Der Stammbaum der Parteien

1. 1973Wahlbündnis
   HerutLiberal PartyFree CenterNational ListMovement for Greater Israel

   Likud joint list

   Five organizations formed an electoral alliance.

   IDI, Likud (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

2. 1988Parteizusammenschluss
   Likud alliance components

   Likud party

   The component organizations merged into a single party.

   IDI, Likud (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

3. 2005Spaltung oder Austritt
   Likud

   Sharon leaves to form Kadima

   A departure from Likud, not a renaming of Likud.

   IDI, Likud (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

4. 2013Wahlbündnis
   LikudYisrael Beiteinu

   Likud–Beiteinu list

   A joint election list; the parties retained separate identities.

   IDI, Yisrael Beitenu (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

5. 2026Veröffentlichte Liste 2026
   Likud

   Likud, Stimmzettelbuchstaben מחל

   Listed separately in the published submitted roster.

   CEC 2026 submitted roster, updated Oct 4, 4. Oktober 2026

Verbundene Zweige: Israel Beiteinu

1. 1999Parteigründung
   Yisrael Beiteinu

   Established by Avigdor Liberman; initially appealed especially to former Soviet Union immigrants.

   IDI, Yisrael Beitenu (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

2. 2003Wahlbündnis
   Yisrael BeiteinuNational Union

   National Union joint list

   Ran together in 2003; Yisrael Beiteinu ran independently again in 2006.

   IDI, Yisrael Beitenu (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

3. 2013Wahlbündnis
   Yisrael BeiteinuLikud

   Likud–Beiteinu

   A shared ballot, rather than a single new party.

   IDI, Yisrael Beitenu (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

4. 2026Veröffentlichte Liste 2026
   Yisrael Beiteinu

   Yisrael Beiteinu, Stimmzettelbuchstaben ל

   A separate submitted list under Liberman.

   CEC 2026 submitted roster, updated Oct 4, 4. Oktober 2026

Verbundene Zweige: Likud

1. 2012Politischer Weg einer Führungsperson
   Bennett becomes Jewish Home chairLapid founds Yesh Atid

   Two separate political paths

   Bennett led Jewish Home in the 2013 and 2015 joint lists with Tkuma.

   IDI, Bennett and Lapid join forces, 29. April 2026

2. 2018Spaltung oder Austritt
   Bennett and Shaked leave Jewish Home

   New Right

   New Right missed the threshold in April 2019.

   IDI, Bennett and Lapid join forces, 29. April 2026

3. 2019–2020Wahlbündnis
   New Right + Tkuma + Jewish HomeYesh Atid + Israel Resilience + Telem

   Yamina / Blue and White

   Bennett and Lapid ran in different electoral alliances.

   IDI, Bennett and Lapid join forces, 29. April 2026; IDI, Blue and White (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

4. 2021Politischer Weg einer Führungsperson
   Bennett's New Right, branded YaminaLapid's Yesh Atid

   Separate lists; rotation government

   Their governing partnership was a coalition, not a party merger.

   IDI, Bennett and Lapid join forces, 29. April 2026

5. 2025–2026Wahlbündnis
   Bennett 2026Yesh Atid

   B'Yachad, Stimmzettelbuchstaben רק

   Bennett registered his new party in 2025. In April 2026 it announced a joint electoral run with Yesh Atid. The roster names Bennett as list leader.

   IDI, Bennett and Lapid join forces, 29. April 2026; CEC 2026 submitted roster, updated Oct 4, 4. Oktober 2026

Verbundene Zweige: Blau und Weiß

1. 2019Wahlbündnis
   Israel ResilienceYesh AtidTelem

   Blue and White

   The three-party alliance contested the two 2019 elections and the 2020 election.

   IDI, Blue and White (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

2. 2020–2021Spaltung oder Austritt
   Blue and White alliance

   Gantz retains Blue and White name

   The alliance disbanded. Gantz's party ran alone under this name in 2021.

   IDI, Blue and White (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

3. 2022Wahlbündnis
   Gantz's Blue and WhiteNew Hope

   National Unity

   A new joint list, rather than the original 2019 three-party alliance.

   IDI, Blue and White (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

4. 2026Veröffentlichte Liste 2026
   Gantz's list

   Blue and White, Stimmzettelbuchstaben כן

   The published roster again lists Blue and White under Benny Gantz. Reuse of a name does not restore the 2019 alliance.

   CEC 2026 submitted roster, updated Oct 4, 4. Oktober 2026

Verbundene Zweige: B'Yachad, Yashar!

1. 2026Veröffentlichte Liste 2026
   Gadi Eisenkot's new organization

   Yashar!, Stimmzettelbuchstaben דרך

   IDI identifies Yashar! as a party led by Eisenkot; the CEC lists it separately. A leader's previous affiliations do not make it a legal continuation of Blue and White or National Unity. These sources do not date its registration.

