Who they are
Chikli was born in 1981 and worked as an educator before founding Tavor, an academy for Zionist leadership, in 2010. He entered the Knesset in 2021 on the Yamina list, broke with the party and sat as a one-man faction, then was elected on the Likud list in 2022. He has been minister for diaspora affairs and combating antisemitism since December 2022.
Positions and record
Antisemitism: Led the 2023 government decision adopting the IHRA working definition.
European right: Says Israel should work with parties such as France's National Rally and Spain's Vox.
Qatar: Calls Qatar an enemy state and says Israelis should have no contact with it.
Where they stand
Holds the party line on every issue.
Judea & Samariaparty lineSovereignty 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 & Securityparty lineNo 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 Enlistmentparty lineIt 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
Judiciaryparty lineThe 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
Economyparty lineA 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
Educationparty lineJewish 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 & Stateparty lineThe religious status quo, governed with its Haredi partners, alongside a guarantee of freedom of conscience.
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & Citizenshipparty lineThe 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