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														<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/meretz-chief-quits-knesset-to-fight-for-open-primaries-for-left-wing-party/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/10/F170527GY013-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Meretz party leader MK Zehava Galon speaks to thousands of left-wing activists during a rally in Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, May 27, 2017. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)" title="Meretz party leader MK Zehava Galon speaks to thousands of left-wing activists during a rally in Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, May 27, 2017. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)" /></a>
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													<div class="date">October 18, 2017, 7:14 pm</div>
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								Meretz chief quits Knesset to fight for open primaries for left-wing party							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/meretz-chief-quits-knesset-to-fight-for-open-primaries-for-left-wing-party/">After 16 years in parliament and facing a leadership challenge, Zehava Galon looks to crack open Meretz's ranks to 'new blood'</a>
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													<div class="date">August 21, 2017, 12:38 am</div>
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								Palestinians await &#8216;clear vision&#8217; from US on peace talks							</a>
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							By <a title="AP" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/ap/">AP</a> and <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a>						</div>
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								Palestinian Authority threatens to sever Gaza electricity &#8212; report							</a>
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							By <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a>						</div>
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								Caught between a right-wing base and a new peace initiative, Netanyahu ducks and weaves							</a>
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							By <a title="Haviv Rettig Gur" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/haviv-gur/">Haviv Rettig Gur</a>						</div>
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								Palestinians barred from Israeli-Palestinian memorial service							</a>
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							By <a title="Judah Ari Gross" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/judah-ari-gross/">Judah Ari Gross</a>						</div>
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								Meretz files police complaint over far-right rapper&#8217;s &#8216;inciting&#8217; post							</a>
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							By <a title="Tamar Pileggi" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/tamar-pileggi/">Tamar Pileggi</a>						</div>
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								Left-wing MK blasted for joining anti-AIPAC protest							</a>
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								Meretz chief accuses Netanyahu of &#8216;serving apartheid lobby&#8217;							</a>
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