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	Meretz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Meretz supports the foundation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip.
		Although Meretz officially denounces refusal to serve in the military on political grounds, the radical faction supports the refuseniks and justify their actions.
		In March 2004 a party leadership race was run between Meretz's Ran Cohen and Shahar's Yossi Beilin, with Yossi Beilin emerging the victor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Meretz (531 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Meretz
		Meretz will propose a law regulating the draft of yeshiva students for full military service in the Israel Defence Forces by [in response to] the judgement of the High Court of Justice with regard to the appeal that was submitted by Meretz.Equality should be given to all religions and all individuals in Israel.
		Meretz supports regional cooperation that aims to reduce security tensions, to encourage commercial and economic relations, to confront threats to the natural environment and to develop cultural relations between the nations that live in the region.
		Meretz is in favour of strengthening ties with the countries of the European Union and encourages the implementation of regional cooperation projects that are financed by the European Union.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Meretz (2165 words)

	Meretz-Yahad
		Meretz, which has made peace one of Israel's high-priority objectives, will fight to insure that the IDF receives the full budgetary resources needed to preserve its might and its superiority in qualitative, technological and human terms over all the armies of the region.
		Meretz initiated the legislation of the Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty, and the Basic Law: Freedom of Vocation laws which, in the words of the President of the Supreme Court, represent a constitutional revolution ensuring basic human rights in Israel, particularly the right to life, liberty, and dignity.
		Meretz will initiate legislation setting criteria regarding rights for residents who are not citizens, and providing enlightened procedures for the naturalization of those to whom the Law of Return does not apply.
	www.us-israel.org /jsource/Politics/meretz.html (11454 words)

	Meretz-Yachad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yachad was established by the merger of Meretz with Yossi Beilin's Shahar שח"ר movement.
		The party's purpose was to unite a variety of dovish Zionist movements with the dovish wing of the Israeli Labor Party.
		It abandoned the "securitist" approach of its predeccessor Meretz and focused its criticism at the conduct of Ariel Sharon, the Israeli Defence Forces and the government of Israel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Meretz-Yachad (997 words)

	Meretz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Meretz (מרצ, Vitality) was an Israeli political party, considered to be on the " left " and secular.
		Meretz USA Progressive Zionist organization affiliated with the World Union of Meretz which pursues peace and religious pluralism.
		Meretz Social democratic and pro-peace party located to the left of the Labour Party on the political spectrum.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Meretz.html (1022 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Region \| A Palestinian woman in the Knesset (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Meretz won nine seats in the election which was not good news for Jabara who was 10th on the list of eligible candidates.
		Meretz leader, Youssi Sarid, is ambivalent about the future of Jerusalem and its status as the possible capital of two states: Palestine and Israel.
		Jabara's position is that "Meretz is an Israeli and not a Zionist party." In Israel Arabs are regarded as second class citizens, she said, even though "they are the actual owners of the land." Her fight is for equal status for Arabs and Israelis alike.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /1999/432/re4.htm (638 words)

	Meretz: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Meretz supports the foundation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank West Bank quick summary:
		The west bank is a territory in the middle east constituting the area west of the jordan river annexed by jordan at the end of the 1948 arab-israeli war....
		(Meretz was disbanded in order to merge with Yossi Beilin[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link]'s SHAHAR (שח"ר) movement and Roman Bronfman's "The Democratic Choice" party.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/me/meretz.htm (1249 words)

	Meretz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Meretz defines itself as a Zionist party although it taken more radical during the Al-Aqsa Intifada.
		Although Meretz officially the refusal to serve on political grounds the radical faction the refusniks and justify their actions.
		In December 2003 Meretz was disbanded in to merge with Yossi Beilin 's SHAHAR (שח"ר) movement and Roman Bronfman's Democratic Choice" party.
	www.freeglossary.com /Meretz (672 words)

