Mossi Raz

Mossi Raz speaks at a Meretz central committee meeting, Tel Aviv, July 28, 2019. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

What keeps this Israeli leftist in a pro-occupation government?

MK Mossi Raz opens up about being part of a coalition that is 'moving to the right' on the occupation, and whether his Meretz party truly promotes Jewish-Arab partnership.

By Yoad Winter-Segev October 4, 2021

Meretz Chairwoman Tamar Zandberg and Meretz MK Issawi Freij take part in a hearing in the Knesset Internal Affairs and Environment Committee, November 6, 2013. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Meretz facing internal pressure to become Jewish-Arab party

As the Zionist left struggles to stay relevant, some members of Meretz are proposing a new way forward. Top members of the Zionist left-wing Meretz party are trying to transform their party into one based on full Jewish-Arab partnership, just a month after it passed the election threshold thanks in large part to increased support from the Arab…

By Oren Ziv May 21, 2019

Najana Kombi, the refugee neighborhood where many Eritrean asylum seekers who came from Israel live. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Pushed out by Israel, asylum seekers find only limbo in Uganda

+972 Magazine joins Meretz MKs Mossi Raz and Michal Rozin in Rwanda and Uganda to find out what happens to the asylum seekers Israel is deporting there. After meeting humanitarian organizations, parliamentarians, and refugees, one thing becomes clear: Most are forced to continue their quest for safety and security elsewhere.

By Oren Ziv February 27, 2018

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Mitzpe Ramon development town, southern Israel, 1957. Immigrants from North Africa and Romania were sent by the state to live in the Negev-area community. (GPO)

Anti-Mizrahi discrimination was official Israeli policy

The Israeli government has kept documents detailing systematic racism against Jews from the Middle East and North Africa sealed for 70 years. This week the Knesset rejected a proposal to open the state archives. To correct the historical injustice, the public needs to know the truth. By Mossi Raz In nearly every conversation about the arrival and…

By +972 Magazine November 26, 2017

Dozens of former soldiers protest outside Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked's home, demanding she investigate them over abuses they committed in the occupied territories, Tel Aviv, June 25, 2017. (Rami Ben Ari/Combatants for Peace)

Former soldiers to Israeli gov’t: Investigate us for occupation abuses

Israel’s justice minister demanded an investigation of an anti-occupation activist after he admitted to beating a Palestinian during his army service. Now other former soldiers are stepping up to show solidarity. Dozens of Israelis demonstrated outside Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked’s home in north Tel Aviv Sunday night, after she called to investigate the spokesperson of anti-occupation…

By Yali (Yael) Marom June 26, 2017

Closing of station part of assault on the free media. Mossi Raz, Jericho, early 2011. (Photo: Yossi Gurvitz)

Police shut down Jewish-Palestinian radio station

Kol Hashalom, which operates from Ramallah, was suddenly shut down on Thursday, based on what appears to be flimsy evidence A small radio station, “Kol Hashalom,” unique in that it was directed jointly by a Palestinian and a Jew, was abruptly shut down by the Israeli police on Thursday. Kol Hashalom, which roughly means “All…

By Yossi Gurvitz November 19, 2011

Hundreds rally in Tel Aviv to protest Bil’in woman’s death

Hundreds of Israelis rallied in Tel Aviv Saturday night to protest the death of Bil’in resident Jawaher Abu Rahmah, who died on Saturday morning after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli forces during the weekly anti-fence demonstration. The 36 year-old woman was evacuated to a Ramallah hospital on Friday afternoon, after losing consciousness. Doctors attached…

By Lisa Goldman January 1, 2011

The trouble with Meretz \ Leftwing party in search of its voice

Last week, I was invited to a bloggers meeting with the heads of Meretz. The invitation stated that all three Meretz’s MK will be there, but only Haim “Jumas” Oron, the current head of the party, showed up, accompanied by former MK Moshe (Mossi) Raz (former chairman of Peace Now) and Yifat Solel of Meretz…

By Noam Sheizaf July 25, 2010