Yashar

Eisenkot's Yashar party takes one seat lead over Likud following Monday's primaries - poll

Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party emerged as the largest party with 24 seats following Monday's contentious Likud primary, with the opposition bloc leading the coalition 57 seats to 52.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Head of the Yashar party Gadi Eisenkott, Members and supporters attend an agriculture-focused election campaign conference of the Yashar party ahead of the upcoming Israeli general elections, at the Drom HaSharon Regional Council building in central Israel, July 27, 2026.
Likud primaries held on Monday.

'October 7, haredi-lite list': Eisenkot, Bennett, opposition leaders react to Likud's primaries

Gadi Eisenkot called the Likud slate the "October 7 list," while Yair Lapid said the party "needs a break from power" and Avigdor Liberman accused it of becoming "haredi-lite."

|ByANNA BARSKY
Gadi Eisenkot, Yashar leader, speaks at meeting about plan to make aliyah and absorption easier.

Eisenkot's Yashar unveils plan to support new olim integrating into Israel

"We will propose a national plan that will call on young people to return home and on Jews around the world to make aliyah to Israel, because this is our national home," Eisenkot said.

|ByESTHER DAVIS
A Likud billboard with Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem on August 16, 2026.

Likud election billboard puts Mamdani alongside Erdogan, Khamenei, and Qassem as Israel's enemies

The billboard features superimposed images of Mamdani, Khamenei, Qassem, and Erdogan, and reads: “They want Netanyahu to lose; don’t let them win.”

|ByCORINNE BAUM

Yashar Party attracts attention with middle-finger billboards

“This time, don’t vote for politicians who will give you the finger in return,” is how the message on the billboard loosely translates.

MARCH 10, 2019ByLAHAV HARKOV
A billboard, doctored to show top politicans giving the middle finger, located in Jerusalem

Israeli party introduces revolutionary 'direct democracy' app

The app facilitates direct communication between party members and their elected representatives.

JANUARY 28, 2019ByZACK EVANS
In this demonstration of the Yashar party app, the law appears with a green button to vote "yes" and a red button to vote "no."