Liebman said American Friends of Meretz is opposed to the bill. When asked to make a statement about Israeli-Diaspora relations, Liebman deferred to Gavri Bargal, an Israeli representative for Meretz. But since it is not considered the Israeli party's official representative in the United States, the organization was asked to change its name for the purposes of this election. That includes land in the territories captured by Israel during the 1967 War, according to the group's president, Joel Abramson. Abramson is critical of the campaign for greater religious pluralism in Israel.
Religious pluralism is at the top of the slate's agenda.
ARZA delegates are opposed to the Israeli conversion bill and are upset about attacks by ultra-Orthodox Jews against Reform and Conservative Jews at the Western Wall, according to Executive Director Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch. Hirsch said it is important for organizations that represent pluralistic values to get a majority vote at the Zionist Congress because of the message it would send to Israeli leaders and because of the WZO's funding authority. This slate represents the Orthodox movement, according to Executive Vice Chair Israel Friedman. We will always fight pluralism. We have a common bond by observing the same laws, the same customs and the same prayers.