Selected issue comparison
Data as of 2026-10-06. Open the selected view.
Selected lists: Likud, Otzma Yehudit, Shas, UTJ, Religious Zionism–Zehut, People of Israel, Yashar!, B'Yachad, The Democrats, Yisrael Beiteinu, Blue and White, Reservists–Economic, Joint List, Ra'am.
Recorded answers are evidence, not a forecast. Missing evidence is not a policy position. Basis "Not said publicly" marks a position read from the party's record, not from its own statement. Evidence publication dates are shown separately from source checks.
| Issue | Question | List | Recorded answer / status | Basis | Evidence date and check | Source | Source link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haredi draft: men who leave yeshiva | Require service from young Haredi men who have left yeshiva? | Likud | Not established by these sources; retained source context: "Likud chose not to respond to inquiries from ynet and Yedioth Ahronoth regarding the draft law." In July 2025, Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi said the coalition was "fighting here for a historic conscription law that will conscript about 17,000 young Haredi men within three years." | Not applicable | Record evidence: Source published Sep 16, 2026 | Ynet, Sep 16, 2026; Times of Israel, Jul 23, 2025 | https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjph72wyzx |
| Haredi draft: men who leave yeshiva | Require service from young Haredi men who have left yeshiva? | Otzma Yehudit | Not established by these sources; retained source context: Party leader Ben-Gvir: "We opened dedicated tracks in the police and Border Police, with full observance of Shabbat, kashrut, prayers and Torah study, appropriate gender separation and the establishment of the ultra-Orthodox 'Avnet' company in the Border Police." | Not applicable | Source published Sep 16, 2026 | Ynet | https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjph72wyzx |
| Haredi draft: men who leave yeshiva | Require service from young Haredi men who have left yeshiva? | Shas | Ynet's summary of its answer: "Shas acknowledges that it will no longer be possible to avoid drafting yeshiva students who have left their studies." | Stated | Source published Sep 16, 2026 | Ynet | https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjph72wyzx |
| Haredi draft: men who leave yeshiva | Require service from young Haredi men who have left yeshiva? | UTJ | Ynet's summary: both factions "continue to oppose the enlistment of students who have dropped out of yeshivas" and oppose a universal draft law. The party "says the law it seeks to pass is intended solely to regulate the status of those who study Torah." | Stated | Source published Sep 16, 2026 | Ynet | https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjph72wyzx |
| Haredi draft: men who leave yeshiva | Require service from young Haredi men who have left yeshiva? | Religious Zionism–Zehut | "Passing a Basic Law for Service Members under the principle of 'first in equality' — those who serve receive everything." Supports "expanding the pool of those who serve"; did not answer the question on sanctions. | Stated | Source published Sep 16, 2026 | Ynet | https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjph72wyzx |
| Haredi draft: men who leave yeshiva | Require service from young Haredi men who have left yeshiva? | People of Israel | Party leader Winter: "We will not join a government that does not pass, before it is formed, a law that puts an end to draft evasion and requires everyone to report for service… Full stop." | Stated | Source published Sep 2, 2026 | Jerusalem Post | https://www.jpost.com/israel-election-2026/article-907373 |
| Haredi draft: men who leave yeshiva | Require service from young Haredi men who have left yeshiva? | Yashar! | National service for all; the "only mechanism for deferring service will be an allocation of up to 3% of each annual cohort for outstanding individuals." Eisenkot puts that at about 2,200 a year of a 70,000-person national cohort (all Israelis, not Haredim only), and would "revoke any state incentives granted to those who evade service." | Stated | Source published Sep 24, 2026 | Ynet, Sep 16, 2026; Jerusalem Post, Sep 24, 2026 | https://www.jpost.com/israel-election-2026/article-909543 |
| Haredi draft: men who leave yeshiva | Require service from young Haredi men who have left yeshiva? | B'Yachad | "Every citizen… will enlist in the IDF or perform national civilian service… without exemptions — that applies to Arabs and to the ultra-Orthodox alike." | Stated | Source published Sep 16, 2026 | Ynet | https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjph72wyzx |
| Haredi draft: men who leave yeshiva | Require service from young Haredi men who have left yeshiva? | The Democrats | "The obligation to serve the state should apply to all citizens, within a national and equal framework." | Stated | Source published Sep 16, 2026 | Ynet | https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjph72wyzx |
