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Yair Golan

No. 1 on the list of The Democrats

Photo: Knesset website

Axis scores

From the record in previous Knessets

The security axis

The security axis: −3.5 on a scale from minus 10 to 10. From votes. 183 bills · 356 votes

From votes · 183 bills · 356 votes

The economic axis

The economic axis: −1.8 on a scale from minus 10 to 10. From votes. 255 bills · 483 votes

From votes · 255 bills · 483 votes

Conservative-Liberal

Conservative-Liberal: −3.3 on a scale from minus 10 to 10. From votes. 205 bills · 389 votes

From votes · 205 bills · 389 votes

Position on the political map

Compared with the lists

Yair Golan: −3.5 on the security axis and −1.8 on the economic axis, on a scale from minus 10 to 10. From votes. On the map: 15 of 38 lists.

From votes · 15 of 38 lists measured on both axes · Range shown: ±6 on a scale of ±10 · Marked point: Yair Golan, from votes, same measurement and scale as the lists

About

Yair Golan: No. 1 on the list of The Democrats for the 26th Knesset. In previous Knessets: votes on 415 bills and attendance at 90 committee sessions. Plenum votes on bills are included up to 28 July 2026, and committee discussions up to 24 March 2026.

Yair Golan served as a senior IDF officer, as commander of the Home Front Command and as deputy chief of staff with the rank of major general, and retired in 2018. He was elected to the 22nd Knesset for Meretz and served in it until 2022, and served as Deputy Economy Minister. He lost the Meretz leadership elections in 2022, but in 2024 was elected chair of the Labor Party and led its merger with Meretz to form the Democrats, which he heads. He leads the Democrats list for the 26th Knesset.

List for the 26th Knesset
The Democrats
Place on the list
1
Bills voted on (Knessets 20-25)
415 bills
Committee sessions with attendance (Knessets 19-25)
90 sessions
On the Knesset website
Official page
Account on X
@YairGolan1

List

The Democrats

No. 1 on the list

Members of The Democrats

118 more candidates, in list order.

The 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 attendance, 25th Knesset
State Control Committee11 of 1220
Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee11 of 3580

Legislative activity

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The 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.

Bills on which the vote moved the votes-based score: The security axis
Application of the Sovereignty of the State of Israel in the West Bank Bill, 5781-202124th Knesset · Date of the latest document: 5 May 2025AgainstDetails: Application of the Sovereignty of the State of Israel in the West Bank Bill, 5781-2021
Citizenship and Entry into Israel (Temporary Provision) Bill, 5782-202124th Knesset · Date of the latest document: 16 Mar 2022AgainstDetails: Citizenship and Entry into Israel (Temporary Provision) Bill, 5782-2021
Budget for Fiscal Year 2021 Law, 5782-202124th Knesset · Date of the latest document: 23 Dec 2021ForDetails: Budget for Fiscal Year 2021 Law, 5782-2021
Basic Law: Israel - The Nation State of the Jewish People (Amendment - Repeal of the Law) Bill23rd Knesset · Date of the latest document: 7 Dec 2020ForDetails: Basic Law: Israel - The Nation State of the Jewish People (Amendment - Repeal of the Law) Bill

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