The spread
, 120 seats · 35 listsEach block is one list. Its height is the list's projected seat count, so a 24-seat list stands twelve times taller than a 2-seat list. The small squares under the line are lists the average gives no seats. Left to right is the same scale on every issue page.
Where each list stands
, 11 lists · 120 seatsLikud הליכוד,
23 seats.It governs with the Haredi parties and in July 2026 barred the arrest of draft evaders, while its own aims require regular service of every citizen.
Yashar ישר! עם איזנקוט,
23 seats.Every citizen is called up, to the army first and to civilian service otherwise, and those who dodge it face prosecution and civil sanctions. Each year no more than 3% of those due to enlist can be exempted, and everyone else serves. The party does not say who would qualify.
B'Yachad ביחד בראשות בנט,
14 seats.Everyone is drafted. Those who refuse lose their stipends, National Insurance discounts and rate relief, and 8.8 billion shekels moves to those who serve.
The Democrats הדמוקרטים,
9 seats.Draft for everyone — full equality of burden
The Joint List הרשימה המשותפת,
9 seats.Opposes drafting Haredim or anyone else and would sanction no one who does not enlist; rejects military and civil service schemes for Arab youth.
Otzma Yehudit עוצמה יהודית,
8 seats.Full-time Torah study is part of the nation's strength: no arrests, and Haredi tracks in the police and Border Police that keep Shabbat, kashrut, prayer and study
Shas ש״ס,
8 seats.Torah study is service. A law settling the status of yeshiva students is its one condition for joining a government, and it left the government in 2025 when none came.
Religious Zionism & Zehut הציונות הדתית וזהות,
7 seats.Backs exemptions; shielded Haredi draft evaders
Zehut: One month's training for all, then a professional army
United Torah Judaism יהדות התורה,
7 seats.Exemption is existential
Yisrael Beiteinu ישראל ביתנו,
7 seats.Draft everyone, end stipends
Ra'am רע״ם,
5 seats.Voted against the blanket exemption law
No recorded position
, 10 lists · 0 seatsThese lists have not published a position on this issue that we could source. They are counted, not hidden. Send a source through the contact page and we will add it.
Below the threshold
, 14 lists · 0 seatsLists the polling average gives no seats. Some poll under the 3.25% threshold, others no pollster names at all. They carry no weight in the chart, but their positions are recorded.
Israel First ישראל תחילה,
Strongly toward Universal draft · not in the polls · Universal draft, no exemptions
The Reservists and the Economic Party המילואימניקים והכלכלית,
Strongly toward Universal draft · over the bar in 5 of 10 polls · Every young Israeli, men and women, serves for the same length of time through one national system, with exemptions only in exceptional cases; those who refuse lose state benefits
The Economic Party: Equal draft, exemptions capped at two thousand
Amcha Israel עמך ישראל,
Strongly toward Universal draft · over the bar in 1 of 10 polls · A Basic Law: Service puts every citizen in the army or in national or civilian service, with a track kept for outstanding Torah scholars as the army's needs allow.
HaTikun התיקון,
Strongly toward Universal draft · not in the polls · Service of some form for everyone, as a condition for the vote
Orot Hashachar אורות השחר,
Strongly toward Universal draft · not in the polls · Every Haredi man drafted into an adapted track with full basic training, then routine-security reserves; combat by choice
Shema שמע,
Strongly toward Universal draft · not in the polls · Every Jewish man is drafted. Those who choose Torah serve in a spiritual combat unit on closed bases under yeshiva heads, and no religious group is exempt.
Bitachon Ishi בטחון אישי,
Toward Universal draft · not in the polls · Broad enlistment, leaving only outstanding Torah scholars to study full time
Brit Olam ברית עולם,
Toward Universal draft · not in the polls · Alternative service tracks for different populations, the Haredim included
Beyachad Natzliach ביחד נצליח,
In the middle · not in the polls · Abolish the draft for everyone, not just some
Hatzibur HaHaredi הציבור החרדי,
In the middle · not in the polls · Absolute protection for a young man learning all day. Haredim who are not learning all day serve, in the army or in national and civil service
Sharshar שרשר לאהבה ואחדות העם,
Toward Preserve exemptions · not in the polls · Whoever studies should study; whoever does not should go and serve
Noam for Israel נעם לישראל,
Toward Preserve exemptions · not in the polls · No forced draft, only an agreed arrangement
Mishpat Tzedek משפט צדק,
Strongly toward Preserve exemptions · not in the polls · Keep the status quo. Torah students stay exempt, with voluntary enlistment into units that suit the Haredi public and numbers rising gradually over the years.
Tzeva Shachor צבע שחור,
Strongly toward Preserve exemptions · not in the polls · Its sole declared goal: no conscription of Torah learners, the original deferment and nothing else
Seat counts are the average of the 10 most recent published polls. Stance values are editorial, placed on a nine-step scale from published platforms, votes and interviews. Sources are on every party page.