Merav ben-ari

Yesh Atid to remain intact within Lapid's alliance with Bennett, MKs tell 'Post'

Ben Ari, who serves as the opposition coordinator in the Knesset, described the merger as “an amazing thing” and said it has given hope to many citizens in the country.

Portrait of Israeli politician Merav Ben Ari. October 30, 2025.
Attorney general Gali Baharav-Miara at a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, in the Israeli parliament on September 30, 2025.

Opposition mistakenly approves millions to haredi institutions, A-G halts transfer

Eli Feldstein, one of the suspects in the so-called Qatargate investigation arrives for a court hearing at the Tel Aviv District Court on July 15, 2025.

In wake of Feldstein interview, October Council, opposition MK urge probes into PMO conduct

 View of a DNA kit during a press conference at La Rochelle tribunal, western France, on April 14, 2014; illustrative.

Knesset slam delay in rape kit preservation law


'You're a disgrace to women': MKs clash over domestic violence debate

Knesset members engage in heated debate on the end of the National Insurance Institute's partnership with the Michal Sela Forum, an organization dedicated to addressing domestic violence.

 Merav Ben Ari, Limor Son Har Melech

Almog Cohen apologizes for ‘disrespectful’ insults hurled at fellow MKs

At the beginning of the interview, the outspoken Otzma Yehudit MK said: “I made a mistake, my demeanor was inappropriate.”

 Otzma Yehudit party member Almog Cohen during a an election campaign conference in Ramat Gan, September 4, 2022.

Appeal to Knesset Ethics Committee against MK Almog Cohen

The Movement for the Quality of Government protested Cohen's remarks made against fellow MKs in the Knesset plenum.

 Otzma Yehudit party member Almog Cohen during a an election campaign conference in Ramat Gan, September 4, 2022.

Tibi calls Yesh Atid MK 'scum' in plenum

Yesh Atid MK Merav Ben-Ari leaves Knesset rostrum in tears following MK Tibi's remarks.

MK Ahmad Tibi attends a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament on May 16, 2022.

Knesset battles over NSO and charges of police as ‘mafia’

The Knesset's Interior Security Committee debated the NSO affair on Monday, with chairwoman Merav Ben Ari trying to strike a balance between defending the police and probing its actions.

Merav Ben-Ari with Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid, February 1, 2021

Bill to keep sex offense evidence for 50 years approved for reading

A bill that would mean that samples taken from victims of sex offenses would be saved for 50 years was approved for first reading in the Knesset.

A MEDICAL TEAM is seen working at the new biological emergency unit dedicated to COVID-19 at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, in Jerusalem, last year.

Bill aiming to make organ donation process easier passes first reading

About a million Israelis have signed Adi cards, and over half of all transplants were received by prioritized card owners.

 MK Merav Ben-Ari with Yesh Atid head and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid holding Adi cards

Organ donation process will be made easier in new law

A law meant to ease the process of committing to donate one's organs after death will be debated in the Ministerial Law Committee on Sunday.

Dvora Szerer showing her Adi card

90 Knesset members send petition to Ben & Jerry's opposing boycott

The letter was signed by five Labor MKs, six Blue and White MKs and Yair Golan of Meretz. No Arabs signed it, but Druze MKs did.

ONE MAJOR DIFFERENCE between Israel’s electoral system and that of most other Western democracies is the lack of any direct connection between the people who gain a seat in the Knesset and ordinary Israeli voters.

Former Kulanu MK Merav Ben-Ari joins Yesh Atid

Ben-Ari was very public about having a child with a gay man

Merav Ben-Ari with Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid, February 1, 2021