Meretz chair Zehava Galon quits Knesset

MK Zehava Galon (Meretz) has notified the Knesset speaker of her resignation from the Knesset. She said that she had realized that she should spend all her time working as Meretz chairperson and in increasing the party’s power by opening its ranks to new groups. Meretz general secretary Moshe Raz will replace her in the Knesset.…