Gadi Eisenkot
No. 1 on the list
Matan Kahana
No. 5 on the list of Yashar
Photo: Knesset website
Axis scores
From the record in previous Knessets
The security axis
The security axis: +2.0 on a scale from minus 10 to 10. From votes. 214 bills · 312 votes
From votes · 214 bills · 312 votes
The economic axis
The economic axis: −2.4 on a scale from minus 10 to 10. From votes. 322 bills · 751 votes
From votes · 322 bills · 751 votes
Conservative-Liberal
Conservative-Liberal: −0.2 on a scale from minus 10 to 10. From votes. 223 bills · 316 votes
From votes · 223 bills · 316 votes
Provisional combined score: the two scales are not calibrated to each other.
The security axis
The security axis: +1.9 on a scale from minus 10 to 10. Combined (provisional). 108 committee sessions · 214 bills
Combined (provisional) · 108 committee sessions · 214 bills
The economic axis
The economic axis: −2.1 on a scale from minus 10 to 10. Combined (provisional). 108 committee sessions · 322 bills
Combined (provisional) · 108 committee sessions · 322 bills
Conservative-Liberal
Conservative-Liberal: −0.3 on a scale from minus 10 to 10. Combined (provisional). 108 committee sessions · 223 bills
Combined (provisional) · 108 committee sessions · 223 bills
The security axis
The security axis: +1.7 on a scale from minus 10 to 10. From committee remarks. 108 committee sessions · 608 speaking turns
From committee remarks · 108 committee sessions · 608 speaking turns
The economic axis
The economic axis: −1.0 on a scale from minus 10 to 10. From committee remarks. 108 committee sessions · 608 speaking turns
From committee remarks · 108 committee sessions · 608 speaking turns
Conservative-Liberal
Conservative-Liberal: −0.6 on a scale from minus 10 to 10. From committee remarks. 108 committee sessions · 608 speaking turns
From committee remarks · 108 committee sessions · 608 speaking turns
Position on the political map
Compared with the lists
Matan Kahana: +2.0 on the security axis and −2.4 on the economic axis, on a scale from minus 10 to 10. From votes. On the map: 15 of 38 lists.
About
Matan Kahana: No. 5 on the list of Yashar for the 26th Knesset. In previous Knessets: votes on 483 bills and attendance at 246 committee sessions. Plenum votes on bills are included up to 28 July 2026, and committee discussions up to 24 March 2026.
Matan Kahana served as a Member of Knesset in three Knessets between 2019 and 2025, for National Unity and earlier for Yamina, and resigned from the Knesset in July 2025. A former fighter pilot and Brigadier General in the IDF, he served as Religious Services Minister in the Bennett-Lapid government and promoted reforms in kashrut and conversion. In September 2025 he joined the Yashar party, headed by Gadi Eisenkot, and in the elections for the 26th Knesset he is running at No. 5 on its list.
- List for the 26th Knesset
- Yashar
- Place on the list
- 5
- Bills voted on (Knessets 20-25)
- 483 bills
- Committee sessions with attendance (Knessets 19-25)
- 246 sessions
- On the Knesset website
- Official page
- Account on X
- @MatanKahana
Members of Yashar
119 more candidates, in list order.
