پيتك הפתק days
to the vote

Likud הליכוד

Led by Benjamin Netanyahu · 22 projected seats as of 22 سبتمبر · running for Prime Minister

Updated

Israel's dominant right-wing party since 1977 and the party of Benjamin Netanyahu, calling itself a national liberal movement for the free market, social equality and Jewish tradition. It stands for sovereignty over the Land of Israel pursued through budgets rather than annexation bills, and for a judicial appointments law that takes effect with the next Knesset.

The list, who comes with them

How this list is picked. Likud chooses most of its list in a primary of party members: each voter picks a slate of names for the national list and one for their own district, and the party's rules hand fixed places to the districts and to representation slots. The party leader fills a set of reserved places, with the secretariat's approval. The list also carries New Hope's registration alongside Likud's own; New Hope has had no institutions or platform of its own since folding into Likud, so it is not shown as a faction.

Benjamin NetanyahuBenjamin NetanyahuPrime Minister · wants Prime MinisterEli CohenEli CohenEnergy Minister · wants Finance MinisterAmir OhanaAmir OhanaKnesset SpeakerYariv LevinYariv LevinJustice Minister · wants Justice MinisterMiri RegevMiri RegevTransportation Minister · wants Transportation MinisterIsrael KatzIsrael KatzDefense MinisterGideon Sa'arGideon Sa'arForeign MinisterOfir KatzOfir KatzMK, coalition chairmanTali GueiliTali GueiliLawyerYoav KischYoav KischEducation Minister · wants Education Minister
Show 24 more namesYaakov BardugoYaakov BardugoBroadcasterMiki ZoharMiki ZoharCulture and Sport MinisterAlmog CohenAlmog CohenDeputy Minister in the Prime Minister's OfficeAmichai ChikliAmichai ChikliDiaspora Affairs MinisterElisha MadanElisha MadanReserve combat soldier, founder of AvigailDavid PeterDavid PeterConstitutional and administrative litigatorMoshe SaadaMoshe SaadaMK, ex-deputy head of police internal investigationsHaim KatzHaim KatzTourism and Housing MinisterDavid AmsalemDavid AmsalemRegional Cooperation MinisterEti AtiyaEti AtiyaMK, Foreign Workers Committee chairBoaz BismuthBoaz BismuthMK, chair of the Foreign Affairs and Defense CommitteeDavid BitanDavid BitanMK, chair of the Knesset Economics CommitteeShlomo KarhiShlomo KarhiCommunications MinisterNir BarkatNir BarkatEconomy MinisterGila GamlielGila GamlielInnovation, Science and Technology MinisterEli GoldschmidtEli GoldschmidtFormer MK; led Israel Sobers Up, which did not fileErez TadmorErez TadmorPublicist, radio broadcaster and authorShlomo LernerShlomo LernerLawyer and real estate entrepreneurYitzhak BunzelYitzhak BunzelFamily-law attorney, Shoham councillorMoshe Binyamin PeretzMoshe Binyamin PeretzDeputy mayor of NetivotShuki OhanaShuki OhanaFormer mayor of SafedZe'ev ElkinZe'ev ElkinMinister in the Finance MinistryAmit HaleviAmit HaleviMKKeren Atias BuvlilKeren Atias BuvlilDeputy mayor of Nahariya

Rank on the slip decides who enters the Knesset. At 22 projected seats, roughly the top 22 names get in.

The jobs they are going after

Cabinet jobs where someone on this list is up against candidates from other parties.

Where they stand

Judea & SamariaSovereignty 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 & SecurityNo 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 EnlistmentIt 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
JudiciaryThe 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
EconomyA 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
EducationJewish 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 & StateThe religious status quo, governed with its Haredi partners, alongside a guarantee of freedom of conscience.
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & CitizenshipThe 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