Yashar is a new centrist party led by former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot. It takes a hard line on security and focuses on overhauling institutions.
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Yashar makes the full disarmament of a condition for any agreement. This could make the war last longer, in exchange for what Yashar sees as stronger security.
The State of Israel must not accept a reality in which Hamas survives, rearms, and waits for the opportunity to carry out the next massacre!
Yashar wants to be chosen by broad agreement, not by the ruling coalition alone. The process would be slower, but harder for one side to control. Yashar also wants an independent state commission of inquiry into October 7.
Yashar wants almost every young person, Haredim included, to do military, national or civil service. Yashar also wants a constitution.
My approach has not changed: service for all, even at the cost of more elections.
Yashar wants to open the market to imports to break up monopolies. Yashar would cut income tax and make up for the lost revenue with taxes on sugary drinks and disposable products. Part of the tax burden would thus shift from wages to consumption.
Work should always pay more than a benefit.
Inferred position: Yashar wants the campaign against Iran to end with the dismantling of its nuclear program and advocates a strong military response, but Yashar has not spoken about action without the support of allies.
Gadi Eisenkot presented the Yashar Party platform in Haifa ahead of the elections (Haipo) · Sep 25, 2026 · source ↗Yashar rejects any situation in which Hamas survives and rearms, criticizes the Board of Peace framework, which “leaves Hamas in power”, and demands the dismantling of its military and governing capabilities.
Jerusalem Post, Eisenkot critique le cadre du Board of Peace à Gaza · Aug 1, 2026 · source ↗Its position: A military action against Iran’s nuclear sites
Yashar states that the campaign against Iran is not over and must culminate in the dismantling of Iran's nuclear program. On October 13, 2026, Gadi Eisenkot calls for developing a comprehensive plan with the United States against this program, while seeing no reason at this stage for an immediate strike; hence a value between military action and negotiation under threat.
Times of Israel (liveblog), Gadi Eisenkot sur l'Iran · Oct 13, 2026 · source ↗Updated October 23
Sources : Fourchette calculée à partir de 4 instituts entre le 16 et le 19 octobre 2026. N12/Midgam, Maariv/Lazar Research, N13 et Kan 11/Kantar. Le détail complet par institut est disponible dans l'encart sondages de la fiche.
Compare Yashar with another partyYashar is a new centrist party led by former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot. It takes a hard line on security and focuses on overhauling institutions.
Security & National Defense
Yashar rejects any situation in which Hamas survives and rearms, criticizes the Board of Peace framework, which “leaves Hamas in power”, and demands the dismantling of its military and governing capabilities.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Gadi Eisenkot states that no Palestinian state will be established under a government formed by Yashar. On October 6, 2026, he speaks of “autonomy” or a “state-minus” for the Palestinians, without an army and under Israeli security control.
Military Service & Haredi Society
Yashar wants to make military, national or civilian service mandatory for everyone, including Haredim, and promises a law to that effect within its first 100 days. Gadi Eisenkot limits individual exemptions to approximately 3% of an age cohort, or approximately 2,200 people per year.
Democracy & Institutions
Yashar makes the into October 7 a central point of its platform and a measure for its first 100 days.
Israel’s Jewish & Democratic Identity
Gadi Eisenkot accepts as a partner any party that recognizes Israel as a Jewish and democratic state and accepts service for all, but says he sees no Arab party that accepts these principles and excludes Ra'am from his government. On October 6, 2026, he declares: “I do not want the support of the Arab parties.”
Government & Political System
Yashar wants to limit the Prime Minister’s term in office by law and includes this among its measures for the first 100 days.
Founded and chaired by Gadi Eisenkot, former IDF Chief of Staff (2015-2019), launched in September 2025.
His son, reserve Staff Sergeant Gal Meir Eisenkot, fell in combat in Gaza in December 2023, followed the next day by his nephew, Sergeant Maor Cohen Eisenkot, and then by a second nephew, Captain Yogev Pazy, killed in Gaza on November 17, 2024.
No primary: Eisenkot selects the list himself.
Eisenkot was IDF Chief of Staff from 2015 to 2019, then a member of the war cabinet, from which he resigned in June 2024, denouncing “external and political considerations” that had long prevented him from making decisive decisions.
