Yisrael Beytenu

Israel Election 2026: What does Avigdor Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu stand for?

"If I put this ballot in the box, what government, policies, and political reality am I helping create?"

|BySHIR PERETS
Yisrael Beytenu leader and MK Avigdor Liberman holds a press conference in Tel Aviv, May 6, 2026
A drone view of an election billboard by Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party depicting Iran's Mojtaba Khamenei, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem and a text in Hebrew that reads "They Want Netanyahu to Lose, Don't let them Win."

Israel’s election is approaching, but candidates are offering slogans instead of policies - opinion

With roughly two months left until election day, it is time for the candidates who want to lead Israel to tell us what they actually intend to do, and how they plan to bring the country together.

|ByMARC TOBIN
Yisrael Beytenu leader MK Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 6, 2026

Liberman's unified strategy is key for state-oriented Zionist bloc's victory in elections - opinion

To the attention of all my colleagues in the opposition: Only a firm decision by all of us to adhere to these principles and maintain a bloc-wide strategy will bring us a clear and decisive victory.

|ByAVIGDOR LIBERMAN
MK Dan Illouz attends a House committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on, June 28, 2026.

MK Dan Illouz quits Knesset after switch to Yisrael Beytenu, haredi man takes Likud spot

Illouz will be replaced in the Knesset by the next person on Likud's list, Shabtai Katash, a haredi (ultra-Orthodox) member of Lod's Religious Council.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

Ex-deputy minister Kirschenbaum convicted of bribery

Yisrael Beytenu Affair unprecedented.

MARCH 25, 2021ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Faina Kirschenbaum

Merav Michaeli: We will probably recommend Lapid as prime minister

Yisrael Beytenu head Avigdor Liberman said that the public must stop "sitting on the couch at home and complaining" and come out and vote to switch the government.

MARCH 13, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Labor Party leader Merav Michaeli, the only female current Knesset party leader running in the upcoming elections, speaks at a conference of the Israeli Television News Company in Jerusalem, on Sunday.

Israel Elections: Netanyahu needs Yamina, Gantz falls below threshold

Yamina, with 12 seats, would be the eventual kingmaker. The party has not yet committed to sitting under a Netanyahu-led government again.

FEBRUARY 22, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Gideon Sa'ar, Naftali Bennett, or Benjamin Netanyahu: Who is Israel's next prime minister?

Yisrael Beytenu denies being COVID-denial party

The charges came after party leader Avigdor Liberman and other Yisrael Beytenu MKs spoke out against forced vaccinations for the coronavirus.

FEBRUARY 14, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman on November 20, 2019.

Vizhnitz grand rabbi instructs schools to open

“I hereby order in the open that Vizhnitz schools be opened and that these words be published in the official ultra-Orthodox Hamodia newspaper tomorrow.”

JANUARY 24, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON, TOBIAS SIEGAL
A Simchat Beit Hashoeva celebration at the Viznitz hasidic headquarters in Bnei Brak last year.

New Sa'ar party could kick Netanyahu out of the government - poll

Blue and White teetering on threshold.

DECEMBER 25, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
GIDEON SA'AR in his Knesset office.

Israel Elections: Likud holds small lead over Sa'ar's New Hope - poll

Likud stands at 25 seats, closely trailed by New Hope with 22 seats

DECEMBER 24, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Gideon Sa'ar (R)

Netanyahu, Sa’ar, Bennett trade barbs as fight on Right begins

Poll finds Sa’ar-Yamina bond would beat Likud by six seats.

DECEMBER 10, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
Likud MK Gideon Sa’ar (R) submits his resignation letter to Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin at the Knesset, December 9, 2020

When most committees are men’s committees

Last week, Israel made headlines for the selection of a man, MK Oded Forer (Yisrael Beytenu), as the head of the Knesset Committee for the Advancement of Women and Gender Equality.

JUNE 15, 2020ByEMILY SCHRADER
MK ODED FORER receiving the Knesset Committee for the Advancement of Women and Gender Equality is yet another manifestation of the problem of unequal representation for women in politics.

Male MK to head Knesset Committee on Advancing Women

Feminist group Kolan calls Oded Forer’s appointment ‘a slap on the face to all women in Israel’

JUNE 8, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
Israel Beytenu party member Oded Forer