Leadership of the leftist Meretz party approved, Sunday evening, the proposal of party chairwoman Zahava Gal-On to hold open primaries.
The proposal will be submitted to the Meretz conference, which will convene in January. Gal-On said after the approval that "only an open Meretz can be a big Meretz party, and I hope that the decision of the Meretz conference will be to open Meretz and grow."