Yoram Cohen
No. 2 on the list
Orit Farkash-HaCohen
No. 3 on the list
Adi Altschuler
No. 4 on the list
Hili Tropper
No. 6 on the list
Shaul Meridor
No. 7 on the list
Tair Ifergan
No. 8 on the list
Oshrat Gani Gonen
No. 9 on the list
Shira Shapira
No. 10 on the list
Inbar Harush Giti
No. 11 on the list
Elazar Stern
No. 12 on the list
Kamil Abu Rukun
No. 13 on the list
Dvora Bachar
No. 14 on the list
Alex Rif
No. 15 on the list
Inbar Yehezkeli Blilious
No. 16 on the list
Roy Folkman
No. 17 on the list
Israel Zari
No. 18 on the list
Tal Ohana
No. 19 on the list
Elisaf Peretz
No. 20 on the list
Yaffa Tabaja
No. 21 on the list
Nir Hajbi
No. 22 on the list
Ron Barkai
No. 23 on the list
Shai Andrea Fisher
No. 24 on the list
Lianne Pollak-David
No. 25 on the list
Roee Cohen
No. 26 on the list
Ziv Rosen
No. 27 on the list
Jocelyn Bash
No. 28 on the list
Alon Zvi Futterman
No. 29 on the list
Tali Molner
No. 30 on the list
Gil Avriel
No. 31 on the list
Shiran Ben-David Ozeri
No. 32 on the list
Eliran Elya
No. 33 on the list
Helen Gelber
No. 34 on the list
Shlomi Yehiav
No. 35 on the list
Hila Meir
No. 36 on the list
Ran Ben-Atia
No. 37 on the list
Elianna May Sachs
No. 38 on the list
Gideon Zaga
No. 39 on the list
Moshe Davidovich
No. 40 on the list
Alexander Averbuch
No. 41 on the list
Shai Yaron
No. 42 on the list
Racheli Raz
No. 43 on the list
David Golan
No. 44 on the list
Neta Israelovich
No. 45 on the list
Adam Goshen
No. 46 on the list
Avi Koriat
No. 47 on the list
Erez Melamed
No. 48 on the list
Michal Almalam Abu
No. 49 on the list
Elior Amar
No. 50 on the list
Lior Elimelech
No. 51 on the list
Shai Nimmi
No. 52 on the list
Rotem-Yahav Nahum
No. 53 on the list
Yahia Hib
No. 54 on the list
Elad Flisher
No. 55 on the list
Jenny Janet Oya
No. 56 on the list
Yonatan Nimrod Hirschfeld
No. 57 on the list
Pazit Bachar
No. 58 on the list
Michal Kaminsky
No. 59 on the list
Orel Rotem Zemach
No. 60 on the list
Sol Lavi Ben-Chimol
No. 61 on the list
Bar Yoel
No. 62 on the list
Lee Vidrich Didio
No. 63 on the list
Ohad Bar-David
No. 64 on the list
Daniel Sarit Perry
No. 65 on the list
Adi Sharbi Junger
No. 66 on the list
Shlomi Tzidkiya
No. 67 on the list
Ariel Karber
No. 68 on the list
Asaf Zvi Zellner
No. 69 on the list
Ayala Kimberg
No. 70 on the list
Amir Zevuluni
No. 71 on the list
Merav Yoeli Lerner
No. 72 on the list
Daniel Ayash
No. 73 on the list
Shai Haim Gilboa
No. 74 on the list
Carmel Zrihan Heller
No. 75 on the list
Basmat David
No. 76 on the list
Ilan Bernstein
No. 77 on the list
Ilran Almog
No. 78 on the list
David Avraham Halevi
No. 79 on the list
Inbal Naim
No. 80 on the list
Orna Teitz
No. 81 on the list
Niva Bina Kaplan
No. 82 on the list
Zohar Neumark
No. 83 on the list
Sarit Kluger Hadar
No. 84 on the list
Lior Bensti
No. 85 on the list
Avi Broitman
No. 86 on the list
Michal Mizrahi
No. 87 on the list
Eyal Pushtanik
No. 88 on the list
Lee Basha
No. 89 on the list
Yarden Griffin
No. 90 on the list
Oren Eitan
No. 91 on the list
Omri Levin
No. 92 on the list
Gali Frenkel Israeli
No. 93 on the list
Einat Haim Katz
No. 94 on the list
Silin Habish Mulla
No. 95 on the list
David Harba Dzhian
No. 96 on the list
Hassia Ran
No. 97 on the list
Efrat Haya Mizrahi
No. 98 on the list
Yair Aryeh Granot
No. 99 on the list
Ilan Harari
No. 100 on the list
Amir Zmora
No. 101 on the list
Esther Efroni
No. 102 on the list
Mati Borushek
No. 103 on the list
Tal Yizhar
No. 104 on the list
Idan Jean
No. 105 on the list
Chen Sharon
No. 106 on the list
Mirla Gal
No. 107 on the list
Shaul Kamisa Raz
No. 108 on the list
Avi Mizrahi
No. 109 on the list
Dan Meridor
No. 110 on the list
Markel Hartal Gerstein
No. 111 on the list
Sapir Zahav Hamami
No. 112 on the list
Eli Albag
No. 113 on the list
Shira Albag
No. 114 on the list
Manuel Trajtenberg
No. 115 on the list
Yonatan Levy
No. 116 on the list
Jidaan Abbas
No. 117 on the list
Adina Bar-Shalom
No. 118 on the list
Gideon Shefer
No. 119 on the list
Ohad Ben Ami
No. 120 on the list
Committees
View all committeesThe five committees with the highest attendance in the 25th Knesset. “Spoke” is counted from the committee sessions that were analysed. The data has no committee membership list, so this is attendance and speaking, not formal membership.
