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Security and foreign policy – Party Positions for the 2026 Election

What the parties say about this issue

A documented position was found for 19 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

The northern rehabilitation plan commits to completing protection (shelters/reinforcement) in the north by 2030.

Official sources:Yashar! for Rebuilding and Prosperity of the North· 17.08.2026
Full platform: Yashar

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Likud
Official principles

Likud emphasizes strengthening the IDF, decisively defeating Israel's enemies, and securing every citizen. Likud sees united Jerusalem as Israel's eternal capital and supports strengthening settlement and sovereignty in all parts of the land.

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

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Together
Full platform: Together

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The Democrats
Party platform

They propose a regional initiative with the US and moderate Arab states to end the fighting on multiple fronts through security and diplomatic arrangements, alongside normalization with Saudi Arabia and preserving Israel's freedom of action.

Official sources:The Democrats: Diplomatic and security (PDF)· 05.10.2026
Full platform: The Democrats

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

We struggle to end the occupation, stop the genocide and establish the Palestinian state

Official sources:The Joint List's Platform: There is another way
Full platform: The Joint List (Hadash-Ta'al-Balad)

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Yisrael Beiteinu
Party platform

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. In addition, under the party's plan on the Palestinian issue (4.10.2026), the party proposes dismantling the Palestinian Authority and cancelling the Oslo Accords.

Official sources:Yisrael Beiteinu's platform for the next government (party website)Lieberman's plan on the Palestinian issue – dismantling the Authority and cancelling the Oslo Accords· 04.10.2026A missile corps alongside the air force: Lieberman's plan to strengthen Israel's security· 14.10.2026
Full platform: Yisrael Beiteinu

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Religious Zionism–Zehut

Zehut

Official website

Advocates for a decisive military and political resolution rather than "managing rounds" of conflict: full Israeli sovereignty over Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza Strip, permanently ruling out a Palestinian state, and offering residents of the area only three options — permanent residency, rare citizenship for those proving full loyalty, or emigration in exchange for compensation. Also supports political/security independence from the US, Europe, and the UN.

Official sources:The full platform, "Internal Security and Civil Liberty" and "Political Plan" chapters (Zehut's website)· 10.09.2026
Platforms and positions of the parties in Religious Zionism–Zehut

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Amcha Yisrael
Official website

A security concept of decisive victory instead of containment — a rapid decision, a territorial price from the enemy, continuous denial of capabilities and a voluntary-emigration program from the Gaza Strip — alongside public-diplomacy efforts, and an 18-point security plan and a ten-step public-diplomacy plan published separately.

Official sources:Amcha Yisrael's Foundations Document (party website)The 18-Point Plan for Israel's SecurityAmcha Yisrael's public-diplomacy plan
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

An iron wall against those who wish Israel harm, action against Iran's buildup and its proxies, completing the security fence and preventing illegal construction in Area C, shifting from resolving the conflict to shrinking it, and, in later plans: the alliance with the United States, widening the Abraham Accords, and the ten-year "Israel Strengthens" plan.

Official sources:"Kachol Lavan Principles" (2025 booklet) and the plans under "Our Vision" (party website)· 05.09.2026Kachol Lavan principles (government)Israel in the international arena: strength, alliances and partnershipInternal security plan (police, organized crime, violence against women, sexual violence)Israel Strengthens: Israel's new security strategy
Full platform: Blue and White

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Miluimnikim–Economic

The Economic Party

Official website

Opposing a Palestinian state and any withdrawal, strengthening settlement, conditioning any Gaza arrangement on ending incitement education, and ending West Bank Palestinian laborers' entry permits to work in Israel; the page notes that defense spending fell from 7% to 5% of GDP, but sets no numeric target.

Official sources:The Economic Party – Security (party website)

The Reservists

Official website

An offense-oriented security doctrine built on initiative and deterrence: full control of the Gaza Strip's perimeter and the Philadelphi corridor, establishing a voluntary-emigration authority for Gaza residents who want it, a tough line against Hezbollah and Iran, and strengthening settlement in Judea and Samaria and border areas.

Official sources:The ReservistsThe ten-point plan for the Eighth Front (security and governance)
Platforms and positions of the parties in Miluimnikim–Economic

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

Israel First
Party platform

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.

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

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Orot HaShachar
Party platform

Orot HaShachar proposes a more proactive, offensive security doctrine, a gradual annulment of the Oslo Accords, keeping any territory captured in future confrontations under Israeli control, and gradually reducing the Palestinian police's force and weapons.

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

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

Brit Olam LeGeulat Yisrael
Party platform

Brit Olam LeGeulat Yisrael proposes annulling the Oslo Accords and applying Israeli sovereignty and Israeli law to Judea and Samaria and the Gaza Strip, alongside safeguarding the security of the state and its citizens.

Official sources:Brit Olam LeGeulat Yisrael's platform overview ("Platform Principles") – party website· 21.09.2026ברית עולם, עמוד "יום הבחירה - זמן הכרעה" (אינו מציג תאריך, נבדק 21.10.2026)
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 resolute defense and combating terror, crime and violence while upholding the ethics of warfare, alongside establishing a Ministry of Peace and Reconciliation, interfaith dialogue, and building regional alliances.

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.

The Pirates
Party platform

The platform declares a pursuit of 'peace among all inhabitants of the land,' but does not present a detailed diplomatic or security plan.

Official sources:Platform – the Pirates party's wiki· 21.09.2026
Full platform: The Pirates

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

The Community
Party platform

"יישוב אינו רק פתרון דיור, הוא עוגן ביטחוני: שטח שאינו מיושב הוא שטח מופקר, ושטח מיושב הוא שטח שמור."

