Ratz (political party)

Movement for Civil Rights and Peace
התנועה לזכויות האזרח ולשלום
LeaderShulamit Aloni
Yossi Sarid
Gabi Deus (de jure)
FounderShulamit Aloni
Founded1973
Dissolved1997 (de facto)
Split fromAlignment
Merged intoMeretz
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing
National affiliationAlignment (1981-1984)
Meretz (1992-1997)
ColorsRed
Slogan"העובדות מצביעות רצ‎" (The facts point to Ratz) (1988)
Most MKs6 (1992)
Election symbol
רצ

Ratz (Hebrew: רָצ), officially the Movement for Civil Rights and Peace (Hebrew: הַתְּנוּעָה לִזְכוּיוֹת הָאֶזְרָח וְלַשָּׁלוֹם‎, HaTnua'a LeZkhuyot HaEzrah VeLaShalom) was a left-wing political party in Israel that focused on human rights, civil rights and women's rights. It was active from 1973 until its formal merger into Meretz in 1997.