The Democrats הדמוקרטים

Merger of Labor and Meretz under a retired IDF deputy chief of staff. Social-democratic economics, two-state diplomacy and a hard line against the judicial overhaul.

The list, who comes with them

How this list is picked. The Democrats choose their list in a primary of party members, with places the party's rules reserve for candidates of Meretz origin. One of those places is filed under the Meretz registration itself, which the 2024 union kept alive so that state funding keeps servicing its debt; Meretz has no institutions, platform or campaign of its own, so it is not shown as a faction.

1Yair GolanParty Chair, Maj. Gen. (res.) · wants the Internal Security or Defence Ministry→2Naama LazimiMK · wants the Education Ministry→3Gilad KarivMK, Reform rabbi→4Efrat RaytenMK, lawyer · wants the Justice Ministry→5Yair FinkSocial activist→6Gaby LaskyHuman rights lawyer, former MK→7Omri RonenBrothers in Arms activist→8Michal RozinFormer MK · wants chair of the Democrats’ Knesset faction→9Moshe RadmanTech entrepreneur, protest leader→10Sumaya BashirArts therapist, Insan founder · wants chair of the Knesset’s Interior and Environment Committee→

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11Nimrod ShefferMaj. Gen. (res.), former IAI CEO→12Moran Zer KatzensteinBonot Alternativa founder→13Avi DabushRabbis for Human Rights director · wants Economic Affairs or Interior Committee chair; finance minister as an aspiration→14Emilie MoattiFormer MK · wants deputy foreign minister→15Tomer AvitalTransparency journalist · wants chair of the Knesset House Committee→16Nava RozolioLawyer, accountant, Mishmarot HaBusha founder · wants membership of the Knesset Finance Committee→17Ram ShefaFormer MK · wants the Education Ministry→18Ali SalalhaFormer MK, educator · wants membership of the Education, Constitution, or Interior and Environmental Protection Committees→19Rotem Sivan-HoffmanNeuroradiologist, Ima Era co-founder · wants health minister or chair of the Knesset Health Committee→20Eran EtzionFormer deputy National Security Adviser→21Moran MichelContent editor and community organiser · wants roles on the Education, Foreign Affairs and Defence, or Finance Committees→22Mossi RazFormer MK→23Ghaleb SalamnehLawyer→24Katy Piasetzky-MoragDeputy mayor of Bat Yam · wants the Interior Ministry→25Amir KhnifessInternational relations researcher→26Mehereta Baruch-RonFormer deputy mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo→27Ayed BadirFormer deputy mayor of Kafr Qasim · wants the Interior and Environment Committee chair→28Chen ArieliDeputy mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo→29Gil BeilinAdvertising executive and author→30Yael Cohen ParanPardes Hanna–Karkur councillor; former MK · wants the Environment Ministry→

Rank on the slip decides who enters the Knesset. At 9 projected seats, roughly the top 9 names get in.

The jobs they are going after

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

• Education MinistryNaama Lazimi, Ram Shefa6 running →
• Justice MinistryEfrat Rayten4 running →
• Interior MinistryKaty Piasetzky-Morag1 running →

Where they stand