Democratic Union (Israel)

Democratic Union המחנה הדמוקרטי
Leader	Nitzan Horowitz Stav Shafir Ehud Barak[1]
Founded	25 July 2019 (2019-07-25)
Ideology	Zionism Progressivism Social democracy Secularism Green politics Two-state solution[2]
Political position	Left-wing[1]
Member parties	Meretz Green Movement Democratic Israel
Colours
Slogan	No (to) Likud. That's for sure.
Knesset	5 / 120
Election symbol
מרצ
Website
www.dem.co.il

The Democratic Union (Hebrew: המחנה הדמוקרטי, romanized: HaMaḥaneh HaDemokrati, lit. 'The Democratic Camp') is a left-wing political alliance in Israel formed between Meretz, Israel Democratic Party, Labor defector Stav Shaffir,^[3] and the Green Movement^[4] that ran in the September 2019 Israeli legislative election.^[5]

References

1. Gil Hoffman (25 July 2019). "Barak, Shaffir, Horowitz form left-wing bloc overnight". The Jerusalem Post.
2. Staff (29 July 2019). "Meretz central committee approves merger with Barak's Israel Democratic Party". Times of Israel.
3. Elad Benari (25 July 2019). "Meretz and Israel Democratic unite". Arutz Sheva. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
4. Gil Hoffman; Jeremy Sharon (25 July 2019). "Polls show Democratic Union Party to net 8-12 seats". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
5. Raoul Wootliff; Staff writer (25 July 2019). "Meretz, former PM Barak, Labor defector Shaffir announce joint Knesset run". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 24 July 2019.