meretz) |
Founded | 13 January 2020 |
Dissolved | 6 April 2020 |
Preceded by | Labor-Gesher Democratic Union |
Ideology | Social democracy Welfare state Two-state solution Labor Zionism |
Political position | Centre-left |
Member parties | Labor Gesher[a] Meretz |
Colours | Red Azure Green |
23rd Knesset | 7 / 120 |
Election symbol | |
אמת | |
Website | |
emet2020.co.il | |
Labor-Gesher-Meretz (
History
On 13 January 2020, Labor and Meretz leaders Amir Peretz and Nitzan Horowitz announced a technical unification of the lists ahead of the elections to the 23rd Knesset for fear that one or more of the lists would not pass the threshold.[1] The union promoted negotiations with the Blue and White alliance, in which it was agreed that the number of ministers to be assigned to the Labor-Gesher and Meretz factions in Gantz's future government would be based on the number of faction members in the 22nd Knesset (6 and 5, respectively).[2] The Gesher party, led by Orly Levy-Abekasis, who ran together with the Labor Party in the previous elections in the framework of Labor-Gesher, continued the expanded cooperation. The Democratic Union list, of which Meretz was a part in the previous elections, disintegrated, but Yair Golan of the Israel Democratic Party, which was part of the Democratic Union, joined Meretz in preparation for closing the lists.
For the purpose of unification, Yair Golan was initially supposed to join on the basis of the Democratic Choice shelf party, which former leader Roman Bronfman made available to him for this purpose, but finally, in light of technical difficulties, Yair Golan and Emilie Moatti (who previously ran in Labor primaries) joined Meretz.[3]
Immediately after the inauguration of the
Election results
Election year | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– | Leader | Government/Opposition |
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2020 | 267,480 (#6) | 5.83 | 7 / 120
|
new party | Amir Peretz | Disbanded during the formation of the government |
Composition
Name | Ideology | Position | Leader | Former MKs
| |
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Labor | Social democracy | Centre-left
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Amir Peretz | 3 / 120
| |
Meretz | Social democracy | Left-wing
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Nitzan Horowitz | 3 / 120
| |
Gesher[b] | Social liberalism | Centre | Orly Levy
|
1 / 120
|
Knesset members
The list of candidates for the 23rd Knesset elections, as submitted to the Central Election Commission on 15 January,[4] and the following Knesset members were elected from among them:
# | Name | Notes | |
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1 | Amir Peretz | Labor leader and former Minister of Defense | |
2 | Orly Levy
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Gesher leader and former Yisrael Beiteinu MK | |
3 | Nitzan Horowitz | Meretz leader | |
4 | Tamar Zandberg | Meretz MK and former leader | |
5 | Itzik Shmuli | Labor MK and leader of 2011 Israeli social justice protests | |
6 | Merav Michaeli | Labor MK, feminist activist and journalist | |
7 | Yair Golan | Meretz MK, retired major general in the IDF |
Notes
References
- ^ https://www.israelhayom.co.il/article/723855 איחוד בשמאל: העבודה-גשר ומרצ הודיעו על ריצה משותפת בבחירות
- ^ עמית סגל Amit Segal [@amit_segal] (25 February 2020). "ראשי העבודה גשר מרצ לוועדת הבחירות המרכזית בתשובה לעתירת כחול לבן: שמנו את תמונת גנץ כי יש לנו כבר הסכם קואליציוני חתום איתו. https://t.co/RtNx3wVOly" (Tweet) (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 1 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ https://bechirot23.bechirot.gov.il/election/Candidates/Documents/elections%2023/הסכמים%20בין%20מפלגות/agreement_avoda_meretz_gesher.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "רשימת מועמדים".