The Democrats formed from Labor–Meretz merger

Israeli Labor Party and Meretz formally merged in July 2024 to form The Democrats, with Yair Golan elected leader. The merger consolidated the Zionist left into a single bloc after both parties struggled in recent elections.

Sources

event en.wikipedia.org 2026-06-06 — Merger formalized July 2024

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In-text: (Gara, 2026)

Per-record citation

APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). The Democrats formed from Labor–Meretz merger [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/caf841f3-b6f5-4ffb-94ad-72581c25c17e

Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals

Gara, Tarek. 2026. "The Democrats formed from Labor–Meretz merger." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/caf841f3-b6f5-4ffb-94ad-72581c25c17e.

BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers

@misc{tayyar-event-caf841f3-b6f5-4ffb-94ad-72581c25c17e,
  title     = {{The Democrats formed from Labor–Meretz merger}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/caf841f3-b6f5-4ffb-94ad-72581c25c17e},
  urldate   = {2026-06-21},
  note      = {Event date: 2024-07-01. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

Dataset / working-paper citation

If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.

APA 7Preprint

Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-06-21},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 2024-07-01. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.