Merav Michaeli (Hebrew: מרב מיכאלי, romanized: Mērav Mīxāʾēlī; born 24 November 1966[2]) is an Israeli politician, journalist, TV anchor, radio broadcaster, feminist, and activist currently serving as a member of the Knesset for the Democrats, which was formed in 2024 by a merger of the Labor and Meretz.

In September 2012, she spoke at TED Jaffa on the theme of "paradigm shift", in which she argued that society should "cancel marriage".

[14] She was elected to lead the Israeli Labor Party on 24 January 2021, after her predecessor, Amir Peretz, announced he would not stand for re-election.

[16] In the 2021 election, the party won seven seats, becoming part of the thirty-sixth government, with Michaeli as Minister of Transport and Road Safety.

[17] In the legislative election held later that year, Labor narrowly crossed the electoral threshold, receiving the bare minimum of four seats.

Some blamed Michaeli's refusal to run jointly with the left wing Meretz for the latter party falling beneath the electoral threshold and enabling the formation of a new government formed by Benjamin Netanyahu.

[19][20] On 7 December 2023, Michaeli called a press conference in which she stated her intention to hold a leadership election in April 2024, in which she will not run for another term.