Election to the 26th Knesset
These parties are included in BchiroMat’s matching results. Each party page shows the position documented for every questionnaire statement, a concise rationale, and links to the underlying public sources.
Likud is a long-established national-liberal right-wing party led by Benjamin Netanyahu. It emphasizes security, sovereignty, Jewish identity, a relatively free-market economy, and greater authority for the elected government. For the 2026 election, Likud is the dominant component of the slate agreed with New Hope.
Together is a joint slate of Bennett 2026 and Yesh Atid led by Naftali Bennett, with Yair Lapid sharing its leadership. It brings together the liberal centre and mainstream centre-right, emphasizing security, universal service, effective government, democratic institutions, and moderate civil reforms in religion-and-state matters.
Blue and White is a state-oriented centrist party jointly led by Benny Gantz and Dedi Simchi. It emphasizes security experience, social cohesion, protection of state institutions, professional public service, and practical economic policy.
The Democrats are a liberal and social-democratic centre-left party led by Yair Golan, formed through the merger of Labor and Meretz. The party emphasizes defending democracy, civil rights and equality, strong public services, and advancing a diplomatic settlement.
Makom LeKulanu is a Jewish-Arab left-wing party jointly led by Rula Daood and Alon-Lee Green. It emphasizes civic partnership and equality, combating crime, strengthening the welfare state, workers’ rights, and advancing Israeli-Palestinian peace.
Yisrael Beiteinu is a secular right-wing party led by Avigdor Lieberman. It combines a hawkish security policy with universal compulsory service, greater freedom of choice in religion-and-state matters, reduced political power for the Haredi parties, and an economy with liberal elements.
Shas is a long-established Sephardi Haredi party led by Aryeh Deri. It represents Haredi and traditional communities, supports religious and Torah-education institutions, emphasizes welfare and assistance for lower-income families, and generally aligns with the right-wing bloc.
United Torah Judaism is the joint political framework of the Hasidic Agudat Yisrael and the Lithuanian-Haredi Degel HaTorah. It seeks to preserve Haredi educational and communal autonomy, support Torah institutions and Haredi families, and maintain Israel’s existing religious arrangements.
Otzma Yehudit is a nationalist right-wing party led by Itamar Ben Gvir. It emphasizes governance, broader enforcement powers, and harsher punishment, alongside a hawkish security policy, support for settlement and sovereignty, and a prominent Jewish identity in public life.
The Religious Zionist Party is a religious-nationalist right-wing party led by Bezalel Smotrich. It emphasizes settlement and sovereignty in the West Bank, Jewish identity in state institutions, shifting authority from the judiciary toward the elected government, and a conservative, competitive economy.
Ra’am is an Arab Islamist and socially conservative party led by Mansour Abbas. It focuses on budgets and services for Arab localities, combating crime, housing, and infrastructure, and promotes pragmatic participation in government to influence civic policy.
The Joint List is the electoral alliance of Hadash, Ta’al, and Balad, without Ra’am; its leading candidates are Yousef Jabareen, Ahmad Tibi, and Sami Abu Shehadeh. Its components emphasize representation for Arab citizens, equality, ending the occupation, and social policy, while differing over coalition participation and national identity.
Yashar! is a state-oriented centrist party led by Gadi Eisenkot. It emphasizes a professional security doctrine, universal service, an independent inquiry and government accountability, constitutional checks, professional administration, and practical economic policy.
Zionist Home–Reservists is a centrist and centre-right slate led by Chili Troper and Yoaz Hendel. It emphasizes universal service, security, Zionist cohesion, protection of state institutions, and the formation of a broad and effective government.
El HaDegel is a pragmatic Zionist political movement founded by reservists, security professionals, and civic leaders. It emphasizes security initiative, universal service, balanced governing institutions, shared education, economic growth, and professional public administration.
The Economic Party, led by Prof. Yaron Zelekha, focuses on economic and civic policy. It emphasizes reducing the cost of living, increasing competition, and fighting economic concentration, alongside reforms in housing, healthcare, education, transport, and public services.
Zehut is a national-libertarian right-wing party led by Moshe Feiglin, running in alliance with Michael Ben Ari. It combines sovereignty, settlement, Jewish identity, and a hawkish security policy with individual liberty, free markets, and a smaller state.
Noam LeYisrael is a religious-conservative party led by Avi Maoz. It emphasizes Jewish identity, religious education, and a traditional view of the family; opposes progressive gender and LGBT policies; and supports a nationalist policy of sovereignty and settlement.
Unity is a new state-oriented right-wing party led by Gilad Erdan, with Yuli Edelstein, Aliza Bloch, Oren Smadja, and Hezi Nehama on its leading team. It emphasizes security, universal service, a broad Zionist government, effective governance, and addressing the cost of living.
Israel First is a state-oriented right-wing party led by Sharren Haskel, joined by Jonathan Pollard. It emphasizes security and sovereignty, a competitive economy, more efficient government, reduced regulation, and stronger Israeli alliances with Western countries.
The Haredi Public is a new Haredi party led by Moti Leitner, aimed especially at working Haredim and those outside the traditional full-time yeshiva track. It emphasizes tailored integration into service and employment, core studies, housing, and combating discrimination, while protecting full-time Torah scholars.
Amcha Yisrael is a new nationalist, state-oriented party led by Ofer Winter. It emphasizes a decisive security doctrine, Jewish-Zionist identity, social cohesion, accountable leadership, and a stronger relationship between the state and its citizens.