After Minister Freij from Meretz announced he would not continue in the next Knesset, the leader of the faction Health minister Horowitz said he would not run as the head of the faction and now Minister of Environment Tamar Zandberg she was "taking time off" of politics. In a party which has six seats, this is indeed unprecedented.
The Minister of Environmental Protection explained: "I have given my journey my maximum. Now it would be fair to turn the place over to others and others who will continue it."
In a Facebook post she wrote: "Feels like politics has gone a bit crazy, sorry I have no better answers right now."
This has led to wide speculation about what is happening in this small, Left-wing party.