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Economy and cost of living – Party Positions for the 2026 Election

What the parties say about this issue

A documented position was found for 18 of the 38 parties we checked

Based only on platforms and official sources

What do the parties say?

Positions gathered from each party's official platform and other public sources. A missing position is stated explicitly — never hidden or guessed.

Yashar
Official website

A national economic strategy built on the principle "those who serve and work get priority": tax reform rewarding contribution, a fight against the cost of living and the black-market economy, and major investment in rebuilding the north and south.

Official sources:"Yashar!" party website ("plans")· 18.08.2026Yashar! for Strengthening Israeli Agriculture· 13.07.2026Yashar! for Rebuilding and Prosperity of the North· 17.08.2026Yashar! for Young People· 28.09.2026Yashar! for Senior Citizens· 01.09.2026
Full platform: Yashar

Legislative activity on this topic

Likud
Official principles

Likud supports a free economy, less regulation, and more competition in the economy.

Official sources:"Our Way" — Likud's six principles (Likud website)· 17.10.2026
All Likud positions

Legislative activity on this topic

Together
Official website

Competition as the way to lower the cost of living: breaking up monopolies, opening the market to imports and recognizing international kashrut to cut food prices by 30% within three years — alongside a safety net for the self-employed, a fast track for building hotels, and running government by measurable targets. Together's high-tech plan adds an AI and Technology Ministry, national computing infrastructure, support for professionals returning to Israel (a returnees desk, less bureaucracy, fixing double taxation and recognizing professional experience) and a green track for setting up a start-up.

Official sources:Only together will we lower the cost of living· 17.05.2026Only together will we fix the civil service (summary on the plans page)· 23.06.2026Only together will we fix the state of Israel's small businesses· 03.09.2026Only together will we fix Israel's tourism industry· 22.09.2026A national plan to bring Israel to the forefront of artificial intelligence· 11.10.2026Together's plan to boost high-techTogether will ensure full partnership and equal opportunity for Israelis of Ethiopian origin· 21.10.2026
Full platform: Together

Legislative activity on this topic

The Democrats
Party platform

They propose shifting sectoral budgets to investment in public services, raising the minimum wage and the negative income tax, and fighting concentration and cartels in food, medicine and energy.

Official sources:The Democrats: Economic and social (PDF)· 05.10.2026
Full platform: The Democrats

Legislative activity on this topic

The Joint List (Hadash-Ta'al-Balad)
Party platform

Social justice and a fair distribution of resources; Workers' rights to fair, safe, and stable work; A strong local economy and economic enterprises capable of growth

Official sources:The Joint List's Platform: There is another wayThe plan to eradicate organized crimeThe economic-social plan
Full platform: The Joint List (Hadash-Ta'al-Balad)

Legislative activity on this topic

Yisrael Beiteinu
Party platform

Lowering the cost of living by opening the market to competition and imports, breaking up monopolies, and national investment in tech and artificial intelligence. In addition, under the platform: a voluntary safety net for the self-employed and a more efficient public sector.

Official sources:Yisrael Beiteinu's platform for the next government (party website)
Full platform: Yisrael Beiteinu

Legislative activity on this topic

Religious Zionism–Zehut

Zehut

Official website

A free economy: a broad tax cut with simple, transparent taxation, dramatically simplifying bureaucracy and business regulation, dismantling monopolies and import barriers, and opening the market to free competition — to lower the cost of living.

Official sources:"Free Economy and Lowering the Cost of Living" (Zehut's website)· 10.09.2026
Platforms and positions of the parties in Religious Zionism–Zehut

Legislative activity on this topic

Amcha Yisrael
Official website

A free market and breaking up monopolies, tax benefits for work, service and contribution, removing regulatory barriers for small and medium businesses, and a move to lower the cost of living by breaking up concentration and opening markets to competition.

Official sources:Amcha Yisrael's Foundations Document (party website)
Full platform: Amcha Yisrael

Legislative activity on this topic

Not enough information is currently available to show legislative activity on this topic.

Blue and White
Party platform

A comprehensive economic plan combining a free market with social justice — opening the market to competition and imports, a goal of lowering the cost of living by 20% within five years, expanding Arab and Haredi employment integration, and a long-term planning authority ("the Century Authority").

Official sources:"Kachol Lavan Principles" (2025 booklet) and the plans under "Our Vision" (party website)· 05.09.2026Economic and social plan: growth engines (including cost of living and a housing strategy)
Full platform: Blue and White

Legislative activity on this topic

Miluimnikim–Economic

The Economic Party

Official website

A broad tax reform (cutting VAT and income/corporate tax), breaking up monopolies and opening imports and banking to competition, and immediate state-budget streamlining — funded by ending tax breaks for large corporations.

Official sources:The Economic Party – the party platform (party website)The Economic Party – car pricesThe Economic Party – support for hi-tech

The Reservists

Official website

A free, competitive economy: a significant corporate-tax cut for tech companies in the periphery, fighting monopolies, and a commitment to measurable annual economic-reform targets.

Official sources:The Reservists
Platforms and positions of the parties in Miluimnikim–Economic

Legislative activity on this topic

No related legislation was found in the site's data.

The Haredi Public
Official website

Effectively integrating the Haredi public into the labor market — dedicated professional training, adapted high-tech tracks, and incentives for employers and the public sector.

Official sources:"The Haredi Public"'s platform (party website)· 05.09.2026
Full platform: The Haredi Public

Legislative activity on this topic

Not enough information is currently available to show legislative activity on this topic.

Israel First
Party platform

Government efficiency through a drastic cut in the number of ministries, alongside a significant cut to the corporate tax rate to draw capital and talent back to Israel.

