Yair Golan
No. 1 on the list
The Democrats
List for the 26th Knesset
Axis scores
From the record of the list's candidates in previous Knessets
The security axis
The security axis: −3.7 on a scale from minus 10 to 10. From votes. 14 candidates · 4,129 votes on bills
From votes · 14 candidates · 4,129 votes on bills
The economic axis
The economic axis: −3.2 on a scale from minus 10 to 10. From votes. 14 candidates · 5,948 votes on bills
From votes · 14 candidates · 5,948 votes on bills
Conservative-Liberal
Conservative-Liberal: −3.6 on a scale from minus 10 to 10. From votes. 14 candidates · 4,546 votes on bills
From votes · 14 candidates · 4,546 votes on bills
Provisional combined score: the two scales are not calibrated to each other.
The security axis
The security axis: −3.4 on a scale from minus 10 to 10. Combined (provisional). 25 members from committee remarks · 14 members from votes
Combined (provisional) · 25 members from committee remarks · 14 members from votes
The economic axis
The economic axis: −3.3 on a scale from minus 10 to 10. Combined (provisional). 25 members from committee remarks · 14 members from votes
Combined (provisional) · 25 members from committee remarks · 14 members from votes
Conservative-Liberal
Conservative-Liberal: −3.7 on a scale from minus 10 to 10. Combined (provisional). 25 members from committee remarks · 14 members from votes
Combined (provisional) · 25 members from committee remarks · 14 members from votes
The security axis
The security axis: −3.2 on a scale from minus 10 to 10. From committee remarks. 25 candidates · 22,041 speaking turns
From committee remarks · 25 candidates · 22,041 speaking turns
The economic axis
The economic axis: −3.3 on a scale from minus 10 to 10. From committee remarks. 25 candidates · 22,041 speaking turns
From committee remarks · 25 candidates · 22,041 speaking turns
Conservative-Liberal
Conservative-Liberal: −3.8 on a scale from minus 10 to 10. From committee remarks. 25 candidates · 22,041 speaking turns
From committee remarks · 25 candidates · 22,041 speaking turns
Position on the political map
Compared with the other lists
The Democrats: −3.7 on the security axis and −3.2 on the economic axis, on a scale from minus 10 to 10. From votes. On the map: 15 of 38 lists.
About the party
The Democrats: a list for the 26th Knesset with 119 candidates. The scores rest on the record of 28 of the candidates in previous Knessets. Plenum votes on bills are included up to 28 July 2026, and committee discussions up to 24 March 2026.
The Democrats is a party established in 2024 by the merger of the Labor Party and Meretz. The merger agreement was signed on 30 June 2024 between a Labor team headed by Yair Golan, a major general in the reserves, and a Meretz team, and the Labor convention approved it on 12 July 2024. Formally, the two parties continue to exist separately and submit a single list of candidates. In the election for the 25th Knesset in 2022, Labor, headed by Merav Michaeli, received 4 seats, and Meretz did not pass the electoral threshold. According to an update to the merger agreement, Meretz candidates were guaranteed Nos. 6, 8 and 14 on the list. According to the party, it seeks to return Israel "to a democratic, moral and safe path". In an online primary on 20 July 2026, more than 97 thousand party members voted, and first place had been reserved for Golan in advance. The list is headed by Golan, followed by Naama Lazimi, Gilad Kariv and Efrat Rayten.
- Year founded
- 2024
- Ideological classification
- Social democracy
- Number of MKs (the 25th Knesset)
- 4
- Standing (the 25th Knesset)
- Opposition
- Official website
- democrats.org.il
- Posts on X
- Posts by members of the list
Party members
119 candidates, in list order.
