Talk:Meretz

message: It appears this party is called the New Movement-Meretz. This is also how they are called in Haaretz. I propose the name be changed. --Shamir1 (talk) 03:30, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name change 

message: What does "Meretz" and "Yachad" mean? --Checco (talk) 12:54, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Meretz Vitality and Yachad Together respectively, - C mon (talk) 20:05, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Meretz and Yachad

message: We should get more information specifically on The New Movement (Hatnua haHadasha). Here are some links. A section should be made in the article describing their principles.
*As Israel’s Labor Party Declines, a Rival Emerges on the Left
*New dovish faction shaping up in Israel
*As Labor fades, new leftist movement steps into the breach
*Leftists say 'no choice' but to seek new political leadership
*Meretz and Hatnua Hahadasha unveil their joint Knesset list
--Shamir1 (talk) 05:56, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  The New Movement 

message: Meretz, and their mythological leader Shulamit Aloni are known for their secularism, they even had a religious-secularist MK.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Scarfac3 (talk • contribs) 01:56, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The Congressional Research Service includes its secular ideology as part of the party's basic platform, as well as the fact that it represents peace activists. I have added both. --Shamir1 (talk) 06:46, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Should secularism be added as an ideology

message: All signs show they've completely forgot about "New Movement" (official site, facebook). There are no google news results for "New Movement – Meretz" (or any variation). I therefor propose that the page be moved to "Meretz". Furthermore, even if they should again rename themselves in the next election, the page should remain "Meretz" per (most likely) WP:COMMONNAME. Rami R 16:46, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd support this. It seems to be their only consistent name. Number 57 17:37, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Support.--Autospark (talk) 18:11, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move to "Meretz" and keep it there 

message: The organization Meretz USA is no longer affiliated with Meretz the political party in Israel.  Meretz USA officially changed its name to "Partners for Progressive Israel" on August 11, 2011 http://partners4israel.org/ (Nhersh (talk) 19:55, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed reference to Meretz USA. Number 57 20:12, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Meretz supporters abroad

message: In the section, "Meretz supporters abroad, the organization "Partners for Progressive Israel" should be added as the American affiliate of Meretz. Partners for Progressive Israel used to be known as "Meretz USA," and is still formally associated with the World Union of Meretz.
Source: http://meretzusa.org/meretz-usa-becoming-partners-progressive-israel
Nhersh (talk) 20:49, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Epicgenius (talk) 00:35, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Meretz supporters abroad 

message: Due to the slow motion edit warring, I have fully protected the article. The issue seems to be whether Meretz is socially liberal party. My own viewpoint is that this is a valid description of the party, as it is wholly unrelated to the party's economic policy (which is not liberal). However, no source was provided to back this up. Please provide/discuss. Thanks, Number 57 17:15, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Page protected

message: I've removed this good-faith edit by someone I consider a very responsible editor. While I appreciate the use of scholarly sources, Meretz very clearly represents the left of Israel's political spectrum, and it is very consistently described as left-wing by both journalistic and scholarly sources alike. Indeed, the party has an extreme leftist image.  To address the sources used, the first briefly mentions Meretz and Labor in the same sentence as the center-left opposition. The second describes Meretz as "left of center" (which means just that, anything left of center) and the Zionist Union and Yesh Atid as "center-left." If anything, this source, by using a different descriptor for Meretz than for center-left parties, also puts Meretz to the left of center-left—i.e., left-wing. Scholarly sources describing Meretz as left-wing are far more plentiful and authoritative.
Furthermore, including such sources opens the door to the opposite problem—describing Meretz as far left or radical left—which editors have done in the past. Scholarly sources saying this do exist. I oppose including this just as much as including the former. On balance, leaving it as left-wing is the best course action. --Precision123 (talk) 23:00, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that it should be described as simply "left-wing". The party also has no problem with this description - it ran under the banner of "Israel's left" in the most recent elections. Number 57 07:30, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair enough reasoning; can't really disagree.--Autospark (talk) 18:22, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Political position 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: reverted here my edit where I added that Meretz is internationally described as far-left. Wikipedia is not a place to WP:RIGHTGREATWRONGS; and per WP:DUE,  so don't waste your time on doing that. Cheers, wumbolo ^^^ 17:04, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Described as far-left

message: I still disagree with  that "far-left" is simply further left than "left-wing". There's a reason that  is a subcategory of . wumbolo ^^^ 15:44, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: If you don't understand a concept as basic as this difference, then I would suggest it may be best not to edit politics-related articles. Number 57 21:05, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, because as anyone can see by scrolling up this page, we've had several discussion on whether the party should be described as far-left in the introduction or infobobx, and the consensus so far is that it shouldn't be. Of course, consensus can change, but until we have a clear consensus, then the status quo remains in place. Number 57 19:32, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Far-left revisited

message: This is not what the source says. The question of whether a party that includes non-Jews can be called Zionism is part of an internal debate in the party, but no one claims that Meretz is a post-Zionist or anti-Zionist party--E.F Edits (talk) 13:21, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Post-Zionism???? 

message: I was too quick when reading a tweet which said Meretz was not allowed to use mem-resh-tsade as they used the Labour symbol in 2020. They use it for local elections, thus it is allowed. Sorry.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:1C03:D15:C000:914:F7AB:3EAA:3A91 (talk) 19:36, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit 

message: The party is Democratic socialist. or at least that's what they state. יונתן שושן (talk)
:Third party descriptions are more reliable than self-descriptions. Cheers, Number 57 10:48, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Social Democratic?

message: Why isn't this party to be considered as a party, representing a fringe group on the political sphere, whose positions and policies have shifted to extremism 2A0D:6FC7:212:7F94:76B5:531:1E0E:C90D (talk) 22:18, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: they might be the furthest party on the left but this doesnt make them far-left Braganza (talk) 06:42, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Position-far left 

message: In July 2022 the Meretz logo was rebranded by Re-Lavant studio and they made a switch with the party colors:
#  r22 g32 b102, Pantone 2746c
#  white
#  r35 g225 b100, Pantone 7479c
They explained it with:
I updated the article with the new logo, but I think, according to this, that we should also update the main meta color of the party accordingly Sokuya (talk) 11:09, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Just saw the party color was updated by PLATEL, thanks. Sokuya (talk) 23:00, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh no, I just figure out the change in the moudle also changed and override all the past use of the party logo. So now Meretz color in article of Israeli general election (infoboxes) is not matching the color of Knesset results diagram images. Sokuya (talk) 22:09, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rebranded logo