ישר
Yashar
ישר! עם איזנקוט · Led by Gadi Eisenkot · 23 projected seats
Aiming for
Prime MinisterIn one paragraph
New centrist party built by the former IDF chief of staff, now the largest opposition force in polling. Runs on a state commission for October 7, universal service and repairing state institutions.
The list, who comes with them
Gadi EisenkotParty Chairman, Lt. Gen. (res.)October 7: A state commission of inquiry before anything else.
Shaul MeridorFormer Treasury budgets chiefBudgets: A real multi-year budget, not coalition funds.
Matan KahanaFormer Religious Services MinisterReligion & state: Reform kashrut and conversion from within Orthodoxy.
Orit Farkash-HacohenFormer Science & Technology MinisterEnergy: Grid reform and renewables from a former chief regulator.
Yoram CohenFormer Shin Bet DirectorSecurity: Professional counterterrorism over political theater.Rank on the slip decides who enters the Knesset. 23 projected seats means roughly the top 23 names get in.
Where they stand
Judea & SamariaSeparation via regional framework, security first
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & SecurityHostage deal and a day-after arrangement
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi EnlistmentNational service for every community
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
JudiciaryRestore checks, then consensual reform
Strengthen the courtCurb the court
EconomyPragmatic centrism, budget discipline
Social spendingFree market
Religion & StateJewish and democratic, per the Declaration
Civil / pluralistHalachic status quo
Platform pillars
October 7 commissionA state inquiry into the disaster, first.
Service for allNational service as a condition of partnership.
Security firstA chief of staff's credibility on defense.
Clean institutionsProfessional appointments, open primaries.
History
2015
Eisenkot becomes IDF Chief of Staff.
2022
Enters politics with National Unity.
2025
Founds Yashar; the name follows freed hostage Eli Sharabi's words.
2026
Polls as the largest opposition party, rivaling Likud.