His military and political record is real, but the electoral party is too recent (2025) to have a governing record of its own.
Faced with Iran’s nuclear program, which approach should Israel favor?
Yashar states that the campaign against Iran is not over and must culminate in the dismantling of Iran's nuclear program. On October 13, 2026, Gadi Eisenkot calls for developing a comprehensive plan with the United States against this program, while seeing no reason at this stage for an immediate strike; hence a value between military action and negotiation under threat.
Source :Times of Israel (liveblog), Gadi Eisenkot sur l'Iran· 2026-10-13
Israel should be able to launch a preemptive strike against a country or group that threatens it, even without the support of its allies.
Inferred position: Yashar wants the campaign against Iran to end with the dismantling of its nuclear program and advocates a strong military response, but Yashar has not spoken about action without the support of allies.
Source :Gadi Eisenkot presented the Yashar Party platform in Haifa ahead of the elections (Haipo)· 2026-09-25
Israel should accept a long-term ceasefire in Gaza, even if Hamas is not fully disarmed.
Yashar rejects any situation in which Hamas survives and rearms, criticizes the Board of Peace framework, which “leaves Hamas in power”, and demands the dismantling of its military and governing capabilities.
Source :Jerusalem Post, Eisenkot critique le cadre du Board of Peace à Gaza· 2026-08-01
Israel should accept the creation of a Palestinian state as part of a peace agreement.
Gadi Eisenkot states that no Palestinian state will be established under a government formed by Yashar. On October 6, 2026, he speaks of “autonomy” or a “state-minus” for the Palestinians, without an army and under Israeli security control.
Source :Times of Israel, interview de Gadi Eisenkot· 2026-10-06
Who should govern Gaza in the long term?
Partly inferred position: Yashar wants to dismantle Hamas, rejects the current Board of Peace framework because it leaves Hamas in power, wants a single security authority between the sea and the Jordan, and Gadi Eisenkot proposes training about 20,000 Gazans who are not Hamas members in Egypt; Yashar has not presented a complete plan for the administration of Gaza.
Source :Jerusalem Post, Eisenkot critique le cadre du Board of Peace à Gaza· 2026-08-01
To reach an agreement with the Palestinians, Israel should be ready to give up part of Judea and Samaria/West Bank.
Yashar rejects a Palestinian state “at this stage”, wants to keep a single Israeli security authority between the sea and the Jordan, and postpones the final status; Yashar also wants separation from the Palestinians to preserve a Jewish majority, but does not talk about giving up territory.
Source :يشار.. حزب أسسه غريم نتنياهو (Al Jazeera, encyclopédie, d'après le document fondateur rapporté par Israel Hayom)· 2026-06-10
On which part of Judea and Samaria/West Bank should Israel apply its sovereignty?
Yashar opposes a formal annexation of Judea and Samaria/the West Bank. On October 6, 2026, Gadi Eisenkot states that seeking to impose full sovereignty over all of Judea and Samaria endangers the Zionist enterprise, and that he does not want to govern the 2.8 million Palestinians who live there.
Source :Times of Israel, interview de Gadi Eisenkot· 2026-10-06
Existing settlements in Judea and Samaria/West Bank should be able to expand.
Gadi Eisenkot supports settlements if they comply with the law and the map of Israel's security interests; Yashar opposes certain construction projects, such as in the E1 area. On October 6, 2026, he promises the immediate evacuation of illegal outposts in Areas A and B.
Source :Times of Israel, interview de Gadi Eisenkot· 2026-10-06
What should Israel do about military service for yeshiva students?
Yashar wants to make military, national or civilian service mandatory for everyone, including Haredim, and promises a law to that effect within its first 100 days. Gadi Eisenkot limits individual exemptions to approximately 3% of an age cohort, or approximately 2,200 people per year.
Source :Jerusalem Post, interview de Gadi Eisenkot· 2026-09-24
Public transport should operate on Shabbat where local residents want it.
Yashar takes a “live and let live” approach to Shabbat and wants to let municipalities decide.
