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Nir Barkat

No. 24 on the list of Likud

Photo: Knesset website

Axis scores

From the record in previous Knessets

The security axis

The security axis: +3.1 on a scale from minus 10 to 10. From votes. 423 bills · 845 votes

From votes · 423 bills · 845 votes

The economic axis

The economic axis: +0.6 on a scale from minus 10 to 10. From votes. 589 bills · 1,382 votes

From votes · 589 bills · 1,382 votes

Conservative-Liberal

Conservative-Liberal: +2.7 on a scale from minus 10 to 10. From votes. 446 bills · 871 votes

From votes · 446 bills · 871 votes

Position on the political map

Compared with the lists

Nir Barkat: +3.1 on the security axis and +0.6 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: Nir Barkat, from votes, same measurement and scale as the lists

About

Nir Barkat: No. 24 on the list of Likud for the 26th Knesset. In previous Knessets: votes on 945 bills and attendance at 161 committee sessions. Plenum votes on bills are included up to 28 July 2026, and committee discussions up to 24 March 2026.

Nir Barkat has served as Economy and Industry Minister since December 2022, and before that served as mayor of Jerusalem from 2008 to 2018. A high-tech entrepreneur and investor, and a founder of the company BRM, he joined Likud in 2015 after years in Kadima. In 2026 he is running for Likud, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, for the 26th Knesset, at No. 24. He filed defamation suits against Channel 12 News following investigations into a possible conflict of interest in businesses run by his brother.

List for the 26th Knesset
Likud
Place on the list
24
Bills voted on (Knessets 20-25)
945 bills
Committee sessions with attendance (Knessets 19-25)
161 sessions
On the Knesset website
Official page
Account on X
@NirBarkat

List

Likud

No. 24 on the list

Members of Likud

119 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
Finance Committee88 of 8420
Economic Affairs Committee22 of 2540
Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee22 of 2690
Health Committee11 of 3330
Interior and Environmental Protection Committee10 of 3060

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 Sovereignty to Beitar Illit Bill, 5786-202525th Knesset · Date of the latest document: 10 Nov 2025AgainstDetails: Application of Sovereignty to Beitar Illit Bill, 5786-2025
Basic Law: Recognition of a Palestinian State Bill25th Knesset · Date of the latest document: 3 Nov 2025AgainstDetails: Basic Law: Recognition of a Palestinian State Bill
Application of the Sovereignty of the State of Israel in the West Bank Bill, 5781-202124th Knesset · Date of the latest document: 5 May 2025ForDetails: Application of the Sovereignty of the State of Israel in the West Bank Bill, 5781-2021
Budget for Fiscal Year 2021 Law, 5782-202124th Knesset · Date of the latest document: 23 Dec 2021AgainstDetails: Budget for Fiscal Year 2021 Law, 5782-2021

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  • "אל תפסיקו לחיות". ​יוצא מניחום אבלים כואב ומרגש בבית משפחתו של סרן אליאב חיים צפלמוס ז"ל, שנפל בלבנון בתאונה מבצעית. פגשתי את הוריו חלי ובני, את בת זוגו ענבר, ואני כותב כאן לבקשתם כדי שכולנו נכיר את דמותו המיוחדת.​אליאב הלך תמיד עם האמת הפנימית שלו. הוא היה אח בכור ומודל…

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