Merav Michaeli

Israeli politician

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2024 Helped form the Democrats political party through a merger of the Labor and Meretz parties.
April 2024 Called for dismantling the Netzah Yehuda Battalion, criticizing it for killing Palestinians 'for no real reason'.
February 2024 Party announced the leadership election would take place on 28 May, with Yair Golan set to replace her.
2023 Actively participated in anti-judicial reform protests and rejected an invitation from Prime Minister Netanyahu to join compromise talks.
December 7 2023 Called a press conference announcing her intention to hold a leadership election in April 2024, in which she would not run for another term.
April 2023 Michaeli announced the birth of her second son, also born through surrogacy.
July 2022 Re-elected to lead the Israeli Labor Party.
December 31 2021 Announced the Tel Aviv central bus station would be closed within four years.
August 2021 Merav Michaeli and her partner Lior Schleien welcomed their first son through surrogacy in the United States.
January 24 2021 Elected to lead the Israeli Labor Party, announcing a gender-equal party list with female-male rotation.
April 22 2020 Rejected sitting in the Netanyahu-Gantz coalition government when Labor Party leader Amir Peretz announced joining the unity government.
August 2019 Returned to the Knesset after Stav Shaffir resigned from the legislature.
November 29 2012 Won fifth place on the Labor Party's list and was elected to the Knesset when Labor won 15 seats.
October 2012 Michaeli announced she was joining the Labor Party and intended to run for the 2013 Knesset elections.

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