Parties and lists
One page per list: leader, Knesset list as announced, platform positions with sources, recent moves, and what MEF has published. The number is the party's seats in the MEF poll average.
Yashar
Gadi Eisenkot
Running alone; filed 2026-09-07 with former Shin Bet chief Yoram Cohen at No. 2.
23Likud
Benjamin Netanyahu
Running alone under the Likud name; New Hope candidates run under Likud with New Hope as party of record.
12Together
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.
10The Democrats
Yair Golan
Running alone; primaries held 20 July 2026 with 97,000 of about 112,000 members voting.
8Joint List (Hadash, Ta'al, Balad)
Yousef Jabareen
Joint list of Hadash, Ta'al and Balad announced 19 to 20 August 2026 after a reconciliation committee process; Ra'am runs separately.
8Otzma 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.
8Shas
Aryeh Deri
Running alone. No reported merger talks. Deri's stated target is to repeat the 11 seats of 2022.
8United Torah Judaism
Ya'akov Asher
Joint UTJ list of Degel HaTorah and Agudat Yisrael filed 2026-09-08, headed by Ya'akov Asher.
8Yisrael Beytenu
Avigdor Liberman
Running alone; slate to be unveiled Sunday 6 September 2026; recent polls around 10 seats.
6Religious 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.
5Ra'am
Mansour Abbas
Running alone; declined to join the revived Joint List.
3.3Amcha 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...
0Blue and White
Benny Gantz
Filed a 41-name list on 2026-09-08 despite months of polling below the threshold; no merger materialized.