Young Meretz ( he, צעירי מרצ, ''Tzeiri Meretz'') is the young adult wing of the Israeli political party

Meretz Meretz ( he, מֶרֶצ, ) is a left-wing political party in Israel. The party was formed in 1992 by the merger of Ratz, Mapam and Shinui, and was at its peak between 1992 and 1996 when it had 12 seats. It currently has no seats in the Knesset ...

. All members of Meretz aged 18–35 are automatically members of YM. Additionally, YM activates student groups in university and college campuses throughout Israel, where the activists are not necessarily registered members of the mother party. YMY is subject to the guidelines and statutes of the mother party, but also enjoy a substantial extent of autonomy. For example, it is not bound by coalition agreements. YM is committed to issues that include reaching a peaceful solution to the Arab–Israeli conflict based on a two-state solution through negotiation such as The Geneva Initiative, social justice, human rights, gender equality, minority rights, separation of religion and state, elimination of corruption, environmental justice and

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. The chairman of YM is Tomer Reznik. YM is a member organization of the

International Union of Socialist Youth The International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) is an international organization, founded in 1907, whose activities include publications, support of member organizations and the organization of meetings. It was formed as the youth wing of the S ...

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IUSY The International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) is an international organization, founded in 1907, whose activities include publications, support of member organizations and the organization of meetings. It was formed as the youth wing of the S ...

External links

Young Meretz
on the website of

* Youth wings of political parties in Israel Youth wings of social democratic parties Zionist youth movements Meretz {{israel-org-stub