About Zahava Gal-On
Zehava Galon (Hebrew: זהבה גלאון; born 4 January 1956), is an Israeli politician, the president of the research institute ZULAT for Equality and Human Rights and former leader of Meretz. Galon served as a member of the Knesset from 1999 to 2017 and ran as the leader of Meretz in the 2022 Israeli legislative election but failed to pass the electoral threshold. Galon was first listed on the 13th place on Meretz list in the 1992 Israeli legislative election, but the party only won twelve seats. She was then raised to 11th place on the party list in the 1996 Israeli legislative election, but Meretz only won nine seats. Galon founded and served as head of the Committee of Inquiry on the Trafficking of Women for seven years. Prior to the 2015 legislative election, Galon said during the campaign that she would resign if the party won only four seats.
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