Israel 2026

Parties and Lists

One page per list: leader, Knesset list as announced, platform positions, recent moves, and what MEF has published. The number is the party's seats in the MEF poll average.

Netanyahu Bloc (37th Government Parties)

Likud

Benjamin Netanyahu

Running alone under the Likud name; New Hope candidates run under Likud with New Hope as party of record.

Opposition

Yashar

Gadi Eisenkot

Running alone; filed 2026-09-07 with former Shin Bet chief Yoram Cohen at No. 2.

Opposition

Together

Naftali Bennett

Joint list of Bennett 2026 and Yesh Atid, filed 2026-09-07 with Bennett first and Lapid second; a technical bloc, not a party merger.

Opposition

The Democrats

Yair Golan

Running alone; primaries held July 20, 2026 with 97,000 of about 112,000 members voting.

Arab Parties

Joint List (Hadash, Ta'al, Balad)

Yousef Jabareen

On the ballot. The Central Elections Committee voted to bar the Joint List under section 7A of Basic Law: The Knesset.

Netanyahu Bloc (37th Government Parties)

Otzma Yehudit

Itamar Ben Gvir

Running alone. Party statement 2026-07-07: 'Otzma Yehudit will run alone for the sake of the right-wing bloc'. Smotrich also ruled out a joint run.

Netanyahu Bloc (37th Government Parties)

Shas

Aryeh Deri

Running alone. No reported merger talks. Deri's stated target is to repeat the 11 seats of 2022.

Netanyahu Bloc (37th Government Parties)

United Torah Judaism

Ya'akov Asher

Joint UTJ list of Degel HaTorah and Agudat Yisrael filed 2026-09-08, headed by Ya'akov Asher.

Opposition

Yisrael Beytenu

Avigdor Liberman

Running alone; list filed and approved by the Central Elections Committee plenum on September 27, 2026.

Netanyahu Bloc (37th Government Parties)

Religious Zionism with Zehut

Bezalel Smotrich

Joint list with Zehut as a technical bloc, agreement signed 2026-09-01; parties keep separate identities and may split after the election.

Arab Parties

Ra'am

Mansour Abbas

On the ballot. The Central Elections Committee voted to bar Ra'am under section 7A of Basic Law: The Knesset.

2.9

Opposition

Reservists and Economic Party

Yoaz Hendel

Filed 2026-09-07 as a joint list; polling below the 3.25 percent threshold in most published polls.

1.1

Bloc Uncertain

Amcha Yisrael

Ofer Winter

Running alone. Winter rejected joining the Smotrich-Feiglin list on 2026-09-02: 'The people of Israel are demanding something new, not more of the...

Other Lists

Lists with a research file that poll below the threshold or are rarely polled.

Blue and White Benny Gantz
Haredi Public Moti Leitner
Israel First Sharren Haskel
Noam LeYisrael Avi Maoz
Unity Gilad Erdan
Zionist Home (Reservists) Hili Tropper

Final lists are filed with the Central Elections Committee before the deadline; until then the lists shown are as announced by the parties or reported by named outlets. Each page states its list status.