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Amcha Yisrael (People of Israel) עמך ישראל

3.4
MEF poll average, seats
0 to 6
range in window
0
seats now
Seats in every 2026 poll; line is a five-poll rolling mean; dotted line = threshold
Leader
Ofer Winter, party chairman; Brigadier General (res.), former Givati Brigade and 98th Division commander; not an MK [source, 2026-08-25]
Bloc
Netanyahu bloc (37th government parties)
Founded
launched 2026-08-25 at the Shalva Center, Jerusalem (Israel Hayom https://www.israelhayom.co.il/news/politics/article/21277122... JPost https://www.jpost.com/israel-election-2026/article-906571)
Seats, 25th Knesset
0
Status 2026
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 same' (INN https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432576). Channel 12 reported a Likud plan to offer Winter slot 2 on the Smotrich list plus two Likud slots for his allies; Winter declined (INN https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432582, 2026-09-02). Talks with the Haredi Public party were reported 2026-09-01 (VINnews https://vinnews.com/2026/09/01/talks-underway-between-tzibur...). Polls: Kan 4 seats (2026-08-30), i24 down from 8 to 5 (2026-09-02); Channel 12 Midgam showed it passing only if RZP runs alone (INN https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/432511).
List status
Filed with the CEC on 2026-09-07; 18 candidates as submitted to the Central Elections Committee; not yet certified (CEC approval of lists due 2026-09-27). Ballot name: עמך ישראל.
MEF poll average
3.4 (below threshold in most polls); range 0 to 6 across 14 polls in the window

Background

Ofer Winter served 34 years in the IDF, commanding the Givati Brigade in the 2014 Gaza war, serving as military secretary to the defense minister and commanding the 98th Division, and left in 2024 after being passed over for major general (JPost https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-833171, 2024-12-12; Wikipedia, wiki-only for full career list). A Kan poll in July 2026 showed him as the preferred leader of a new right-wing party (Wikipedia, wiki-only). Yoseph Haddad, who had registered a separate party, agreed to join him in August (JPost https://www.jpost.com/israel-election-2026/article-906571). Winter launched Amcha Yisrael on 2026-08-25 in Jerusalem with Haddad at number 2 and a slate the party describes as majority secular (Ice https://www.ice.co.il/local-news/news/article/1127155). Within a week he rejected merger offers from the Smotrich-Feiglin bloc and Likud (INN 2026-09-02).

Knesset list

Order and Hebrew names as filed with the Central Elections Committee (CEC list page, 2026-09-07). Lists are as submitted and not yet certified; the CEC is due to approve lists on 27 September 2026. Party of record in brackets for joint lists. † marks names whose English spelling is transliterated from the filing rather than taken from English-language press.

  1. Ofer Winter ווינטר עופר [source, 2026-09-07]
  2. Yoseph Haddad חדאד יוסף [source, 2026-09-07]
  3. Netali Shem Tov שם טוב נטעלי [source, 2026-09-07]
  4. Eran Ben-Ari בן ארי ערן [source, 2026-09-07]
  5. Fleur Hassan-Nahoum חסון-נחום פלר [source, 2026-09-07]
  6. Lali Derai דרעי ללי [source, 2026-09-07]
  7. Ronen Bodner בודנרו רונן [source, 2026-09-07]
  8. Davidi Ben-Zion בן ציון דוד נחום [source, 2026-09-07]
  9. Aviv Ezra עזרא אביב חיים [source, 2026-09-07]
  10. Eli Gino ג'ינו אלי [source, 2026-09-07]
  11. Sigal Kraunik-Attia קראוניק זריפה סגלית [source, 2026-09-07]
  12. Eric Rubin רובין אריק מת'יו [source, 2026-09-07]
  13. Alaeddin Ibrahim † אבראהים עלמאדין [source, 2026-09-07]
  14. Moshe Har-Zion הר ציון משה [source, 2026-09-07]
  15. Lilach Haim Idelberg חיים אידלברג לילך [source, 2026-09-07]
  16. Moshe Toledano טולדנו משה [source, 2026-09-07]
  17. Raz Malka מלכה רז [source, 2026-09-07]
  18. Dor Yitzhak לוי דור יצחק [source, 2026-09-07]

Platform and positions

otherNo platform document on amchaisrael.co.il as of 2026-09-03 (site has team, join, volunteer and contact pages only). Items below are leader statements from the launch and after. [source, 2026-09-03]
GazaLeader statement. Winter at launch: 'There will never be a Palestinian state here. The solution in Gaza is one: migration.' [source, 2026-08-25]
Haredi draftLeader statement. 'We will not join a government that does not pass, before it is formed, a law that puts an end to draft evasion and requires everyone to report for service and contribute.' [source, 2026-09-02]
securityLeader statement. Winter called for a pre-emptive security doctrine and a change to the concept that preceded October 7, and described the election as 'a referendum'. [source, 2026-08-25]
otherLeader statement on bloc. 'We are part of the right-wing camp. Netanyahu is the leader of the right-wing camp, and he is the only person we will recommend' for prime minister. [source, 2026-08-28]
Arab citizensCandidate statement. Yoseph Haddad said he intends to become Israel's first Arab minister, in public diplomacy. [source, 2026-08-25]
otherLeader statement on alliances. Winter told supporters: 'Don't be swayed by all the pressure. We are the real unity', rejecting a joint run with Smotrich and Feiglin. [source, 2026-09-02]

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