	Oslo Puts Israel Into Chronic Crisis
		Since the Meretz supporters chose Barak for PM, he can be sure that their party won't turn against him in no-confidence votes.
		For the past year it has been Meretz, with its support for territorial compromise and its insistence on domestic political hygiene, that has served as a balancing force against the government's pull to the right.
		Meretz supporters are European in outlook, and they want the party to ensure them a certain quality of life - without religious harassment.
	www.hanitzotz.com /challenge/62/edit.htm (1841 words)

	Definition of Yossi Sarid
		In 2000 Sarid resigned from the government and Meretz quits the coalition after failing to agree on authority to be given for Shas deputy minister of education.
		In the elections of 2003 Meretz won only 6 seats and popular figures such as Ilan Gil'on, Yoav Kreem and Musi Raz are staying out of the Knesset.
		Beilin defeats Meretz's socialist Ran Cohen and became the leader of Yachad until 2006.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Yossi_Sarid (433 words)

	Roadmap key to Mideast settlement — FM, Meretz
		Given Meretz's stands against the occupation of Palestinian lands and the settlement expansion policies pursued by successive Israeli governments, Muasher's first meeting in a series of scheduled talks with Israeli politicians revealed similar views on crucial issues.
		Meretz leader Yossi Sarid told reporters after the talks that the “practical test of goodwill and bona fide, as far as the Israeli government is concerned, is to put an end and totally freeze Israeli settlements.”
		Meretz leader Yossi Beilin, a former minister and Labour member, said he shared with the Jordanian government the belief that the vicious cycle of violence, terror, and retaliation in the occupied territories and Israel can be reversed.
	www.jordanembassyus.org /01162003001.htm (848 words)

	Meretz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Meretz (&1502;&1512;&1510;, Hebrew languageHebrew]]: "vitality", "energy") was an Israeli political party, considered to be on the "left" and secular.
		Meretz has 2 main Factions within it: The "Securitist Zionists" (''Bithonistim'') led by Yossi Sarid, Ran Cohen and Avshalom Vilan; The radicals led by Zehava Galon, Yossi Beilin and Shulamit Aloni.
		The two Factions differ mainly on their approach toward Israeli military operations in the occupied territories: while the Securitist faction regards them as legitimate counter-terror operations, the radical stream oppose them as "illegal and immoral" attacks.
	meretz.area51.ipupdater.com (465 words)

	Meretz - Definition up Erdmond.Com
		Meretz has 2 main factions within it: # The "Securitist Zionists" (''Bithonistim'') led by Yossi_Sarid, Ran_Cohen and Avshalom_Vilan; # The radicals led by Zehava_Galon, Beilin and Shulamit_Aloni.
		In December 2003, Meretz was disbanded in order to merge with Yossi_Beilin's SHAHAR (שח"ר) movement and Roman_Bronfman's "The Democratic Choice" party.
		In March_2004 a party leadership race was run between Meretz's Ran_Cohen and Shahar's Yossi_Beilin, with Yossi_Beilin emerging the victor.
	www.erdmond.com /Meretz.html (442 words)

	FORWARD : News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		But officials from the left-wing, pro-Oslo Meretz USA have alleged that the decision was motivated by political bias.
		Meretz USA had appealed the committee's decision to the full conference, and would have needed to garner a two-thirds vote of all 52-member organizations to change its status.
		In addition to Meretz USA, the pro-Oslo Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association was rejected in its bid to join the conference as an adjunct member, although the membership committee had supported its application.
	www.forward.com /issues/2002/02.12.20/news7.html (562 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: MERETZ
		The State of Israel is a parliamentary democracy whose political system and main principles are set out in 11 Basic Laws.
		It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Meretz.
		Meretz (מרצ, Hebrew: "vitality", "energy") was an Israeli political party, considered to be on the "left" and secular.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/MERETZ (2171 words)

