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The Economic Party
HaMiflaga HaKalkalit
Led by Prof. Yaron Zelekha (a "technical" joint run with Yoaz Hendel)
First names published · list still partialLast updated 06.09.2026
Poll standing
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Last updated: 06.09.2026
Below the threshold in most polls
Crosses the threshold in 1 out of 5 recent polls
Average 4 seats
Standing by poll
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The platform in brief
Key positions as published in the party's platform
VerifiedLast updated 05.09.2026The Economic Party's platform (party website)
Enlistment and equal burden-sharing
Draft exemptions would be granted only on equal criteria and capped at 2,000 yeshiva students at most, with personal sanctions and ending benefits for anyone who doesn't enlist.
Security, Gaza, and the war
Restoring the defense budget to about 7% of GDP (from 5% on the eve of October 7), total opposition to a Palestinian state and strengthening settlement, and ending work-entry permits for West Bank Palestinian laborers.
Cost of living and economy
A broad tax reform (cutting VAT and income/corporate tax), breaking up monopolies and opening imports and banking to competition, and immediate state-budget streamlining, funded by ending tax breaks for large corporations.
Democracy and the judiciary
No dedicated chapter on the judiciary or governance was found in the party's platform.
Religion and state
No 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.
Education / health and welfare
On education: shrinking classes to 18 students, principal autonomy, and mandatory financial education. On health: raising national spending to 8% of GDP, more physician and nursing positions, and three new hospitals in the periphery.
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