   IDI, Yashar! (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt); CEC 2026 submitted roster, updated Oct 4, 4. Oktober 2026

Verbundene Zweige: Blau und Weiß

1. 1968Parteizusammenschluss
   MapaiAhdut HaAvodaRafi

   Labor

   These parties established the Labor Party.

   IDI, Labor (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

2. 1992Wahlbündnis
   RatzMapamShinui

   Meretz joint list

   Its component parties initially remained separate.

   IDI, Meretz (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

3. 1997Parteizusammenschluss
   RatzMapamPart of Shinui

   Meretz party

   The joint list became a merged party; the merger did not include all of Shinui.

   IDI, Meretz (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt); IDI, Division of the Religious Zionism faction, 20. November 2022

4. 2024Teilweiser Zusammenschluss
   LaborMeretz

   The Democrats

   IDI calls this a partial merger: Labor and Meretz retained organizational and institutional independence. Yair Golan heads the combined organization.

   IDI, The Democrats (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

5. 2026Veröffentlichte Liste 2026
   The Democrats

   The Democrats, Stimmzettelbuchstaben אמת

   A single submitted electoral list under Golan.

   CEC 2026 submitted roster, updated Oct 4, 4. Oktober 2026

1. 1984Parteigründung
   Sephardic Haredi founders

   Shas

   Founded in response to institutional disadvantage and under-representation relative to Ashkenazi Haredim; Rabbi Ovadia Yosef headed its Council of Torah Sages.

   IDI, Shas (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

2. 2026Veröffentlichte Liste 2026
   Shas

   Shas, Stimmzettelbuchstaben שס

   A separate submitted list. Shared Haredi interests do not make Shas a component of United Torah Judaism.

   CEC 2026 submitted roster, updated Oct 4, 4. Oktober 2026; IDI, United Torah Judaism (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

Verbundene Zweige: UTJ

1. 1988Spaltung oder Austritt
   Agudat Yisrael

   Degel HaTorah runs separately

   Degel HaTorah formed to represent the Lithuanian Haredi community, distinct from the Hasidic parties in Agudat Yisrael.

   IDI, Degel HaTorah (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

2. 1992Wahlbündnis
   Agudat YisraelDegel HaTorah

   United Torah Judaism

   A joint electoral list. Its components have continued as separate parties.

   IDI, United Torah Judaism (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

3. 2026Veröffentlichte Liste 2026
   Agudat YisraelDegel HaTorah

   UTJ, Stimmzettelbuchstaben ג

   Both component names appear in the submitted roster title.

   CEC 2026 submitted roster, updated Oct 4, 4. Oktober 2026

Verbundene Zweige: Shas

1. 2013–2015Wahlbündnis
   National Union–TkumaJewish Home

   Jewish Home joint list

   Tkuma cooperated electorally with Jewish Home.

   IDI, Religious Zionist Party (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

2. 2021Namensänderung
   National Union–Tkuma

   Religious Zionist Party

   Tkuma adopted the Religious Zionist Party name; that name also identified a broader joint list.

   IDI, Religious Zionist Party (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

3. 2022Wahlbündnis
   Religious Zionist PartyOtzma YehuditNoam

   Religious Zionism joint list

   A shared ballot followed by separate Knesset factions. IDI records two registered parties representing Otzma: Jewish National Front and Eretz Yisrael Shelanu. Electoral brands and legal parties are not always identical.

   IDI, Religious Zionist Party (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt); IDI, Division of the Religious Zionism faction, 20. November 2022

4. 2026Wahlbündnis
   Religious Zionist PartyZehut

   Religious Zionism–Zehut, Stimmzettelbuchstaben ט

   Smotrich and Feiglin head this submitted joint list; Otzma and Noam have separate entries.

   CEC 2026 submitted roster, updated Oct 4, 4. Oktober 2026

Verbundene Zweige: Otzma Yehudit, Noam, B'Yachad

1. 2004Parteigründung
   Baruch Marzel's organization

   Jewish National Front

   IDI traces Otzma's organizational roots to this party.

   IDI, Otzma Yehudit (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

2. 2013Wahlbündnis
   Jewish National FrontHatikva

   Otzma LeYisrael

   The joint list failed to enter the Knesset.

   IDI, Otzma Yehudit (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

3. 2015Namensänderung
   Otzma LeYisrael

   Otzma Yehudit; joint run with Yahad

   Changed its name and ran with Eli Yishai's Yahad; that list also missed the threshold.

