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New Economic Party המפלגה הכלכלית החדשה

Led by Yaron Zelekha · 0 projected seats · running for the Finance Ministry

A one-issue economic party founded in December 2020 by Yaron Zelekha, Accountant General at the Finance Ministry from 2003 to 2007 and the whistleblower whose testimony underpinned the case against Ehud Olmert. It runs on breaking up monopolies and importer cartels, cutting VAT to 12 percent, and forcing the banks open. It ran in 2021 and 2022 and missed the threshold both times, falling from 0.79 percent to 0.29 percent. The bloc label here tracks Zelekha's opposition to Netanyahu, not a left-wing platform: on security and settlement the party sits right of centre.

The list, who comes with them

The list is not set yet. The party has never held a primary. Zelekha assembled the slate himself in both previous cycles and no 2026 list has been published. The open question is not the order but whether it runs alone at all: it polls under the bar and has been discussed as a merger partner on the centre. Its own line is that it has not settled any tie-up with anyone.

Yaron ZelekhaYaron ZelekhaProfessor of accounting · wants the Finance Ministry

Rank on the slip decides who enters the Knesset, and this party has not set one yet. It is projected to win 0 seats.

The jobs they are going after

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

Where they stand

Judea & SamariaMore settlement, no Palestinian state, no annexation call
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & SecurityRearm to seven percent of GDP, no withdrawal
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi EnlistmentEqual draft, exemptions capped at two thousand
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
JudiciarySupermajority to strike laws, but no political bench
Strengthen the courtCurb the court
EconomyFree markets, and war on concentration
Social spendingFree market
Religion & StatePrivatise kashrut and break the rabbinate's monopoly
Civil / pluralistHalachic status quo