Who they are
Born in Tel Aviv in 1953, Goldschmidt is a lawyer who sat three Knesset terms for Labor from 1992, chairing the House, Economics and Finance committees and heading the faction. He resigned in February 2001 saying he had despaired of politics, and spent the 25 years since presenting a morning show on Channel 2, running communications and regulation at the Israel Corporation and practising law. He lives in Sderot.
Positions and record
Oslo and the disengagement: He voted for both and now calls them mistakes. The moment Israel left Gaza, he says, they started digging tunnels.
Sovereignty: He wants Israel sovereign over everything west of the Jordan and the Green Line erased. Hanita and Ofra, he says, are one and the same.
The Arabs of Judea and Samaria: Jordanian citizenship, Jordanian passports and seats in the parliament in Amman, all of it under Israeli sovereignty.
Labor: He says the party he sat for is dead, and that what carries the name today is not the same thing.
Where they stand
Holds the party line on every issue.
Judea & Samariaparty lineSovereignty 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 & Securityparty lineNo 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 Enlistmentparty lineIt 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
Judiciaryparty lineThe 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
Economyparty lineA 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
Educationparty lineJewish 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 & Stateparty lineThe religious status quo, governed with its Haredi partners, alongside a guarantee of freedom of conscience.
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & Citizenshipparty lineThe 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
