Election issues
Religion and state
What the parties say about this issue
A documented position was found for 6 of the 19 parties we checked
How do we determine a position?
We check the party's current official platform first, and where none exists, its official website or public policy documents, ranked by reliability: a current platform outranks an official website, which outranks a policy document, which outranks an official statement or high-quality reporting. We never guess or infer a position that isn't explicitly written in one of these sources — when nothing clear was found, we say so directly instead of estimating.
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.
TogetherShare
State education (general, religious, and Haredi) will be the only publicly-funded education stream in the country; the conscription law will apply to all young people — without coercion, but also without funding for those who opt out.
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The DemocratsShare
Civil marriage and divorce, breaking the Rabbinate's monopoly on kashrut and conversion, and Shabbat public transit.
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Yisrael BeiteinuShare
Separating religion and state: one chief rabbi for the country, abolishing religious councils, ending yeshiva stipends, and offering civil marriage and divorce.
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NoamShare
Noam LeYisrael focuses on reinforcing the state's Jewish identity: Shabbat observance, legislation informed by Jewish law, and strengthening state religious institutions.
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Blue and WhiteShare
A Jewish and democratic state that strengthens settlement and encourages immigration, an open, tolerant "Beit Hillel" approach to Judaism, and expanding local authorities' power to shape Shabbat's character in their own jurisdiction.
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Protecting the status of full-time Torah scholars from arrest and sanctions, alongside strengthening the Torah world's economic independence.
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YasharShare
No clear position foundNo separate, dedicated religion-and-state policy (e.g. conversion, kashrut, Shabbat) was found on the party's website. The closest published position is the yeshiva-student deferral quota under the National Service for All law (see Recruitment).
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LikudShare
No current platform foundNo current official platform was found for this party.
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Otzma YehuditShare
No current platform foundNo current official platform was found for this party.
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United Torah JudaismShare
No current platform foundNo current official platform was found for this party.
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No current platform foundNo current official platform was found for this party.
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ShasShare
No current platform foundNo current official platform was found for this party.
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Amcha YisraelShare
No current platform foundNo current official platform was found for this party.
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Ra'amShare
No current platform foundNo current official platform was found for this party.
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Religious ZionismShare
No clear position foundNo dedicated, detailed party platform document on religion and state was found ahead of the 2026 election.
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The Economic PartyShare
No clear position foundNo dedicated religion-and-state chapter was found; the platform does propose privatizing kashrut certification, but frames it as an economic reform to lower food prices, not a religion-and-state position.
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Not yet reviewedWe haven't checked this party's official sources yet.
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Beit YisraelShare
Not yet reviewedThis topic hasn't been checked against the party's official source yet.
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Israel FirstShare
No clear position foundNo dedicated religion-and-state policy (such as marriage, conversion, kashrut, or Shabbat transit) was found in the work plan.
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