Official sources:"Israel First"'s national work plan (party website)· 05.09.2026
Full platform: Israel First

Legislative activity on this topic

Orot HaShachar
Party platform

Orot HaShachar proposes opening markets to competition and reducing taxation and barriers, alongside strengthening local production and agriculture. The platform also includes anti-monopoly measures, dissolving the water and sewage corporations, and reducing intermediary gaps in food marketing.

Official sources:Orot HaShachar's platform – party website (PDF)· 21.09.2026
Full platform: Orot HaShachar

Legislative activity on this topic

Not enough information is currently available to show legislative activity on this topic.

Together We'll Succeed
Official website

פעילות מוצהרת, דיווח באתר המפלגה: "התקיימה במרחב הציבורי והביאה יחד תושבים מכל הגילים, שבאו להשמיע קול ברור נגד האלימות הגואה, הריסת הבתים ויוקר המחיה שמכביד על המשפחות."

Shown in Hebrew, as published by the party. Not yet translated.

Official sources:Beyachad Natzliach website, "Demonstration in Kafr I'billin" (29.12.2025)
All Together We'll Succeed positions

Legislative activity on this topic

Not enough information is currently available to show legislative activity on this topic.

Brit Olam LeGeulat Yisrael
Party platform

Brit Olam proposes annulling state-asset privatization agreements and restoring assets and natural resources to state ownership, alongside tax reductions starting with abolishing VAT on services and examining lower bank and insurance-company fees.

Official sources:Brit Olam LeGeulat Yisrael's platform overview ("Platform Principles") – party website· 21.09.2026
Full platform: Brit Olam LeGeulat Yisrael

Legislative activity on this topic

Not enough information is currently available to show legislative activity on this topic.

Garden of Eden
Party platform

Gan Eden proposes a 'National Jubilee' plan that includes debt forgiveness, a basic living allowance, reducing taxes that burden work and family, lowering the cost of living, and strengthening small businesses.

Official sources:Gan Eden's platform – party website· 21.09.2026
Full platform: Garden of Eden

Legislative activity on this topic

Not enough information is currently available to show legislative activity on this topic.

Hear
Party platform

The platform does not propose an overall change in economic policy and presents a funding plan resting, among other things, on relocating IDF bases and selling or leasing the land, and on investment in education and entrepreneurship. This section is explicitly based on 2020 budget figures.

Official sources:Platform – Shema party's website· 21.09.2026
Earlier platform of Hear

Legislative activity on this topic

Not enough information is currently available to show legislative activity on this topic.

Tekuma
Official party channel

חוסן פיסקלי: פחות רגולציה, יותר השקעות, בלי נטל מס נוסף

Shown in Hebrew, as published by the party. Not yet translated.

Official sources:Platform summary published on the party's channel (the party's official Instagram)
All positions of Tekuma

Legislative activity on this topic

Not enough information is currently available to show legislative activity on this topic.

Shas

No current platform foundNo current official platform was found for this party.

Legislative activity on this topic

United Torah Judaism

No current platform foundNo current official platform was found for this party.

Legislative activity on this topic

Otzma Yehudit

No current platform foundNo current official platform was found for this party.

Legislative activity on this topic

Ra'am

No current platform foundNo current official platform was found for this party.

Legislative activity on this topic

Noam

No clear position foundNo dedicated, detailed party platform document on the economy was found ahead of the 2026 election.

Legislative activity on this topic

Tzomet–Beit Yisrael

No position is currently shown on this topic

Legislative activity on this topic

No related legislation was found in the site's data.

Me and You

Not yet reviewedWe haven't checked this party's official sources yet.

Legislative activity on this topic

Not enough information is currently available to show legislative activity on this topic.

Batach - Social Security

Not yet reviewedWe haven't checked this party's official sources yet.

Legislative activity on this topic

Not enough information is currently available to show legislative activity on this topic.

Personal Security

Not yet reviewedWe haven't checked this party's official sources yet.

Legislative activity on this topic

Not enough information is currently available to show legislative activity on this topic.

The Pirates

No clear position foundNo clear treatment of this topic was found in the platform. The party's intellectual-property position is shown under the culture topic.

Legislative activity on this topic

Not enough information is currently available to show legislative activity on this topic.

The Community

No clear position found

Legislative activity on this topic

Not enough information is currently available to show legislative activity on this topic.

Partnership for All

Not yet reviewedWe haven't checked this party's official sources yet.

Legislative activity on this topic

Not enough information is currently available to show legislative activity on this topic.

Electoral & Government Reform

No clear position found

Legislative activity on this topic

Not enough information is currently available to show legislative activity on this topic.

The Biblical Bloc

Not yet reviewedWe haven't checked this party's official sources yet.

Legislative activity on this topic

Not enough information is currently available to show legislative activity on this topic.

Justice

Not yet reviewedWe haven't checked this party's official sources yet.

Legislative activity on this topic

Not enough information is currently available to show legislative activity on this topic.

New Order

Not yet reviewedWe haven't checked this party's official sources yet.

Legislative activity on this topic

Not enough information is currently available to show legislative activity on this topic.

Tzeva Shachor

Not yet reviewedWe haven't checked this party's official sources yet.

Legislative activity on this topic

Not enough information is currently available to show legislative activity on this topic.

Sharsher for Love and National Unity

Not yet reviewedWe haven't checked this party's official sources yet.

Legislative activity on this topic

Not enough information is currently available to show legislative activity on this topic.

My Brother

No clear position found

Legislative activity on this topic

Not enough information is currently available to show legislative activity on this topic.

Women's Voice

Not yet reviewedWe haven't checked this party's official sources yet.

Legislative activity on this topic

Not enough information is currently available to show legislative activity on this topic.

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