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Likud הליכוד

Led by Benjamin Netanyahu · 22 projected seats as of 15 October · running for Prime Minister

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Israel's dominant right-wing party since 1977 and the party of Benjamin Netanyahu, calling itself a national liberal movement for the free market, social equality and Jewish tradition. It stands for sovereignty over the Land of Israel pursued through budgets rather than annexation bills, and for a judicial appointments law that takes effect with the next Knesset.

The list, who comes with them

How this list is picked. Likud chooses most of its list in a primary of party members: each voter picks a slate of names for the national list and one for their own district, and the party's rules hand fixed places to the districts and to representation slots. The party leader fills a set of reserved places, with the secretariat's approval. The list also carries New Hope's registration alongside Likud's own; New Hope has had no institutions or platform of its own since folding into Likud, so it is not shown as a faction.

Benjamin NetanyahuBenjamin NetanyahuPrime Minister · wants Prime Minister→Eli CohenEli CohenEnergy Minister · wants Finance Minister→Amir OhanaAmir OhanaKnesset Speaker→Yariv LevinYariv LevinJustice Minister · wants Justice Minister→Miri RegevMiri RegevTransportation Minister · wants Transportation Minister→Israel KatzIsrael KatzDefense Minister→Gideon Sa'arGideon Sa'arForeign Minister→Ofir KatzOfir KatzMK, coalition chairman→Tali GueiliTali GueiliLawyer→Yoav KischYoav KischEducation Minister · wants Education Minister→
Show 24 more namesYaakov BardugoYaakov BardugoBroadcaster→Miki ZoharMiki ZoharCulture and Sport Minister→Almog CohenAlmog CohenDeputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office→Amichai ChikliAmichai ChikliDiaspora Affairs Minister→Elisha MedanElisha MedanReserve combat soldier, founder of Avigail→David PeterDavid PeterConstitutional and administrative litigator→Moshe SaadaMoshe SaadaMK, ex-deputy head of police internal investigations→Haim KatzHaim KatzTourism and Housing Minister→David AmsalemDavid AmsalemRegional Cooperation Minister→Eti AtiyaEti AtiyaMK, Foreign Workers Committee chair→Boaz BismuthBoaz BismuthMK, chair of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee→David BitanDavid BitanMK, chair of the Knesset Economics Committee→Shlomo KarhiShlomo KarhiCommunications Minister→Nir BarkatNir BarkatEconomy Minister→Gila GamlielGila GamlielInnovation, Science and Technology Minister→Eli GoldschmidtEli GoldschmidtFormer MK; led Israel Sobers Up, which did not file→Erez TadmorErez TadmorPublicist, radio broadcaster and author→Shlomo LernerShlomo LernerLawyer and real estate entrepreneur→Yitzhak BunzelYitzhak BunzelFamily-law attorney, Shoham councillor→Moshe Binyamin PeretzMoshe Binyamin PeretzDeputy mayor of Netivot→Shuki OhanaShuki OhanaFormer mayor of Safed→Ze'ev ElkinZe'ev ElkinMinister in the Finance Ministry→Amit HaleviAmit HaleviMK→Keren Atias BuvlilKeren Atias BuvlilDeputy mayor of Nahariya→

Rank on the slip decides who enters the Knesset. At 22 projected seats, roughly the top 22 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 & SamariaSovereignty over every part of the Land of Israel, pursued through budgets and construction rather than annexation bills, and no Palestinian state.↗
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & SecurityNo withdrawal on anyone else's timetable: it slowed and limited the withdrawal in the American plan and made it turn on Hamas disarming first.↗
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi EnlistmentIt 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.↗
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
JudiciaryThe judicial selection law takes effect with the next Knesset, giving the coalition the decisive voice in appointments. No override clause is sought.↗
Court can strike lawsKnesset can override
EconomyA national liberal movement for the free market and social equality together, with government out of the economy as far as it can go.↗
Social spendingFree market
EducationJewish tradition taught through the schools, and the core-studies rule kept on the books without ever being used to cut a budget.↗
State runs the schoolsParents and communities
Religion & StateThe religious status quo, governed with its Haredi partners, alongside a guarantee of freedom of conscience.↗
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & CitizenshipThe Nation-State Law and Jewish self-determination, set beside equal rights for every citizen and the integration of minorities into the state.↗
Equal citizenshipJewish national state