Religious Zionism הציונות הדתית

Led by Bezalel Smotrich & Moshe Feiglin · 6 projected seats · running for Finance & Settlement portfolios

Hard-right religious-Zionist party focused on settlement, sovereignty and a religious-nationalist transformation of state institutions. Since 1 September it shares one slip with Moshe Feiglin's Zehut, under a technical bloc both sides say they will dissolve once they are in the Knesset.

The list, who comes with them

How this list is picked. Religious Zionism and Zehut run as a technical bloc: each side picks its own candidates and the two interleave, on Religious Zionism's registration and letters. Each side campaigns on its own platform and says it will negotiate over a coalition separately, which is why they are shown as factions.

Bezalel SmotrichBezalel SmotrichFinance Minister · wants the Finance MinistryMoshe FeiglinMoshe FeiglinParty chairmanOrit StrookOrit StrookSettlements MinisterSimcha RothmanSimcha RothmanConstitution Committee chair · wants the Justice MinistryTzvika MorTzvika MorTikva Forum chairmanItamar EitamItamar EitamLt. Col. (res.), battalion commanderZvi SukkotZvi SukkotMK, Judea & Samaria Subcommittee chairYitzhak ZagaYitzhak ZagaLawyer and strategic consultantReut Ben HaimReut Ben HaimEducator, Tzav 9 co-founderOmer Patziniash-WaldmanOmer Patziniash-WaldmanCaptain (res.), Channel 14 panellist
Show 20 more namesArkadi MuterIT project manager, Channel 9 analystOhad TalOhad TalMK, faction chairRoi KirshbergReserve combat commander from the Jordan ValleyOmer RahamimOmer RahamimYesha Council director-generalSimon HassonCandidateShmuel ShashonRabbi and educatorShirel NahirChannel 14 Judea and Samaria correspondentTzvika VishingradTzvika VishingradDeputy mayor of Petah TikvaIris BernsteinCandidate from Kfar MaimonEitan TamEitan TamDeputy mayor of Rosh HaAyinYehuda SchwartzmanCandidateMoshe PeledFormer MK, Brig. Gen. (res.)Elad IzbotzkyCandidateYosef BacharMaj. Gen. (res.), former Gaza Division commanderHagai GrinzaigZehut activistNatan ZaubmanCEO of the Tikva programmeStanislav TobolskyCandidateAvraham DiskinProfessor emeritus of political scienceShulamit LeiblerCandidateMichal WaldigerMichal WaldigerMK

Rank on the slip decides who enters the Knesset. Pollsters still measure these slates as one list, projected at 6 seats for the pair. How those seats would divide depends on lists that are not filed yet.

The jobs they are going after

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

Where they stand

Two slates, two readings. Each side answers for its own record here. The party markers on the compare page follow the Religious Zionism line, which is the platform this joint entry has run on.

Religious Zionism הציונות הדתיתled by Bezalel Smotrich

Judea & SamariaSovereignty over Judea and Samaria; no Palestinian state
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & SecurityIsraeli control of Gaza; encourage Gazan emigration
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi EnlistmentBacks exemptions; shielded Haredi draft evaders
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
JudiciaryComplete the overhaul
Court can strike lawsKnesset can override
EconomyConservative with sectoral funding
Social spendingFree market
EducationWants state-religious schools carved into a self-governing district
State runs the schoolsParents and communities
Religion & StateHalachic values in public life
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & CitizenshipJewish sovereignty comes before equal citizenship
Equal citizenshipJewish national state

Zehut זהותled by Moshe Feiglin

Judea & SamariaSovereignty everywhere, Oslo annulled
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & SecurityRetake Gaza, resettle it, no ceasefire
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi EnlistmentOne month's training for all, then a professional army
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
JudiciaryUndo the constitutional revolution
Court can strike lawsKnesset can override
EconomyFlat tax, privatise, end the welfare state
Social spendingFree market
EducationWants a voucher for every family, conditioned on core studies
State runs the schoolsParents and communities
Religion & StateEnd the marriage registry and kashrut monopoly
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & CitizenshipJewish sovereignty first, citizenship conditional on it
Equal citizenshipJewish national state