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Yisrael Beiteinu
ישראל ביתנו · Led by Avigdor Liberman · 9 projected seats
Aiming for
Defense or FinanceIn one paragraph
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
Avigdor LibermanParty ChairmanDraft: Everyone serves; no stipends for evasion.Oded ForerMK, former Agriculture MinisterAgriculture: Open imports while protecting farmers.Evgeny SovaMKAliyah: Absorption budgets and credential recognition.Yulia MalinovskyMKConversion: Break the rabbinate's conversion monopoly.
Rank on the slip decides who enters the Knesset. 9 projected seats means roughly the top 9 names get in.
Where they stand
Judea & SamariaLand-and-population swaps
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & SecurityDefeat Hamas fully, no interim deals
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi EnlistmentDraft everyone, end stipends
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
JudiciaryProfessional-committee compromise
Strengthen the courtCurb the court
EconomyFiscal hawk, anti-monopoly
Social spendingFree market
Religion & StateCivil marriage, break the rabbinate monopoly
Civil / pluralistHalachic status quo
Platform pillars
No work, no stipendCut funding tied to draft evasion.
Civil reformsCivil marriage, ease conversions.
Populated exchangeBorders along demographic lines.
Tough on HamasNo deals with terror organizations.
History
1999
Founded as a Russian-immigrant nationalist party.
2019
Refusal to sit with Haredim forces repeat elections.
2021
Liberman as Finance Minister in the change government.
2025
Runs on the anti-exemption backlash.
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