Democratic camp for dissolution? • In March, winds of turmoil ahead of the party conference and in the background calls for a re-examination of the union with "democratic Israel" and "the green movement"

• MK Ben Shafir // Photo: Oren Ben Hakun

Moves to the left ahead of the 2020 elections? MK Autumn Shafir (the Democratic Camp) surprised tonight (Tuesday) on News 12 when she called Meretz, the party with which he wanted to join the Democratic camp in the last election, "Dinosaurs of the Left."

In the meantime, Meretz is in turmoil ahead of a party conference to be convened on Sunday to confirm the continuation of MK Nitzan Horowitz's term and to freeze the Meretz list for the 23rd Knesset. This, at the same time as calls by members of the party to change the unification agreement, called the "Democratic Camp," when Meretz ran in the last September elections with "Democratic Israel" led by Ehud Barak and the "Green Movement" led by MK Shapiro.

Launch of the "Democratic Camp" before the last election

According to the agreement that led to the establishment of the Democratic camp, MK Green Shafir, chairman of the Green Movement, was placed second on the list, while MK Yair Golan, a member of "Democratic Israel" headed by Ehud Barak, placed third. Were pushed back as a result of the essay - which, as mentioned, is expected to be re-examined.

MK Shapir proposes a major unification of the left-wing parties, through open primaries among Labor, Meretz, the Green Movement and Israeli Democrats to determine who will head the bloc and what will be the composition of the Knesset list. MK Amir Peretz also recently made it clear that the union with "Gesher" led by MK Orly Levi-Abaxis is at stake, while other connections are not currently underway. However, Peretz recently said he will review the situation in the polls in a month and then decide on possible connections, and if so.