Elections 2026
Issues

Election issues

Society and welfare

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.

The Democrats

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Party platform

The available platform focuses on expanding public early-childhood frameworks; no broader, detailed general welfare-policy chapter was found in it.

Full platformOfficial source: The Democrats' 2026 platform (PDF) · 17.08.2026

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Yisrael Beiteinu

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Topping up pensioners' income to minimum wage, free public transit for pensioners, and additional support for Holocaust survivors and discharged lone soldiers.

Full platformOfficial source: Yisrael Beiteinu's platform for the next government (party website) · 19.08.2026

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Blue and White

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

Full platformOfficial source: "Kachol Lavan Principles" (booklet, party website) · 05.09.2026

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The Economic Party

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

Full platformOfficial source: The Economic Party's platform (party website) · 05.09.2026

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Beit Yisrael

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A "dignified pension" plan topping up senior citizens' income to the minimum-wage level, conditioned on tests of contribution (service and historical employment) rather than a universal benefit for everyone.

Full platformOfficial source: "Beit Yisrael" party website — its "Platform" page and full chapters · 05.09.2026

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The Haredi Public

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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.

Full platformOfficial source: "The Haredi Public"'s platform (party website) · 05.09.2026

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Israel First

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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.

Full platformOfficial source: "Israel First"'s national work plan (party website) · 05.09.2026

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Yashar

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No clear position foundNo general welfare policy (benefits, disability, poverty) separate from the post-trauma rehabilitation plan detailed under Health was found on the party's website.

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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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Together

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No clear position foundThe party's "plans" page has no general welfare policy (beyond the service-benefits already covered under Recruitment) — no dedicated chapter was found.

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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 foundNo current official platform was found for this party.

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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 society and welfare was found ahead of the 2026 election.

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Noam

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No clear position foundNo dedicated, detailed party platform document on society and welfare 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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