Zehava Gal-On is an Israeli politician, the president of the Zulat institute for Equality and Human Rights and former leader of Meretz.
15 Facts About Zehava Gal-On
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Zehava Gal-On served as general secretary of the paper Politika, of the Human Rights organization B'Tselem, and of the Ratz party.
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Zehava Gal-On is a member of the general directorate of Meretz.
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Zehava Gal-On was elected to the Knesset in 1999, and served as chairwoman of the Knesset committee for the struggle against trafficking in women.
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Zehava Gal-On was a member of the Knesset law and constitution committee and the Knesset committee.
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In 2007, Zehava Gal-On launched an unsuccessful bid to become the leader of Meretz in the 2008 Meretz leadership election.
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Zehava Gal-On expressed her belief that the party needed to reinvent itself and promote a civilian agenda, which encompasses human rights and civil liberties, in order to remain politically viable.
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Zehava Gal-On said that Meretz could not afford to watch while other parties adopted some of its long-time positions, and it must work to cement the principles of democracy and equality in Israeli society.
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Zehava Gal-On lost to Haim Oron, as the polls predicted.
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Zehava Gal-On volunteered her third spot on the Meretz list for the 2009 elections as a gesture of respect for Nitzan Horowitz, but lost her seat when the party was reduced to three seats.
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When preliminary results of the 2015 election indicated that the party would be reduced in representation, Zehava Gal-On announced she would resign as chairperson of Meretz as soon as a successor is chosen, and from the Knesset in order to open a place for Tamar Zandberg, the party's fifth-place candidate, who appeared to have lost her seat.
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Zandberg, Ilan Gilon and others urged Zehava Gal-On to reconsider her decision.
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In October 2017 Zehava Gal-On resigned from the Knesset, but said she would remain leader of Meretz.
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Zehava Gal-On initially announced her candidacy for the 2018 Meretz leadership race, but eventually dropped out.
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On 17 November 2022, Zehava Gal-On announced her intention to resign as party leader.