Who they are

• Labor (founded 1968; prime ministers Meir, Rabin, Peres) and Meretz (1992) running together. A partial merger: both keep their own institutions. (IDI)
• Yair Golan won Labor's leadership in May 2024 with 95%. Protest leaders joined in 2026, including Moshe Radman and Gaby Lasky. (CRC party register, Oct 4, 2026)

Who votes for them

• 2022: Labor 175,992 votes, 3.69%, 4 seats; Meretz 150,793, 3.16%, 0 seats (its first time out of the Knesset). (Wikipedia)
• Labor and Meretz took 16% of the secular vote in 2022, down from 19%. (IDI, Jun 28, 2026)
• First-time voters: 7%. Claims more than 100,000 members. (N12 via JPost, Sep 23, 2026)

Where they stand

Haredi draft

Universal service “within a national and equal framework.” Golan has called mass Haredi conscription “impractical.” (Ynet, Sep 16; Times of Israel, Aug 5, 2026)

Courts

Urgent problems are “delays, overloaded courts and a shortage of judges”; an intermediate appeals court; opposes the 2023 reform. (Ynet, Sep 22, 2026)

War & Gaza

“Topple the Hamas regime.” (IDI)

West Bank

Opposes annexation; defund outposts. Golan: civil separation with Israeli security control. (JPost, Oct 1; CSMonitor, Aug 12, 2026)

Religion & state

Civil marriage; limited Shabbat public transport in secular towns; amend the Nation-State Law. (IDI)

Economy

“Reduce living costs, improve social services, rebuild the public sector”; JPost calls the detail “less clearly defined.” (JPost)

Names on the list

• No. 2Naama Lazimi
• No. 3Gilad Kariv
• No. 6Gaby Lasky, protest leader; Meretz slot

June 20 primary results, CRC party register

Coalition pledges

• No Likud, no Haredi parties. (CRC party register, Oct 4, 2026)
• Open to an Arab party: “It is natural, right, appropriate and democratic” (the party says this is its own platform, not the bloc's). (Kan via Times of Israel, Sep 27, 2026)

In their words

“In our government, there will be zero criminal defendants. Zero.”

Seats in each poll

Average 9.33 across 6 polls (Channel 14 not included).

Bios

Yair Golan. Born 1962. A former IDF deputy chief of staff, known for a 2016 Holocaust Remembrance Day speech. On October 7 he rescued Nova festival survivors; elected Labor leader in May 2024 with 95%.

Bio source: Wikipedia, accessed Oct 2026, via the research memo and party registers.