Source :Israel election: Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party in a nutshell (The Jewish Chronicle)· 2026-10-04
Israel should allow civil marriage, in addition to religious marriage.
Yashar supports civil marriage and divorce.
Source :Israel election: Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party in a nutshell (The Jewish Chronicle)· 2026-10-04
A Reform or Conservative (Masorti) conversion to Judaism, carried out abroad, should continue to give the right to make .
Yashar pledges to preserve the Law of Return “as is”, including the grandchild clause; the current includes Reform or Masorti conversions performed abroad, even though Yashar does not mention them explicitly.
Source :Yashar to safeguard Law of Return, cut bureaucracy, address needs of olim (Jerusalem Post)· 2026-08-11
Should the be able to strike down a law passed by the ?
Yashar opposes an override clause that would allow the Knesset to re-enact a law that has been struck down, and wants to retain Supreme Court review of laws in the form of a “modified and balanced” mechanism enshrined in a on the judiciary.
Source :Ynetnews, questionnaire des partis sur la réforme judiciaire ; Times of Israel, guide des projets judiciaires des partis· 2026-09-22
The October 7 inquiry should be entrusted to a state commission of inquiry, whose members are appointed by the Supreme Court president, rather than to a commission whose members are chosen by the Knesset.
Yashar makes the state commission of inquiry into October 7 a central point of its platform and a measure for its first 100 days.
Source :Gadi Eisenkot presented the Yashar Party platform in Haifa ahead of the elections (Haipo)· 2026-09-25
An Arab party should be able to be part of a governing .
Gadi Eisenkot accepts as a partner any party that recognizes Israel as a Jewish and democratic state and accepts service for all, but says he sees no Arab party that accepts these principles and excludes Ra'am from his government. On October 6, 2026, he declares: “I do not want the support of the Arab parties.”
Source :Times of Israel, interview de Gadi Eisenkot· 2026-10-06
What should be done with the 2018 “Nation-State” law?
Inferred position: Yashar wants a “Jewish, liberal, democratic and egalitarian” state and the protection of minority rights, but Yashar has not taken a specific position on the “Nation-State” law.
Source :Gadi Eisenkot presented the Yashar Party platform in Haifa ahead of the elections (Haipo)· 2026-09-25
The state should lower taxes, even if this means cutting some public spending.
Inferred position: Yashar wants to invest in health, education and the periphery, but proposes to finance this by setting priorities, closing unnecessary ministries and abolishing coalition funds, not through tax increases; Yashar even promises tax benefits to those who serve and work.
Source :Jerusalem Post / The Media Line, Orit Farkash-Hacohen (Yashar) sur l'économie· 2026-08-24
What would be the best way to lower prices in Israel?
Yashar wants to remove barriers to competitors, challenge exclusive imports and, if necessary, force dominant groups to give up part of their market power.
Source :Jerusalem Post / The Media Line, Orit Farkash-Hacohen (Yashar) sur l'économie· 2026-08-24
Israel should create a civil union open to same-sex couples, with the same rights as married couples.
Yashar supports civil marriage, including for same-sex couples.
Source :Israel election: Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party in a nutshell (The Jewish Chronicle)· 2026-10-04
The time a Prime Minister can stay in power should be limited by law, for example to eight years.
Yashar wants to limit the Prime Minister’s term in office by law and includes this among its measures for the first 100 days.
Source :Gadi Eisenkot presented the Yashar Party platform in Haifa ahead of the elections (Haipo)· 2026-09-25
Haredi schools that receive state money should be required to teach core subjects (math, English, science), like other schools.
Yashar wants a mandatory core curriculum throughout state-funded education, including Haredi schools. On October 6, 2026, Gadi Eisenkot declares that institutions that do not join the public school system within four years will lose their funding.
Source :Times of Israel, interview de Gadi Eisenkot· 2026-10-06
Schools and municipalities should have more freedom to manage their budget, hire their teachers and organize their teaching, instead of everything being decided by the Ministry of Education.
Yashar wants to decentralize powers in education and strengthen the autonomy of local authorities, with a common core program.
Source :Yashar (political party), Wikipedia (programme en 10 points repris du site du parti)· 2026-10-11
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