Israel First ישראל תחילה

Led by Sharren Haskel · under the threshold on the count, 98.17% counted · running for a broad Zionist government

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Founded by Sharren Haskel in July 2026, a day after she resigned as deputy foreign minister over a bill freezing the arrest of Haredi draft evaders. It aims at voters on the security-minded, economically liberal right who object to the exemptions, and it wants a government drawn only from Zionist parties, taking partners from either side of the Netanyahu question.

The list, who comes with them

How this list is picked. Haskel assembles the list herself; there is no primary.

Sharren HaskelSharren HaskelFormer deputy foreign minister · wants Defense Minister→Roi DaninoRoi DaninoBusiness consultant and reserve lieutenant colonel→Nir YoftaroNir YoftaroAle Yarok chair and cannabis adviser→Wael MughrabiWael MughrabiEin Qiniyye council head→Amit FederCandidate→Tomer BrookReserve lieutenant colonel and cyber-security professional→Harry RosenbergRabbi and entrepreneur→Pini BinoPolitical strategist, party co-founder→Kfir LeviCandidate→Alon MengistuReservist and technology professional→
Show 2 more namesDaniel FarkasCandidate→Adir PahlavaniAuthor and former diplomatic chief of staff→

Rank on the slip decides who enters the Knesset. On the current figures the list is under the threshold, so no one on it would 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 & SamariaAnnul Oslo, no territorial concessions↗
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & SecurityDismantle Hamas and Hezbollah, press Iran↗
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi EnlistmentUniversal draft, no exemptions↗
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
JudiciaryBacks reform, but by consensus not by coalition↗
Court can strike lawsKnesset can override
EconomyClassical liberal, free markets↗
Social spendingFree market
EducationBacks a ₪60,000 voucher so school funding follows the child↗
State runs the schoolsParents and communities
Religion & StateAgainst religious coercion; no wider agenda↗
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & CitizenshipIts leader defends the Nation-State Law↗
Equal citizenshipJewish national state