The Democrats (Israel)

The Democrats

הדמוקרטים‎
The Democrats הדמוקרטים‎
Chair	Yair Golan
Founders	Yair Golan; Tomer Reznik;
Founded	12 July 2024
Merger of	Israeli Labor Party; Meretz
Headquarters	Tel Aviv, Israel
Ideology	Social democracy; Liberal democracy; Zionism; Two-state solution;
Political position	Centre-left to left-wing
European affiliation	Party of European Socialists (observer)
International affiliation	Socialist International; Progressive Alliance
Colours	Blue
Knesset	4 / 120
Website
	democrats.org.il
	Politics of Israel; Political parties; Elections;

The Democrats (Hebrew: הדמוקרטים, romanized: HaDemokratim) is a social democratic political party in Israel, formed by the merger of the centre-left Israeli Labor Party and the left-wing Meretz party in July 2024. It is led by Yair Golan,^[6] who was the Labor Party leader prior to the merger and previously served as an MK for the Democratic Union, before joining Meretz.

^ Gallindoss, Alan (1 July 2024). "Israel's Left-Wing Parties Labor and Meretz Unite: The Democrats Emerge to Challenge Netanyahu's Government". Jewish Business News. Retrieved 6 March 2025. Reznik envisions The Democrats as a social democratic party that will champion both social issues and security concerns while promoting peace.
^ ^a ^b Sokol, Sam (30 June 2024). "Labor and Meretz merge into a united "liberal-democratic Zionist party": The Democrats". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
^ "Israel".
^ "Members - Socialist International". www.socialistinternational.org.
^ "Parties & Organisations". Progressive Alliance.
^ Fink, Rachel (23 September 2024). "Ex-IDF General, The Democrats Leader Yair Golan Visiting U.K., Set to Meet With PM Starmer". Haaretz. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

[1] Gallindoss, Alan (1 July 2024). "Israel's Left-Wing Parties Labor and Meretz Unite: The Democrats Emerge to Challenge Netanyahu's Government". Jewish Business News. Retrieved 6 March 2025. Reznik envisions The Democrats as a social democratic party that will champion both social issues and security concerns while promoting peace.

[toi30june-2] Sokol, Sam (30 June 2024). "Labor and Meretz merge into a united "liberal-democratic Zionist party": The Democrats". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 6 March 2025.

[3] "Israel".

[4] "Members - Socialist International". www.socialistinternational.org.

[5] "Parties & Organisations". Progressive Alliance.

[6] Fink, Rachel (23 September 2024). "Ex-IDF General, The Democrats Leader Yair Golan Visiting U.K., Set to Meet With PM Starmer". Haaretz. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

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