   IDI, Otzma Yehudit (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

4. 2021–2022Wahlbündnis
   Otzma YehuditReligious Zionist PartyNoam

   Religious Zionism joint list

   The far-right parties shared a ballot; they did not become one party.

   IDI, Otzma Yehudit (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt); IDI, Division of the Religious Zionism faction, 20. November 2022

5. 2026Veröffentlichte Liste 2026
   Otzma Yehudit

   Otzma Yehudit, Stimmzettelbuchstaben ב

   A separate submitted list under Itamar Ben-Gvir.

   CEC 2026 submitted roster, updated Oct 4, 4. Oktober 2026

Verbundene Zweige: Religiöser Zionismus – Zehut, Noam

1. 2019Parteigründung
   Noam

   Founded as a religious conservative party identified with the Haredi-nationalist stream.

   Knesset Channel, Noam (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

2. 2022Wahlbündnis
   NoamReligious Zionist PartyOtzma Yehudit

   Religious Zionism joint list

   After the election, the shared list divided into separate Knesset factions.

   IDI, Division of the Religious Zionism faction, 20. November 2022

3. 2026Veröffentlichte Liste 2026
   Noam

   Noam for Israel, Stimmzettelbuchstaben ני

   A separate submitted list under Avi Maoz.

   CEC 2026 submitted roster, updated Oct 4, 4. Oktober 2026

Verbundene Zweige: Religiöser Zionismus – Zehut, Otzma Yehudit

1. 2015Wahlbündnis
   HadashTa'alBaladRa'am

   Joint List

   Four parties formed a joint electoral list.

   IDI, The Joint List (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

2. 2019Spaltung oder Austritt
   Joint List

   Two lists in April; reunified in September

   The original alliance reunited for the September 2019 and 2020 elections.

   IDI, The Joint List (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

3. 2021Spaltung oder Austritt
   Joint List

   Hadash–Ta'al–Balad / separate Ra'am

   Ra'am left the alliance and contested separately.

   IDI, The Joint List (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

4. 2022Spaltung oder Austritt
   HadashTa'alBaladRa'am

   Hadash–Ta'al / Balad / Ra'am

   These were three separate electoral lists.

   IDI, Arab party lists in 2022, 18. Oktober 2022

5. 2026Wahlbündnis
   HadashTa'alBalad

   Joint List, Stimmzettelbuchstaben ודם

   IDI identifies the current alliance's three components. Ra'am remains a separate roster entry.

   IDI, The Joint List (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt); CEC 2026 submitted roster, updated Oct 4, 4. Oktober 2026

Verbundene Zweige: Ra'am

1. 1996Wahlbündnis
   New United Arab List (Ra'am)Mada (Arab Democratic Party)

   Ra'am–Mada joint list

   Ra'am was established in 1996 and first ran with Mada.

   IDI, Ra'am (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

2. 1999Parteizusammenschluss
   MadaRa'am

   Mada absorbed into Ra'am

   An organizational absorption, rather than a continuing two-party electoral alliance.

   IDI, Ra'am (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

3. 2006–2013Wahlbündnis
   Ra'amTa'al

   Ra'am–Ta'al

   Ran together in the 2006, 2009 and 2013 elections.

   IDI, Ra'am (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

4. 2015–2020Wahlbündnis
   Ra'amHadashTa'alBalad

   Joint List (with April 2019 split)

   Ra'am participated in the broader alliance, then left before the 2021 election.

   IDI, The Joint List (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

5. 2021–2026Veröffentlichte Liste 2026
   Ra'am

   Separate list in 2026, Stimmzettelbuchstaben עם

   Ra'am joined the Bennett–Lapid coalition in 2021; coalition membership did not merge it with those parties.

   IDI, Ra'am (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt); CEC 2026 submitted roster, updated Oct 4, 4. Oktober 2026

Verbundene Zweige: Gemeinsame Liste

1. 2025Parteigründung
   Yoaz Hendel's new organization

   The Reservists

   IDI dates the establishment of Hendel's party to 2025.

   IDI, The Reservists (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt)

2. 2026Wahlbündnis
   The ReservistsThe Economic Party

   Reservists–Economic, Stimmzettelbuchstaben די

   The CEC title identifies a joint list under Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha. This does not establish a legal merger or continuity with Hendel's former parties.

   CEC 2026 submitted roster, updated Oct 4, 4. Oktober 2026

1. 2026Veröffentlichte Liste 2026
   Ofer Winter's organization

   People of Israel, Stimmzettelbuchstaben ך

   IDI identifies Amcha Yisrael as a party established ahead of this election by Winter; the CEC includes a separate submitted list. These sources establish no predecessor-party merger or exact registration date.

   IDI, Amcha Yisrael (Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt); CEC 2026 submitted roster, updated Oct 4, 4. Oktober 2026