	UJA-Federation of New York: Jewish Body Rejects Left-Wing Hopefuls (JTA)
		On Tuesday night, Meretz USA and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association were denied membership in the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
		Meretz USA first applied for membership nearly five years ago, according to Bromberg, and Tuesday was its chance to appeal earlier rejections.
		Meretz USA is a public advocacy and educational organization promoting civil rights in Israel and a two-state solution to the conflict with the Palestinians.
	www.ujafedny.org /site/News2?JServSessionIdr012=wmhwc6nfd1.app26a&page=NewsArticle&id=5705 (826 words)

	Meretz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Meretz members are planning to present a motion to bring forward elections for the party's leader to replace Yossi Beilin.
		The heads of Kadima and Meretz's coalition negotiation teams met on Saturday night in order to discuss the inclusion of Meretz in the government.
		Meretz has 2 main factions within it: # The "Securitist Zionists" (Bithonistim) led by Yossi Sarid, Ran Cohen and Avshalom Vilan; # The radicals led by Zehava Galon, Beilin and Shulamit Aloni.
	www.wikiverse.org /meretz (560 words)

	Commentary Magazine - Defense; the Meretz factor; Solzhenitsyn; etc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		...Meretz was created prior to the 1992 elections as a coalition of three odd bedfellows: the far-Left socialist party Mapam...
		...Meretz objects to the religious coercion of Orthodox institutions and to the exclusion of non-Orthodox congregations from public and religious life...
		...Meretz, the activists wrote, represented the extreme Left, and Shinui's involvement was "causing serious damage to Shinui and irreparable damage to the security of Israel...
	www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V103I2P5-1.htm (6475 words)

	Israel Perspectives: Feeling 'Right' at Home: Kadima & Ariel Sharon: Guilt by Association... Part Two
		Meretz USA supports full civil and human rights for Israeli citizens, regardless of ethnicity, race, religion, gender, national origin, or sexual orientation...
		Meretz USA supports the principle of separation of religion and state and believes that religion should be a matter of personal conscience.
		H, it is clear that both Meretz (fro mtheir platform) and Shomin "New Middle East" Peres are very much in favor of Israel existing as a State of the Jews - whereby what makes the STate Jewish is that it happens to have a Jewish majority, as opposed to it existing as a Jewish State...
	israelperspectives.blogspot.com /2005/11/kadima-ariel-sharon-guilt-by_28.html (900 words)

	JTA NEWS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Meretz USA first applied for membership four years ago and appealed last month, despite two informal indications from the membership committee that the group was unlikely to win entry.
		The group seemed to favor dropping the Meretz issue to focus on broader changes in conference structure, according to one participant on the call.
		Meretz USA “is so tiny, with only a couple of employees, that it would really make a mockery of the claim that this is a conference of major organizations,” agreed Morton Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America.
	www.jta.org /story.asp?id=030116-mere (1084 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| 'Meretz is considered to be friends of the Arabs. People don't like friends of the ...
		The leader of the ultra-dovish Meretz party glumly toured polling stations yesterday and made a half-hearted effort to win a few more votes to keep alive his radical alternatives to Ariel Sharon's tanks.
		Meretz's fortunes have not slumped as deeply as the main opposition party, Labour.
		But Meretz is fighting hard to cling to the seats it has got, which made it the fourth largest party in the outgoing knesset.
	www.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,3604,884219,00.html (780 words)

	MERETZ DOES NOT SUPPORT REFUSENIKS AS A POLICY, WHILE SHOWING SYMPATHY TO THEM AS INDIVIDUALS
		Last Monday, members of Meretz got together for their weekly meeting in the faction room on the fifth floor of the Knesset - and that is the only fact that all the faction members are agreed upon.
		Meretz, which is always proud of its clear, sharp and trenchant postions, its total transparency, finds itself in a state of slight confusion when the refusal-to-serve issue is raised.
		He added that he regretted that the statement he made a few days earlier that Meretz should not take an official stance on the subject of refusing to serve in the IDF had been interpreted as support for the phenomenon.
	www.chicagopeacenow.org /rr-14.html (4193 words)

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