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Health – Party Positions for the 2026 Election

What the parties say about this issue

A documented position was found for 14 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 plan for post-trauma recovery and building national resilience after October 7 and the war: regional rehabilitation authorities, accessible support for every citizen, and continuous support for discharged soldiers and bereaved families. In addition, the "Yashar! for Health" plan (Oct. 15, 2026) covers strategic planning for the system, narrowing periphery-center gaps, stronger community medicine and bringing doctors back from abroad.

Full platform: Yashar

Legislative activity on this topic

Likud
Official principles

Likud declares support for investing in health, without detailing an action plan.

All Likud positions

Legislative activity on this topic

Together
Official website

A plan to cut waiting times and bring care closer to home: dozens of community health centers, leading hospitals in the north and south, medical workforce planning and bringing doctors back from abroad, doubling investment in preventive medicine, and using AI.

Full platform: Together

Legislative activity on this topic

The Democrats
Party platform

They propose gradually increasing national health spending and expanding the medical workforce, establishing a national headquarters for mental rehabilitation, and promoting state long-term-care insurance.

Full platform: The Democrats

Legislative activity on this topic

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

Equitable and accessible public healthcare services for all

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

Legislative activity on this topic

Yisrael Beiteinu
Party platform

Building two new hospitals in the north and south, adding physician and nursing positions, and regularly updating the drug basket and expanding preventive care and ambulatory services. Under the platform, also: a national program for early detection of children's needs and signs of distress, and strengthening Tipat Halav and child-development services. In addition, the "Lasting Mission" plan for rehabilitating wounded soldiers (10.10.2026) and the senior-citizens plan (4.08.2026) include dedicated health measures.

Full platform: Yisrael Beiteinu

Legislative activity on this topic

Religious Zionism–Zehut

Zehut

Official website

Opposes a public health system the platform describes as "captive" to pharmaceutical companies and the World Health Organization (which the platform accuses of collaborating with Hamas), and supports opening free competition between health funds and insurance companies instead.

Platforms and positions of the parties in Religious Zionism–Zehut

Legislative activity on this topic

Blue and White
Party platform

A plan to improve physicians', residents', and nursing staff's standing and increase their numbers, and strengthening public services; and a plan to set up a national authority for mental resilience and trauma.

Full platform: Blue and White

Legislative activity on this topic

Miluimnikim–Economic

The Economic Party

Official website

Raising national health spending to 8% of GDP, a significant addition of physician and nursing positions, and building three new hospitals in the periphery.

Official sources:The Economic Party

The Reservists

Official website

The "Returning from Battle" plan for post-traumatic stress (PTSD) among fighters: a dedicated fund with an annual budget of about NIS 1 billion, outside the budget base and not subject to cuts, and eight plan items.

Platforms and positions of the parties in Miluimnikim–Economic

Legislative activity on this topic

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

Orot HaShachar
Party platform

The platform addresses making the health system more accessible to the elderly and proposes a commission of inquiry to open classified documents on the government's conduct during the COVID period; it does not present a broad plan to reform the health system.

Full platform: Orot HaShachar

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 strengthening preventive medicine and running a national mental-health program addressing post-trauma, anxiety and loneliness.

Full platform: Garden of Eden

Legislative activity on this topic

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

The Pirates
Party platform

Health is included in the platform as part of the services the state and community should provide throughout the life cycle, without a specific health-policy plan.

Full platform: The Pirates

Legislative activity on this topic

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

Hear
Party platform

Shema proposes significantly increasing the budget for the national drug basket (health basket).

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

שירותים בפריפריה: בתי חולים, חינוך טכנולוגי, הסעת המונים · נכי צה"ל והנכים: פחות בירוקרטיה, יותר שיקום וקצבאות בכבוד · מנהלת "מגן הרוח": שיקום נפגעי פוסט-טראומה וקרב

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

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

Amcha Yisrael

No clear position foundNo treatment was found on the Foundations Document page or on the party's plan pages (the 18-point plan, the commission of inquiry, the public-diplomacy plan, the service members' plan).

Legislative activity on this topic

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

Noam

No clear position foundNo dedicated, detailed party platform document on health 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.

The Haredi Public

No clear position foundNo chapter or treatment of health was found in the party's platform.

Legislative activity on this topic

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

Israel First

No clear position foundNo dedicated health-policy chapter was found in the work plan.

Legislative activity on this topic

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.

Together We'll Succeed

No clear position found

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.

Brit Olam LeGeulat Yisrael

No clear position foundNo clear treatment of this topic was found in the platform.

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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