| Haredi draft: men who leave yeshiva | Require service from young Haredi men who have left yeshiva? | Yisrael Beiteinu | "Every young man and woman at age 18 — Jews, Muslims, Christians, Druze and Circassians — will be required to perform military or civilian service. No exemptions, no quotas and no deals." | Stated | Source published Sep 16, 2026 | Ynet | https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjph72wyzx |
| Haredi draft: men who leave yeshiva | Require service from young Haredi men who have left yeshiva? | Blue and White | "A service framework for all: every young man and woman will serve the state," Haredim, Arabs, Druze, religious and secular. The framework must pass "before the government is formed as a condition for its swearing-in"; quotas replace targets, so "only outstanding individuals will receive exemptions"; benefits go first to those who serve (translated). | Stated | Source published Sep 16, 2026 | Ynet (Hebrew) | https://www.ynet.co.il/news/elections2026/article/yokra14898966 |
| Haredi draft: men who leave yeshiva | Require service from young Haredi men who have left yeshiva? | Reservists–Economic | "Every citizen will report to the induction center." Those who do not serve would face "revocation of a driver's license, a ban on leaving the country, exclusion from public-sector and government jobs," and loss of tax, housing and daycare benefits. | Stated | Source published Sep 16, 2026 | Ynet | https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjph72wyzx |
| Haredi draft: men who leave yeshiva | Require service from young Haredi men who have left yeshiva? | Joint List | Ynet reports that it opposes drafting Haredi men or any form of compulsory enlistment. The party: "sanctions should not be imposed on someone who chooses not to enlist." | Stated | Source published Sep 16, 2026 | Ynet | https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjph72wyzx |
| Haredi draft: men who leave yeshiva | Require service from young Haredi men who have left yeshiva? | Ra'am | Not established by these sources; retained source context: Ynet reports that it opposes a draft law that would require young Arab citizens to serve in the IDF or perform civilian service, and that it declined to respond on Haredi enlistment, although three Ra'am MKs voted in January 2022, inside the Bennett–Lapid coalition, for a draft law with annual Haredi enlistment targets. That coalition vote sets no current stance. | Not applicable | Source published Sep 16, 2026 | Ynet | https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjph72wyzx |
| Haredi draft: service exemptions | Allow exemptions in a military-or-civilian service framework? | Likud | Not established by these sources; retained source context: "Likud chose not to respond to inquiries from ynet and Yedioth Ahronoth regarding the draft law." In July 2025, Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi said the coalition was "fighting here for a historic conscription law that will conscript about 17,000 young Haredi men within three years." | Not applicable | Record evidence: Source published Sep 16, 2026 | Ynet, Sep 16, 2026; Times of Israel, Jul 23, 2025 | https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjph72wyzx |
| Haredi draft: service exemptions | Allow exemptions in a military-or-civilian service framework? | Otzma Yehudit | Not established by these sources; retained source context: Party leader Ben-Gvir: "We opened dedicated tracks in the police and Border Police, with full observance of Shabbat, kashrut, prayers and Torah study, appropriate gender separation and the establishment of the ultra-Orthodox 'Avnet' company in the Border Police." | Not applicable | Source published Sep 16, 2026 | Ynet | https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjph72wyzx |
| Haredi draft: service exemptions | Allow exemptions in a military-or-civilian service framework? | Shas | Ynet's summary of its answer: "Shas acknowledges that it will no longer be possible to avoid drafting yeshiva students who have left their studies." | Stated | Source published Sep 16, 2026 | Ynet | https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjph72wyzx |
| Haredi draft: service exemptions | Allow exemptions in a military-or-civilian service framework? | UTJ | Ynet's summary: both factions "continue to oppose the enlistment of students who have dropped out of yeshivas" and oppose a universal draft law. The party "says the law it seeks to pass is intended solely to regulate the status of those who study Torah." | Stated | Source published Sep 16, 2026 | Ynet | https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjph72wyzx |
| Haredi draft: service exemptions | Allow exemptions in a military-or-civilian service framework? | Religious Zionism–Zehut | "Passing a Basic Law for Service Members under the principle of 'first in equality' — those who serve receive everything." Supports "expanding the pool of those who serve"; did not answer the question on sanctions. | Stated | Source published Sep 16, 2026 | Ynet | https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjph72wyzx |
