Religious Zionism & Zehut הציונות הדתית וזהות

Led by Bezalel Smotrich & Moshe Feiglin · 6 projected seats as of 15 October · running for Finance Minister & Settlements Minister

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Hard-right religious-Zionist party focused on settlement, sovereignty and a religious-nationalist transformation of state institutions. Since 1 September it shares one slip with Moshe Feiglin's Zehut, under a technical bloc both sides say they will dissolve once they are in the Knesset.

The list, who comes with them

How this list is picked. Religious Zionism and Zehut run as a technical bloc: each side picks its own candidates and the two interleave, on Religious Zionism's registration and letters. Each side campaigns on its own platform and says it will negotiate over a coalition separately, which is why they are shown as factions.

Bezalel SmotrichBezalel SmotrichReligious ZionismFinance Minister · wants Finance Minister→Moshe FeiglinMoshe FeiglinZehutParty chairman→Orit StrookOrit StrookReligious ZionismSettlements Minister→Simcha RothmanSimcha RothmanReligious ZionismConstitution Committee chair · wants Justice Minister→Tzvika MorTzvika MorReligious ZionismTikva Forum chairman→Itamar EitamItamar EitamReligious ZionismLt. Col. (res.), battalion commander→Zvi SukkotZvi SukkotReligious ZionismMK, Judea & Samaria Subcommittee chair→Yitzhak ZagaYitzhak ZagaZehutLawyer and strategic consultant→Reut Ben HaimReut Ben HaimReligious ZionismEducator, Tzav 9 co-founder→Omer Patziniash-WaldmanOmer Patziniash-WaldmanZehutCaptain (res.), Channel 14 panellist→
Show 20 more namesArkadi MuterZehutIT project manager, Channel 9 analyst→Ohad TalOhad TalReligious ZionismMK, faction chair→Roi KirshbergZehutReserve combat commander from the Jordan Valley→Omer RahamimOmer RahamimReligious ZionismYesha Council director-general→Simon HassonZehutCandidate→Shmuel ShashonReligious ZionismRabbi and educator→Shirel NahirZehutChannel 14 Judea and Samaria correspondent→Tzvika VishingradTzvika VishingradReligious ZionismDeputy mayor of Petah Tikva→Iris BernsteinZehutCandidate from Kfar Maimon→Eitan TamEitan TamReligious ZionismDeputy mayor of Rosh HaAyin→Yehuda SchwartzmanZehutCandidate→Moshe PeledReligious ZionismFormer MK, Brig. Gen. (res.)→Elad IzbotzkyZehutCandidate→Yosef BacharReligious ZionismMaj. Gen. (res.), former Gaza Division commander→Hagai GrinzaigZehutZehut activist→Natan ZaubmanReligious ZionismCEO of the Tikva programme→Stanislav TobolskyZehutCandidate→Avraham DiskinReligious ZionismProfessor emeritus of political science→Shulamit LeiblerZehutCandidate→Michal WaldigerMichal WaldigerReligious ZionismMK→

Rank on the slip decides who enters the Knesset. Pollsters measure these parties as one list, projected at 6 seats for all of them together, so roughly the top 6 names get in. The tag beside each name says which party it belongs to.

The jobs they are going after

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

Where they stand

One list and its factions. Each faction's stated positions are set out below. On the issue pages the list's marker follows the positions of Religious Zionism, and each other faction's own positions appear as a smaller marker; on the compare page each faction has an entry of its own.

Religious Zionism הציונות הדתיתled by Bezalel Smotrich

Judea & SamariaSovereignty over Judea and Samaria; no Palestinian state↗
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & SecurityIsraeli control of Gaza; encourage Gazan emigration↗
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi EnlistmentBacks exemptions; shielded Haredi draft evaders↗
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
JudiciaryComplete the overhaul↗
Court can strike lawsKnesset can override
EconomyConservative with sectoral funding↗
Social spendingFree market
EducationWants state-religious schools carved into a self-governing district↗
State runs the schoolsParents and communities
Religion & StateHalachic values in public life↗
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & CitizenshipJewish sovereignty comes before equal citizenship↗
Equal citizenshipJewish national state

Zehut זהותled by Moshe Feiglin

Judea & SamariaSovereignty everywhere, Oslo annulled↗
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & SecurityRetake Gaza, resettle it, no ceasefire↗
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi EnlistmentOne month's training for all, then a professional army↗
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
JudiciaryUndo the constitutional revolution↗
Court can strike lawsKnesset can override
EconomyFlat tax, privatise, end the welfare state↗
Social spendingFree market
EducationWants a voucher for every family, conditioned on core studies↗
State runs the schoolsParents and communities
Religion & StateEnd the marriage registry and kashrut monopoly↗
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & CitizenshipJewish sovereignty first, citizenship conditional on it↗
Equal citizenshipJewish national state