Israeli elections 2026: who is related to whom? The major political parties in Israel are divided into two broad camps: those who support Binyamin Netanyahu and those who seek to replace him. Some other parties operate independently. It is important to note, some politicians run on the same electoral list, while others agreed to cooperate only after the elections. The Netanyahu camp - right-wing and religious parties Binyamin Netanyahu - Likud - allies with Smotrich, Ben Gabir and religious parties. Gideon Sa'ar - New Hope Party - is running on the Likud Netanyahu list. Bezalel Smotrich - the religious Zionist party - faces Moshe Feiglin; supports Netanyahu. Moshe Feiglin - Identity Party - allies with Smotrich on the same list of electors. Itamar Ben Gabir - Otzma Yehudit Party - Netanyahu is a ruling ally, but is running independently. Aryeh Deri Shas - a longtime ally of Netanyahu; in cooperation with the United Torah Judaism party Yaakov Asher - the United Torah Judaism party - is traditionally aligned with Netanyahu, but the party has also expressed openness to a government led by Eisenkot. These are the main parties associated with Netanyahu's outgoing government bloc, although relations between them have not always been stable. Opposition Alliance - Parties Seeking to Replace Netanyahu On September 26, five opposition leaders signed an agreement to coordinate their campaigns and cooperate in forming a new government. Gadi Eisenkot - Ishar Party - cooperates with Bennett, Lapid, Lieberman and Golan. Naftali Bennett's party - together (together) - are running on a joint electoral list with Yair Lapid. Yair Lapid - Yesh Atid party - united his electoral list with the Bennets party. Avigdor Lieberman - Israel Beitno party - political allies with the opposition group; operates separately. Yair Golan - Democrat Party - leads the alliance that combines Labor and Meretz; Cooperate with the other opposition leaders.