| Haredi draft: service exemptions | Allow exemptions in a military-or-civilian service framework? | People of Israel | Not established by these sources; retained source context: Party leader Winter: "We will not join a government that does not pass, before it is formed, a law that puts an end to draft evasion and requires everyone to report for service… Full stop." | Not applicable | Source published Sep 2, 2026 | Jerusalem Post | https://www.jpost.com/israel-election-2026/article-907373 |
| Haredi draft: service exemptions | Allow exemptions in a military-or-civilian service framework? | Yashar! | National service for all; the "only mechanism for deferring service will be an allocation of up to 3% of each annual cohort for outstanding individuals." Eisenkot puts that at about 2,200 a year of a 70,000-person national cohort (all Israelis, not Haredim only), and would "revoke any state incentives granted to those who evade service." | Stated | Source published Sep 24, 2026 | Ynet, Sep 16, 2026; Jerusalem Post, Sep 24, 2026 | https://www.jpost.com/israel-election-2026/article-909543 |
| Haredi draft: service exemptions | Allow exemptions in a military-or-civilian service framework? | B'Yachad | "Every citizen… will enlist in the IDF or perform national civilian service… without exemptions — that applies to Arabs and to the ultra-Orthodox alike." | Stated | Source published Sep 16, 2026 | Ynet | https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjph72wyzx |
| Haredi draft: service exemptions | Allow exemptions in a military-or-civilian service framework? | The Democrats | Not established by these sources; retained source context: "The obligation to serve the state should apply to all citizens, within a national and equal framework." | Not applicable | Source published Sep 16, 2026 | Ynet | https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjph72wyzx |
| Haredi draft: service exemptions | Allow exemptions in a military-or-civilian service framework? | Yisrael Beiteinu | "Every young man and woman at age 18 — Jews, Muslims, Christians, Druze and Circassians — will be required to perform military or civilian service. No exemptions, no quotas and no deals." | Stated | Source published Sep 16, 2026 | Ynet | https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjph72wyzx |
| Haredi draft: service exemptions | Allow exemptions in a military-or-civilian service framework? | Blue and White | "A service framework for all: every young man and woman will serve the state," Haredim, Arabs, Druze, religious and secular. The framework must pass "before the government is formed as a condition for its swearing-in"; quotas replace targets, so "only outstanding individuals will receive exemptions"; benefits go first to those who serve (translated). | Stated | Source published Sep 16, 2026 | Ynet (Hebrew) | https://www.ynet.co.il/news/elections2026/article/yokra14898966 |
| Haredi draft: service exemptions | Allow exemptions in a military-or-civilian service framework? | Reservists–Economic | Not established by these sources; retained source context: "Every citizen will report to the induction center." Those who do not serve would face "revocation of a driver's license, a ban on leaving the country, exclusion from public-sector and government jobs," and loss of tax, housing and daycare benefits. | Not applicable | Source published Sep 16, 2026 | Ynet | https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjph72wyzx |
| Haredi draft: service exemptions | Allow exemptions in a military-or-civilian service framework? | Joint List | Not established by these sources; retained source context: Ynet reports that it opposes drafting Haredi men or any form of compulsory enlistment. The party: "sanctions should not be imposed on someone who chooses not to enlist." | Not applicable | Source published Sep 16, 2026 | Ynet | https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjph72wyzx |
| Haredi draft: service exemptions | Allow exemptions in a military-or-civilian service framework? | Ra'am | Not established by these sources; retained source context: Ynet reports that it opposes a draft law that would require young Arab citizens to serve in the IDF or perform civilian service, and that it declined to respond on Haredi enlistment, although three Ra'am MKs voted in January 2022, inside the Bennett–Lapid coalition, for a draft law with annual Haredi enlistment targets. That coalition vote sets no current stance. | Not applicable | Source published Sep 16, 2026 | Ynet | https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjph72wyzx |
Sources and attribution
- Ynet: https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjph72wyzx
- Jerusalem Post: https://www.jpost.com/israel-election-2026/article-907373
- Ynet, Sep 16, 2026; Jerusalem Post, Sep 24, 2026: https://www.jpost.com/israel-election-2026/article-909543
- Ynet (Hebrew): https://www.ynet.co.il/news/elections2026/article/yokra14898966
Israel Votes 2026, israelielection.org. Original text is available under CC BY-NC 4.0 for non-commercial use with credit to Rabbi Daniel Bogard and a link to israelielection.org; third-party source material retains its own rights.