ISRAEL GREEN PARTY

(Hayerukim)

Environmentalistpolitical partypreviously led by formerMeretzmember of theKnessetand one of the founders ofPeace Now, Dedi Zucker. The party, according to Zucker, places "equal importance on fighting for human rights, community-basedeconomicenterprises, feminist and gay rights, multiculturalism and the decentralization of government power into more grass-roots movements." It failed to win a seat in the 15th Knesset (1999), the 16th Knesset (2003), or the 17th Knesset (2006).