Noam for Israel נעם לישראל

Led by Avi Maoz · under the threshold on the count, 98.17% counted · running for Education Minister

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Avi Maoz's ultra-conservative religious-Zionist party, founded in 2019 under the rabbinic authority of Rabbi Zvi Tau of Yeshivat Har HaMor. It has held one seat since 2021, both times sheltering inside the Religious Zionism list, and Maoz spent two spells as a deputy minister with a brief over Jewish identity and the schools before quitting in March 2025. Its argument is that Israel's Jewish identity is being displaced by progressive influence in the schools and the army, and its most consistent activity has been opposition to LGBT rights and to non-Orthodox Judaism. In July 2026 it renamed itself, recruited two figures from outside its base and said it would run alone.

The list, who comes with them

How this list is picked. There is no primary. Maoz recruits and orders the candidates himself with the backing of the movement's rabbis; his stated condition is that a candidate be faithful to Torah values.

Avi MaozAvi MaozMK, party chairman · wants Education Minister→Shimon TubolShimon TubolDeputy mayor of Beer Sheva→Eliyahu LibmanEliyahu LibmanFormer head of the Kiryat Arba council→Liora AlonLiora AlonChair of Noam's women's bureau→Yisca HayimovYisca HayimovBusiness consultant, former community director→Yisrael Yair AvitanCommunity rabbi in Givat Olga, Hadera city councilman→Eliyahu OzenCandidate→Ilon MeirCandidate→Elkana BabadNoam party director-general→Eitan WeinbergCandidate→
Show 6 more namesAriel MeirCandidate→Erez AsherCEO of the Liba Centre→Ya'akov DvirTalmud lecturer at the Mitzpe Ramon yeshiva→Yehoshua Eliezer NaehCandidate→Elisheva CohenCandidate→Maor RadaCandidate→

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 & SamariaLegislate sovereignty, not just control↗
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & SecurityBacked the deal with mixed feelings; sovereignty the answer↗
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi EnlistmentNo forced draft, only an agreed arrangement↗
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
JudiciaryPass the override clause and curb the court↗
Court can strike lawsKnesset can override
EconomyIt has published no economic platform
Social spendingFree market
EducationWants equal per-student funding for Torah schools, no strings↗
State runs the schoolsParents and communities
Religion & StateOrthodox character, against LGBT rights and Reform Judaism↗
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & CitizenshipA Jewish state, never a state of all its citizens↗
Equal citizenshipJewish national state