Elections 2026
Issues

Election issues

Security and foreign policy

What the parties say about this issue

A documented position was found for 7 of the 19 parties we checked

Based only on platforms and official sources

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.

Yashar

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Official website

A national emergency plan against organized crime and eroding governability: a national cabinet led by the prime minister, empowering the police, and a focused fight against protection rackets, public corruption, and digital crime.

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Together

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Official website

Moving from "rounds of fighting" to a clear, decisive outcome: zero containment, preemptive strikes, drafting 20,000 additional soldiers, and treating organized crime as a national-security threat, not just a criminal one.

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The Democrats

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Diplomatic initiative alongside military strength: ending the fighting arenas via regional arrangements, normalization with Saudi Arabia, and halting West Bank annexation moves.

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Yisrael Beiteinu

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An initiative-driven security doctrine: zero tolerance for border incursions, preemptive strikes, a decisive outcome in every confrontation, and a major expansion of the defense budget along with IDF manpower and equipment.

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Blue and White

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An iron wall against Iran and its proxies, completing the security fence and preventing illegal construction in Area C, and shifting from resolving the conflict to shrinking it while preventing a bi-national state and preserving the Jewish majority.

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The Economic Party

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Restoring the defense budget to about 7% of GDP, opposing a Palestinian state and strengthening settlement, and ending West Bank Palestinian laborers' entry permits to work in Israel.

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Israel First

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Strategic resolution against Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas aiming for total, lasting quiet; a formal cancellation of the Oslo Accords; and an independent international public-diplomacy apparatus.

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Likud

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

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Otzma Yehudit

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

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United Torah Judaism

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

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

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

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Shas

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

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Amcha Yisrael

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No current platform found

In their own words (not from an official platform)

We are a clear, unambiguous part of the right-wing camp. We will do everything to form as broad a right-wing government as possible, with as many Zionist partners as possible. ... There will never be a Palestinian state here. There is one solution in Gaza: emigration.

Translated from Hebrew

Ofer WinterFrom the party's launch speech in Jerusalem

View source · Israel Hayom's report from the launch event · 25.08.2026

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Ra'am

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

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Religious Zionism

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No clear position foundNo dedicated, detailed party platform document on security was found ahead of the 2026 election (aside from the "Law and Justice" plan, which addresses the judiciary, not security).

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Noam

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

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Zahav–Shachar: Social Power

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

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Beit Yisrael

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Not yet reviewedThis topic hasn't been checked against the party's official source yet.

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The Haredi Public

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

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