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Society and welfare – 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 welfare policy the party has published focuses on senior citizens: raising old-age pensions for people on low incomes with a permanent mechanism to preserve their value, proactive delivery of entitlements, a program against loneliness run through local authorities, a national council for senior citizens, and regulating and supervising housing frameworks. Other party plans also include budgeting for social services for the LGBTQIA community, a social safety net for the self-employed, benefits for servicemembers and reservists, long-term-care insurance and rehabilitation administrations.

Official sources:"Yashar! for Senior Citizens" (party website)· 01.09.2026Yashar! for the LGBTQIA Community· 07.10.2026Yashar! for the Security of the Self-Employed and Small Businesses· 08.10.2026Yashar! for National Service for All· 24.06.2026Yashar! for Honouring and Compensating Reservists and Conscripts· 23.06.2026Yashar! for Health· 15.10.2026Yashar! for Growth out of Crisis and Building National Resilience· 23.06.2026
Full platform: Yashar

Legislative activity on this topic

Together
Official website

A safety net for vulnerable groups: linking the old-age pension to the average wage and doubling it for the poorest, fixing long-term care, more support for Holocaust survivors, keeping 60% of disability benefits after going to work, and a national rehabilitation directorate for wounded soldiers. In addition, under the party's reservists'-families plan, automatic eligibility and wider compensation for self-employed partners of reservists.

Official sources:Only together will we ensure ageing with dignity· 03.09.2026Only together will we care for Holocaust survivors· 24.09.2026Only together will we include people with disabilities· 14.09.2026Only together will we rehabilitate wounded IDF and security personnel· 03.05.2026Only together will we bring equal rights to the LGBTQ community· 16.09.2026Only together will we look after reservists' families· 07.10.2026Together we will rehabilitate aliyah absorption in Israel· 06.10.2026
Full platform: Together

Legislative activity on this topic

The Democrats
Party platform

They propose a five-year plan for senior citizens, a gradual rise in the basic pension linked to the average wage, and expanded income supplements, day centers and proactive realization of rights.

Official sources:The Democrats: Senior citizens (PDF)· 05.10.2026The Democrats: People with disabilities (PDF)· 05.10.2026The Democrats: LGBT (PDF)· 05.10.2026The Democrats: Eliminating organized crime (PDF)· 05.10.2026The Democrats: National mental-rehabilitation plan (PDF)· 05.10.2026
Full platform: The Democrats

Legislative activity on this topic

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

Just development, social justice, and guaranteed public services accessible to all; Social welfare that protects human dignity

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

Legislative activity on this topic

Yisrael Beiteinu
Party platform

Topping up pensioners' income to minimum wage, free public transit for pensioners, and additional support for Holocaust survivors and discharged lone soldiers. In addition: the senior-citizens plan (4.08.2026) includes a tiered increase in the old-age pension up to 25% of the average wage, and the "Lasting Mission" plan (10.10.2026) includes support for wounded soldiers' families. Under the platform, citizens' welfare rests on Jabotinsky's principle of the "five Ms", and the grant for refuseniks ("mesorevei aliyah") would rise to ₪10,000.

Official sources:Yisrael Beiteinu's platform for the next government (party website)Lieberman presents – the national plan for rehabilitating wounded IDF soldiers· 10.10.2026Yisrael Beiteinu's senior-citizens headquarters platform· 04.08.2026
Full platform: Yisrael Beiteinu

Legislative activity on this topic

Religious Zionism–Zehut

Zehut

Official website

Seeks to shift the social safety net from centralized government welfare to a model based on communities and private nonprofits, and the platform states that National Insurance should stop serving as a channel funding non-Jewish communities it describes as hostile to the State of Israel.

Official sources:The full platform, "Welfare Through Responsibility" chapter (Zehut's website)· 10.09.2026
Platforms and positions of the parties in Religious Zionism–Zehut

Legislative activity on this topic

Blue and White
Party platform

Fighting violence against women and promoting gender equality, equal rights for the LGBT community, and equal opportunity for people with disabilities.

Official sources:"Kachol Lavan Principles" (2025 booklet) and the plans under "Our Vision" (party website)· 05.09.2026
Full platform: Blue and White

Legislative activity on this topic

Miluimnikim–Economic

The Economic Party

Official website

Increasing old-age and disability benefits, transferring public-housing apartments to residents' ownership, and a national scholarship fund for higher education for periphery youth.

Official sources:The Economic Party – Welfare (party website)The Economic Party – Pensions
Platforms and positions of the parties in Miluimnikim–Economic

Legislative activity on this topic

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

Tzomet–Beit Yisrael
Official website

"The state commits to topping up total pension income to the minimum-wage level in the economy, for a distinct population that meets tests of contribution to the state and society."

Official sources:Beit Yisrael website — chapter "Dignity in old age"
Full platform: Tzomet–Beit Yisrael

Legislative activity on this topic

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

The Haredi Public
Official website

The platform has no dedicated general-welfare chapter; within its dropout-prevention program it mentions strengthening welfare systems, addiction-prevention programs, and parental support for at-risk youth.

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

The plan includes a dedicated chapter on full cannabis legalization, framed as civil-liberties policy — this is the only content found under society/welfare, and no broader welfare policy was found.

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 increasing benefits for the elderly and society's weaker groups, improving the accessibility of services for the elderly, and assigning every elderly person a contact who checks in daily and follows their situation.

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.

Brit Olam LeGeulat Yisrael
Party platform

Brit Olam proposes raising pension and disability benefits to a level that, per the platform, allows for a dignified life, and applying affirmative action for weaker populations and people with special needs.

Official sources:Brit Olam LeGeulat Yisrael's platform overview ("Platform Principles") – party website· 21.09.2026ברית עולם, "תוכנית לאומית להגנת ילדים ולמניעת פגיעות מיניות" (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 rebuilding trust in the welfare system and protecting children, the elderly, people with disabilities and weakened families, alongside reforming National Insurance and a mechanism for a dignified basic subsistence.

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

Welfare is included in the platform as part of services to citizens and the community throughout the life cycle, without a detailed welfare plan.

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

Legislative activity on this topic

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

The Community
Party platform

"כן לשירות לכל תושב. לא לחלוקה לפי קרבה."

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

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

Legislative activity on this topic

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

Hear
Party platform

Shema proposes funding the cost of living for the sick, orphans, widows and the elderly, but does not detail a mechanism or support amount.

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

נכי צה"ל והנכים: פחות בירוקרטיה, יותר שיקום וקצבאות בכבוד

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.

My Brother
Official website

"נפעל לשדרוג דרסטי של שכר העובדים הסוציאליים, הזרמת תקציבים ישירים, הוספת תקנים והגבלת מספר התיקים לעו״ס, כדי להבטיח מענה אנושי, מהיר, מכבד ומקצועי."

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

Official sources:אתר תנועת אחי, סעיף 05 (אינו מציג תאריך, נבדק 21.10.2026)אתר תנועת אחי, סעיף 07 (אינו מציג תאריך, נבדק 21.10.2026)
All My Brother positions

Legislative activity on this topic

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

Likud

No clear position foundThe six principles Likud publishes do not address society and welfare.

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 society and welfare was found ahead of the 2026 election.

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.

Together We'll Succeed

No position is currently shown on this topic

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.

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.

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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