Yisrael Beiteinu ישראל ביתנו

Led by Avigdor Liberman · 8 projected seats as of 15 October · running for Defense Minister or Finance Minister

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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 Minister→Rafi Ben ShitritRafi Ben ShitritFormer Beit She'an mayor→Talia LankriTalia LankriCol. (res.), former head of the NSC home-front division→Oded ForerOded ForerMK, former Agriculture Minister→Yulia MalinovskyYulia MalinovskyMK→Sharon SharabiSharon SharabiHostage-return campaigner→Hamad AmarHamad AmarMK · wants National Security Minister→Evgeny SovaEvgeny SovaMK→Elvira KulichmanElvira KulichmanFormer deputy mayor of Lod→Dan IllouzDan IllouzFormer Likud MK→
Show 20 more namesLili Ben AmiLili Ben AmiMichal Sela Forum founder→Yael BenvenistiYael BenvenistiDeputy chief executive of InsurTech Israel→David AzoulayDavid AzoulayHead of the Metula council→Limor Magen TelemLimor Magen TelemFormer MK→Yair Ben ShitritYair Ben ShitritBusiness developer, reserve captain→Sharon Roffe OfirSharon Roffe OfirFormer MK and journalist→Mor DekelMor DekelOMEP Israel chair→Michaela Levin-ShamirMichaela Levin-ShamirLawyer, Million Lobby co-founder→Olivier RafowiczOlivier RafowiczFormer IDF Northern Command spokesman→Yaakov MosesYaakov MosesReserve IDF major→Ami KorCybersecurity entrepreneur→Maya Flombaum-KatzRamat Gan councillor→Eddie MordukhaevLawyer and Ramla councillor→Michal Oron-AzaniMichal Oron-AzaniBinyamina-Givat Ada councillor→Stav Boyango-MatzaStav Boyango-MatzaLawyer→Asaf BizbergFormer Ariel councillor→Steven RubinCandidate→Shelly Shamir-KeinanFormer advertising executive→Mirit Shaked-BarakMirit Shaked-BarakCommunications adviser→Billy 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 & SamariaNo Palestinian state: dismantle the Palestinian Authority, cancel Oslo, apply Israeli sovereignty in Area C and put Areas A and B in a confederation with Jordan.↗
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & SecurityThe army destroys Hamas, civilian arm included, before anything is rebuilt; then an outside body acceptable to the Arab world takes over, and Israel keeps 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