Former party leader Zehava Galon defeated former deputy Chief of the General Staff Yair Golan.

[2] In June 2019, incumbent leader of Meretz Tamar Zandberg was defeated by Nitzan Horowitz in a vote held by the party's conference ahead of a legislative election in September.

[6] In the 2020 election, Meretz ran in a joint list with the Israeli Labor Party and Gesher, which won seven seats.

[7] In December 2020, Yair Golan, who previously led the Israel Democratic Party, announced that he would join Meretz.

[12] On 12 July 2022, Horowitz announced he would not seek re-election as party leader, but would remain in politics.