| Committee | Sessions attended | Spoke | Chaired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Constitution, Law and Justice Committee | 86 | 50 of 787 | 0 |
| House Committee | 28 | 18 of 242 | 0 |
| Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee | 11 | 10 of 269 | 0 |
| Interior and Environmental Protection Committee | 10 | 6 of 306 | 0 |
| Special Committee for discussion of the Basic Law: The Government (Amendment - Additional Minister in a Ministry) Bill (P/81/25) and of the Basic Law: The Government (Amendment - Eligibility of Ministers) Bill (P/91/25) | 6 | 5 of 8 | 0 |
Legislative activity
View all billsThe bills whose vote moved the votes-based score the most, on each axis. These are bills that were voted on, not bills that were submitted: the data does not record who proposed a bill.
| Bill name | Vote | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Law: Recognition of a Palestinian State Bill25th Knesset · Date of the latest document: 3 Nov 2025 | Against | Details: Basic Law: Recognition of a Palestinian State Bill |
| Basic Law: Israel - The Nation State of the Jewish People (Amendment - Addition of a Commitment to Equality of Rights) Bill25th Knesset · Date of the latest document: 13 Jan 2025 | For | Details: Basic Law: Israel - The Nation State of the Jewish People (Amendment - Addition of a Commitment to Equality of Rights) Bill |
| Deportation of Attackers' Families Bill, 5783-202325th Knesset · Date of the latest document: 13 Nov 2024 | For | Details: Deportation of Attackers' Families Bill, 5783-2023 |
| Basic Law: Israel - The Nation State of the Jewish People (Amendment - Repeal of the Law) Bill23rd Knesset · Date of the latest document: 7 Dec 2020 | Against | Details: Basic Law: Israel - The Nation State of the Jewish People (Amendment - Repeal of the Law) Bill |
| Bill name | Vote | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty (Amendment - The Right to Equality) Bill25th Knesset · Date of the latest document: 14 Jul 2025 | For | Details: Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty (Amendment - The Right to Equality) Bill |
| Prohibition of Discrimination in Products, Services and Entry into Places of Entertainment and Public Places (Amendment - Prohibition of Discrimination in Housing) Bill, 5784-202325th Knesset · Date of the latest document: 18 Dec 2023 | For | Details: Prohibition of Discrimination in Products, Services and Entry into Places of Entertainment and Public Places (Amendment - Prohibition of Discrimination in Housing) Bill, 5784-2023 |
| Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty (Amendment - Equality before the Law and Prohibition of Discrimination) Bill25th Knesset · Date of the latest document: 27 Nov 2023 | For | Details: Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty (Amendment - Equality before the Law and Prohibition of Discrimination) Bill |
| Protection of Employees (Exposure of Offenses and Harm to Integrity or Proper Administration) (Amendment No. 4) Law, 5782-202224th Knesset · Date of the latest document: 21 Jul 2022 | For | Details: Protection of Employees (Exposure of Offenses and Harm to Integrity or Proper Administration) (Amendment No. 4) Law, 5782-2022 |
| Bill name | Vote | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Fallen Soldiers' Families (Compensation and Rehabilitation) (Amendment No. 47) Law, 5786-202625th Knesset · Date of the latest document: 3 Feb 2026 | For | Details: Fallen Soldiers' Families (Compensation and Rehabilitation) (Amendment No. 47) Law, 5786-2026 |
| Support for Food Security among Infants Bill, 5783-202225th Knesset · Date of the latest document: 9 Dec 2024 | For | Details: Support for Food Security among Infants Bill, 5783-2022 |
| Disabled Veterans (Compensation and Rehabilitation) (Amendment No. 32) Law, 5783-202325th Knesset · Date of the latest document: 6 Aug 2023 | For | Details: Disabled Veterans (Compensation and Rehabilitation) (Amendment No. 32) Law, 5783-2023 |
| Increasing Income Tax Credit Points for Parents and Increasing the Work Grant (Temporary Provision) Law, 5782-202224th Knesset · Date of the latest document: 21 Jul 2022 | For | Details: Increasing Income Tax Credit Points for Parents and Increasing the Work Grant (Temporary Provision) Law, 5782-2022 |
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