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

Official sources:HaKahal's platform page (party website)
Full platform: The Community

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

Hear
Party platform

Shema opposes the two-state solution, demands recognition of the Jewish people's right to Israel, and proposes a zero-tolerance policy toward terror; at the same time, the platform calls for dialogue with other countries and developing business ties with allied states.

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

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

Tekuma
Official party channel

ביטחון יוזם והתקפי: הכרעת האויב והעברת הלחימה לשטחו · עצמאות ייצור: תעשיות כחול-לבן וצמצום תלות חיצונית · הזכות ההיסטורית: עיגון בחקיקה ובמדיניות החוץ · משילות ואכיפה: מיגור בנייה בלתי חוקית בנגב, בגליל ובכל הארץ · התיישבות מוסדרת: לפי החוק, עם תשתיות ותמריצים

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

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

My Brother
Official website

"אנו מאמינים בזכותנו הנצחית, הדתית וההיסטורית על ארץ ישראל בשלמותה, ללא שום פשרות או ויתורים טריטוריאליים."

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

Official sources:אתר תנועת אחי, סעיף 03 (אינו מציג תאריך, נבדק 21.10.2026)
All My Brother positions

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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.

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United Torah Judaism

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

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Otzma Yehudit

No current platform found

Shown are positions from plans the party published on its site, not from a platform.

Translated from Hebrew

Program: Ben Gvir's defense planPublished 22.09.2026

The main points of Minister Ben Gvir's defense plan, in the party's words

  • •Encouraging voluntary emigration from Gaza and from Judea and Samaria.
  • •Shattering the containment concept, disarming the Palestinian "terror authority" and arresting senior supporters of terror.
  • •Changing the rules of engagement and giving backing to soldiers.
  • •Changing the progressive ethical code of Asa Kasher.
Official source: Ben Gvir for Defense. Gottlieb for Justice · 22.09.2026

Program: IDF ethical code – changesPublished 15.10.2026

Changes to the IDF ethical code ("IDF Spirit"), as the party presents them

  • •Significant changes to the IDF ethical code, meant to strengthen the army's Jewish identity and emphasize the value of victory in battle and the war against enemies.
  • •According to Minister Ben Gvir's plan for the post of Defense Minister, the IDF's purpose is redefined first and foremost as striving for victory over and the defeat of the enemies of the State of Israel and the Jewish people.
  • •The army's sources of values are expanded, with a central emphasis on Jewish moral values based on the Bible, Jewish ethics, Hebrew law and the people's tradition through the generations, alongside defining the state as a Jewish national home and defining the IDF as a "Jewish, statist army".

The "purity of arms" clause, as the party describes the change

  • •One of the prominent changes concerns the "purity of arms" clause, which will be abolished and replaced by "righteousness of arms", to which the explicit determination is added that the morality before the soldier's eyes when carrying out the mission is the basic rule of "if someone comes to kill you, rise early and kill him first".
  • •On the other hand, wording that limited IDF fighters "only to the extent required" was removed from the ethical code, and the detail prohibiting harm to "the uninvolved" and to prisoners was omitted.
  • •In addition, the mention of "universal moral values", which appeared in the previous version, was deleted entirely.

The IDF's new values, as worded in the post

  • •The IDF's purpose is victory and the defeat of the enemies of the State of Israel and the Jewish people, and safeguarding the security of the state, its citizens and its residents.
  • •Love of the Jewish people and the Land of Israel, and loyalty to the state. At the foundation of IDF service stand love of the Jewish people and the homeland, and commitment and devotion to the State of Israel – a Jewish state that is a democratic national home for the Jewish people – to its citizens and residents.
  • •Human dignity. The IDF and its soldiers are committed to safeguarding human dignity. Every person has a value that is not conditioned on origin, religion, nationality, sex, status or role.
  • •Statism. The IDF is the people's army, a Jewish, statist army, subject to the authority of the law and the government. IDF soldiers will act with only the mission, the IDF's values and the security of the state first before their eyes, and will do so with integrity, objectivity and representativeness.
Official source: Ben Gvir's plan for the Defense Ministry – dramatic changes to the ethical code: "purity of arms" out, "righteousness of arms" in · 15.10.2026

Program: Disengagement 710 plan (Gaza)Published 04.09.2026

The main points of the "Disengagement 710" plan, as the party presents them

  • •According to the plan, the party demands a dedicated government ministry for voluntary emigration, with a minister, director-general, budget, powers, an international negotiating team and an execution apparatus
  • •According to the plan, an organized, legal track for voluntary emigration of Gaza residents to countries that agree to take them, subject to the person's free consent and to an agreement with a destination country that regulates their legal status
  • •The twelve principles the plan sets out include a personal file for each person or family, keeping families together, an individual security check, a resettlement package and support of up to 24 months, payment by performance, and publishing data to the public
  • •The funding the plan proposes: an initial Israeli investment of ₪10 billion, and an Israeli framework of up to ₪50 billion that would operate only against external funding and signed absorption capacity
  • •The execution targets the party set in the plan, as policy targets rather than a forecast: about 250,000 people leaving in the first year, about 1.11 million within three years and about 1.86 million within seven; according to the plan, the pace of expansion would be set each quarter at the lowest of verified demand, signed absorption capacity and operating capability
Official source: Otzma Yehudit chairman Minister Ben Gvir presents the party's flagship plan for the elections, "Disengagement 710" · 04.09.2026

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Ra'am

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

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Noam

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

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Tzomet–Beit Yisrael

No position is currently shown on this topic

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

The Haredi Public

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

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Me and You

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

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Batach - Social Security

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Together We'll Succeed

No position is currently shown on this topic

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Personal Security

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Partnership for All

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Electoral & Government Reform

No clear position found

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The Biblical Bloc

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Justice

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New Order

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Tzeva Shachor

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Sharsher for Love and National Unity

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Women's Voice

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