Israel Votes 2026

20 days to Election Day, Tuesday, October 27

Compare the parties

Every list's recorded answer on the questions that divide this election, in one chart. Open a row for each party's own words.

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Netanyahu bloc

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Between the blocs

Joint List and Ra'am

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Each issue’s answers in order, from one end of the debate to the other. The same colour and number in a row is the same answer; the figure beside each answer is the seats its lists hold in the polling average.

No position foundDeclined to answerRecorded, not classifiedOn the record, not a questionnaire answerNot said publicly: from the record, see whyPriorities that can coexist, so no order

Open any row for every list’s own words and source.

Under each list: its seats in the polling average.

Bars over the columns mark the blocs:Netanyahu blocAnti-Netanyahu bloc (Zionist parties)Between the blocsJoint List and Ra'am

Recorded answers by list. Rows are questions; columns are lists. Each cell opens its row with the list’s words and source.
Netanyahu blocAnti-Netanyahu bloc (Zionist parties)Between the blocsJoint List and Ra'am
LikudShasUTJOtzma YehuditReligious Zionism–ZehutPeople of IsraelYashar!B'YachadThe DemocratsYisrael BeiteinuBlue and WhiteReservists–EconomicJoint ListRa'am
Seats, polling averageמחל22.1שס7.6ג7.6ב7.4ט5.7ך4.2דרך21.0רק10.6אמת9.0ל8.2כןbelowדי4.1ודם7.7עם4.8
  • No compulsory service for anyone7.7
  • Exempt those who study Torah7.6
  • Draft those who leave yeshiva7.6
  • Raise Haredi service step by step35.2
  • Draft everyone, military or civilian57.1
  • Oppose compulsory service15.3
  • Require service70.4
  • Exempt full-time yeshiva students20.9
  • No exemptions or quotas18.8
  • Exceptions for outstanding individuals21.0
  • Curb the Supreme Court's powers54.6
  • Allow a limited override4.1
  • Write the rules into Basic Laws39.8
  • Keep the courts independent21.5
  • Enacted the law (historical record)22.1
  • Repeal and replace the law48.8
  • Override with 61 MKs5.7
  • Override only with a special majority (70 MKs or more)12.3
  • Oppose an override clause21.0
  • Narrow, rather than abolish8.3
  • A commission outside the 1968 law54.6
  • An independent inquiry, form not set4.8
  • A state commission under the 1968 law60.6
  • Annex the whole West Bank17.3
  • Annex Area C or chosen areas22.9
  • Backs sovereignty, blocks binding bills29.7
  • Expand settlements, no pledge to annex21.0
  • Separate from the Palestinians9.0
  • No annexation, a Palestinian state12.5
  • Keep them Orthodox-run50.4
  • Civil marriage, local Shabbat rules39.8
  • Civil marriage, non-Orthodox conversion9.0
  • Oppose civil alternatives15.2
  • Split: coalition deals keep the rabbinate's monopoly; senior MKs vote for civil marriage22.1
  • Allow a civil option48.8
  • Keep the current Shabbat rules43.0
  • Allow local choice / a limited service56.5
  • Keep Orthodox authority20.9
  • Extend recognition9.0
  • Free markets, a smaller state30.3
  • Lower living costs, narrow gaps50.4
  • Reward those who serve4.2
  • Budgets for the communities it serves27.7
  • Oppose a Palestinian state77.5
  • Not on the agenda now21.0
  • Separation in a regional deal9.0
  • Support a Palestinian state12.5
  • Security control without running civilian affairs49.9
  • Israeli control, with military government or settlement5.7

Each list is placed by the answer its own words or record support; the words are the party’s, quoted or summarised from the sources shown. Nothing recorded is itself a finding, and the site says when it last checked. Indented rows are narrower questions under the issue above them. A list’s broad answer is never carried down to them, so a blank there means these sources do not answer the narrow question. These classifications compare recorded answers; they are not a stability forecast, questions are not equally important, and differences may be negotiable.

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