About the Meretz Political Party:
Meretz-Yahad
Meretz was founded in 1992 by a union of CRM, Mapam and Shinui. In the 1992 Knesset elections, Meretz won 12 seats, making it the third largest party, and joined the coalition with Yitzhak Rabin. Yossi Sarid led Meretz during the 1996 elections when it obtained nine seats and joined the opposition. It won ten seats in the 15th Knesset. In June 2005, the party was renamed Meretz-Yahad. The decision was a compromise between those who favored the name Yahad and others who preferred the party’s original name, Meretz. Renaming the party Yahad was an initiative by its leader, Yossi Beilin, in 2003 amid efforts to win back voters who had defected from Meretz to the center-left Labor Party and the secular Shinui Party.
We stand for:
1. A Just and Comprehensive Peace between Israel and its Neighbors
2. Human and Civil Rights
3. Social Justice
4. Ecology and a Safe Environment
So, a call by a Likud member: NO
A call by a Meretz Member: Yes
A call my a National Union Member: No
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The Meretz party has also been involved with anti-war demonstrations, fyi....
I'm looking too. There may be hope yet. If Olmert approves of this plan, I think his political opposition will deservedly remove him from office.