Naama Lazimi
No. 2 on the list
Gilad Kariv
No. 3 on the list
Efrat Rayten
No. 4 on the list
Yaya Fink
No. 5 on the list
Gaby Lasky
No. 6 on the list
Omri Ronen
No. 7 on the list
Michal Rozin
No. 8 on the list
Moshe Radman
No. 9 on the list
Somaya Bashir
No. 10 on the list
Nimrod Sheffer
No. 11 on the list
Moran Zer Katzenstein
No. 12 on the list
Avi Dabush
No. 13 on the list
Emilie Moatti
No. 14 on the list
Tomer Avital
No. 15 on the list
Nava Rozolyo
No. 16 on the list
Ram Shefa
No. 17 on the list
Ali Salalha
No. 18 on the list
Rotem Sivan Hoffman
No. 19 on the list
Eran Etzion
No. 20 on the list
Moran Michel
No. 21 on the list
Mossi Raz
No. 22 on the list
Ghaleb Salamneh
No. 23 on the list
Katy Piasecki-Morag
No. 24 on the list
Amir Khnifess
No. 25 on the list
Mehereta Baruch-Ron
No. 26 on the list
Ayed Badir
No. 27 on the list
Chen Arieli
No. 28 on the list
Gil Beilin
No. 29 on the list
Yael Cohen Paran
No. 30 on the list
Eran Shlomo Nissan
No. 31 on the list
Hadas Ragolsky
No. 32 on the list
Evyatar Be'er
No. 33 on the list
Inbal Wertman Shoham
No. 34 on the list
Binyamin Daniel Minich
No. 35 on the list
Lee Hoffman-Agiv
No. 36 on the list
Yaron Niv
No. 37 on the list
Elis Goldman
No. 38 on the list
Yoav Agmi
No. 39 on the list
Avishay Lichtenstein
No. 40 on the list
Olivia Emmanuelle De Lam
No. 41 on the list
Israel Tzvi Ben-Shaul
No. 42 on the list
Omer Lubaton Granot
No. 43 on the list
Hadas Yeger Zelinger
No. 44 on the list
Hagar Reuveni
No. 45 on the list
Yehudit Gil On
No. 46 on the list
Tal Nevo Abitbul
No. 47 on the list
Simon Alfasi
No. 48 on the list
Tomer Reznik
No. 49 on the list
Dagan Levin
No. 50 on the list
Silvio Gabriel Joskowicz
No. 51 on the list
Dror Morag
No. 52 on the list
Chaya Cohen
No. 53 on the list
Orly Bity
No. 54 on the list
Maya Nouri Shaked
No. 55 on the list
Eran Ben-Yehuda
No. 56 on the list
Roi Barzilai
No. 57 on the list
Avraham Pardes
No. 58 on the list
Abd al-Karim Zoabi
No. 59 on the list
Noga Botansky
No. 60 on the list
Shanna Orlik
No. 61 on the list
Ruth Malka Boneh
No. 62 on the list
Yuval Schwartz
No. 63 on the list
Farhan Abu Riash
No. 64 on the list
Gal Ben-David
No. 65 on the list
Hadas Zangy
No. 66 on the list
Merav Barkai
No. 67 on the list
Esti Zakheim Grauss
No. 68 on the list
Yosef Efrati
No. 69 on the list
Nicola Massad
No. 70 on the list
Limor Levinstein
No. 71 on the list
Tal Fanz
No. 72 on the list
Orit Maranda
No. 73 on the list
Maggie Sela-Weger
No. 74 on the list
Dafna Cohen
No. 75 on the list
Hanna Beit-Hallahmi
No. 76 on the list
Tanya Sonya Cohen
No. 77 on the list
Paz Zemach
No. 78 on the list
Daniel Azoulay
No. 79 on the list
Sharon Shalom
No. 80 on the list
Ido Michaeli
No. 81 on the list
Dikla Cohen
No. 82 on the list
Roi Segman
No. 83 on the list
Avshalom Peled
No. 84 on the list
Nina Rachel Isakov
No. 85 on the list
Zvi Nir
No. 86 on the list
Yanai Rubinstein
No. 87 on the list
Avraham Mencher Dvori
No. 88 on the list
Yoram Kandel
No. 89 on the list
Masha Sheindorf
No. 90 on the list
Laura Wharton
No. 91 on the list
Hanna Sheindel Peretz
No. 92 on the list
Irit Filmus
No. 93 on the list
Talma Alyagon-Rose
No. 94 on the list
Shmuel Dor
No. 95 on the list
Frances Raday
No. 96 on the list
Dedi Zucker
No. 97 on the list
Yosef Murciano
No. 98 on the list
Binyamin Zweig
No. 99 on the list
Yocheved Lifshitz
No. 100 on the list
Michal Biran
No. 101 on the list
Hussniya Jabara
No. 102 on the list
Anat Maor
No. 103 on the list
Masha Lubelsky
No. 104 on the list
Amira Sartani
No. 105 on the list
Avraham Poraz
No. 106 on the list
Yossi Beilin
No. 107 on the list
Tamar Zandberg
No. 108 on the list
Amram Mitzna
No. 109 on the list
Micha Goldman
No. 110 on the list
Ran Cohen
No. 111 on the list
Ra'anan Cohen
No. 112 on the list
Avshalom Vilan
No. 113 on the list
Shimon Sheetrit
