Yisrael Beiteinu ישראל ביתנו

Led by Avigdor Liberman · 8 projected seats · running for Defense or Finance

Secular-nationalist party rooted in the Russian-speaking public: hawkish on security, aggressive on Haredi exemptions, hard-line secularist on religion and state.

The list, who comes with them

How this list is picked. Yisrael Beiteinu holds no primary. Liberman sets the list himself.

Avigdor LibermanAvigdor LibermanParty Chairman · wants Prime MinisterRafi Ben ShitritRafi Ben ShitritFormer Beit She'an mayorTalia LankriTalia LankriCol. (res.), former head of the NSC home-front divisionOded ForerOded ForerMK, former Agriculture MinisterYulia MalinovskyYulia MalinovskyMKSharon SharabiSharon SharabiHostage-return campaignerHamad AmarHamad AmarMK · wants the National Security MinistryEvgeny SovaEvgeny SovaMKElvira KulichmanElvira KulichmanFormer deputy mayor of LodDan IllouzDan IllouzFormer Likud MK
Show 20 more namesLili Ben AmiLili Ben AmiMichal Sela Forum founderYael BenvenistiYael BenvenistiDeputy chief executive of InsurTech IsraelDavid AzoulayDavid AzoulayHead of the Metula councilLimor Magen TelemLimor Magen TelemFormer MKYair Ben ShitritYair Ben ShitritBusiness developer, reserve captainSharon Roffe OfirSharon Roffe OfirFormer MK and journalistMor DekelMor DekelOMEP Israel chairMichaela Levin-ShamirMichaela Levin-ShamirLawyer, Million Lobby co-founderOlivier RafowiczOlivier RafowiczFormer IDF Northern Command spokesmanYaakov MosesYaakov MosesReserve IDF majorAmi KorCybersecurity entrepreneurMaya Flombaum-KatzRamat Gan councillorEddie MordukhaevLawyer and Ramla councillorMichal Oron-AzaniMichal Oron-AzaniBinyamina-Givat Ada councillorStav Boyango-MatzaStav Boyango-MatzaLawyerAsaf BizbergFormer Ariel councillorSteven RubinCandidateShelly Shamir-KeinanFormer advertising executiveMirit Shaked-BarakMirit Shaked-BarakCommunications adviserBilly RubinBuilding contractor

Rank on the slip decides who enters the Knesset. At 8 projected seats, roughly the top 8 names get in.

The jobs they are going after

Cabinet jobs where someone on this list is up against candidates from other parties.

Where they stand

Judea & SamariaRegional package deal; stabilize the West Bank with Jordan
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & SecurityCut Gaza off entirely; keep IDF freedom of action
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi EnlistmentDraft everyone, end stipends
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
JudiciaryA constitution; no override clause, no French law
Court can strike lawsKnesset can override
EconomyBreak monopolies, privatize, shrink the bureaucracy
Social spendingFree market
EducationTies all school funding to core curriculum, ending Haredi exemptions
State runs the schoolsParents and communities
Religion & StateCivil marriage, break the rabbinate monopoly
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & CitizenshipCivil rights for all, national rights for Jews
Equal citizenshipJewish national state