No. 114 on the list
Zahava Gal-On
No. 115 on the list
Colette Avital
No. 116 on the list
Haim Oron
No. 117 on the list
Ephraim Sneh
No. 118 on the list
Uzi Baram
No. 119 on the list
Committees
View all committeesThe five committees that the list's members attended most 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 | 377 | 346 of 787 | 6 |
| Finance Committee | 224 | 196 of 842 | 0 |
| Special Committee on Young People's Affairs | 112 | 112 of 113 | 92 |
| Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee | 102 | 102 of 358 | 87 |
| National Security Committee | 74 | 67 of 238 | 0 |
Legislative activity
View all billsThe bills on which the list members' votes moved the votes-based score the most, on each axis. These are bills the list voted on, not bills it submitted: the data does not record who proposed a bill.
| Bill name | List vote | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Application of the Sovereignty of the State of Israel in the West Bank Bill, 5781-202124th Knesset | 0 for10 against | Details: 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 | 10 for0 against | Details: Budget for Fiscal Year 2021 Law, 5782-2021 |
| Citizenship and Entry into Israel (Temporary Provision) Bill, 5782-202124th Knesset | 0 for8 against | Details: Citizenship and Entry into Israel (Temporary Provision) Bill, 5782-2021 |
| Revocation of the Citizenship or Residency of a Militant Who Receives Payment for Carrying Out the Act of Terror (Legislative Amendments) Bill, 5782-202124th Knesset | 0 for9 against | Details: Revocation of the Citizenship or Residency of a Militant Who Receives Payment for Carrying Out the Act of Terror (Legislative Amendments) Bill, 5782-2021 |
| Bill name | List vote | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Protection of Employees (Exposure of Offenses and Harm to Integrity or Proper Administration) (Amendment No. 4) Law, 5782-202224th Knesset | 10 for0 against | Details: Protection of Employees (Exposure of Offenses and Harm to Integrity or Proper Administration) (Amendment No. 4) Law, 5782-2022 |
| Patient's Rights (Amendment - Prohibition of Discrimination) Bill, 5781-202124th Knesset | 10 for0 against | Details: Patient's Rights (Amendment - Prohibition of Discrimination) Bill, 5781-2021 |
| Prohibition of Using the Investigation of a Sexual Assault Victim, Psychological Treatment Findings and Personal Diaries (Legislative Amendments) Bill, 5781-202124th Knesset | 8 for0 against | Details: Prohibition of Using the Investigation of a Sexual Assault Victim, Psychological Treatment Findings and Personal Diaries (Legislative Amendments) Bill, 5781-2021 |
| Government Companies (Amendment - Appropriate Representation in Government Corporations and Statutory Bodies) Bill, 5781-202124th Knesset | 8 for0 against | Details: Government Companies (Amendment - Appropriate Representation in Government Corporations and Statutory Bodies) Bill, 5781-2021 |
| Bill name | List vote | Details |
|---|---|---|
| National Insurance (Amendment - Increasing the Child Allowance) Bill, 5781-202124th Knesset | 0 for10 against | Details: National Insurance (Amendment - Increasing the Child Allowance) Bill, 5781-2021 |
| National Insurance (Amendment - Unemployment Benefits for the Self-Employed) Bill, 5781-202124th Knesset | 0 for10 against | Details: National Insurance (Amendment - Unemployment Benefits for the Self-Employed) Bill, 5781-2021 |
| Establishment of a New Urban Community Bill, 5781-202124th Knesset | 0 for9 against | Details: Establishment of a New Urban Community Bill, 5781-2021 |
| National Insurance (Amendment No. 230) Law, 5782-202224th Knesset | 10 for0 against | Details: National Insurance (Amendment No. 230) Law, 5782-2022 |
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