New blood on the way to the Knesset: The hot names — and who joined each party
Weeks before the closing of the lists for the 26th Knesset elections, the battle for new recruits is in full swing. Some have passed primaries and others were parachuted in by party leaders, and their positions are still unclear. Just this week, a "shark" shielded by Netanyahu and an Olympic medalist who lost his most precious entered the arena. In recent months, protest activists, entrepreneurs, and reservists have also joined the various lists. These are the candidates who have joined the race so far.
Less than a month before the closing of the lists for the 26th Knesset elections, and just before the dramatic primaries in the Likud that are expected to change the face of the list, we have gathered for you the new faces and names that may enter the next Knesset. In some parties, such as the Democrats and the Religious Zionism, the identity of the new recruits was decided through primaries — and in others, such as Yahad, Yisrael Beiteinu, the "Third Bloc" parties, or Yashar! — the party chairman chose who to add to his list.
However, even now, the positions in some of those lists where candidates were parachuted in by the party leader are still unclear, and therefore it is difficult to predict who is in a realistic spot to enter the Knesset — and who might be left out. This issue will become clear in the coming month. One thing is certain, after the upcoming elections on October 27, the Knesset plenum benches will be filled with quite a few new faces and names, but also those who have been in the Israeli public sphere for years. So who joined each party and which candidates will compete for a spot in the next Knesset? The full list is before you:
Likud
The primaries in the Likud will be held on Monday, and new names may reach the next Knesset — while pushing out veteran Knesset members, ministers, and public officials. The reason for this lies, among other things, in the fact that the party designates realistic spots on the list by districts, and Knesset members are not eligible to run for those spots. In addition, after Netanyahu's proposal passed in the party institutions, additional realistic spots are designated for those shielded by the Prime Minister. This week he announced a series of shields, but only one of them comes from outside the Likud ranks and does not currently serve as a minister — Oren Dubronsky. Dubronsky, who is actually joining the Likud now, is a businessman from Silicon Valley who is known to the Israeli public mainly due to his participation in the "Sharks" (Shark Tank) program. He is expected to be placed in a realistic spot on the list.
Yashar!
Gadi Eizenkot demanded primaries from Benny Gantz in Blue and White, but in the end their paths parted — and since the former Chief of Staff established his party "Yashar!" — which has since become the largest party in most polls — he announced the addition of more and more candidates. This is actually the only party in which the number of candidates, at least as of now, is smaller than the number of mandates it receives in the polls. It can be assumed that even these days Eizenkot and his people are working on adding new candidates to the list.
The most senior candidate added to the list so far is Yoram Cohen, the former head of the Shin Bet. Already in October 2025, a year before the elections, Eizenkot's courtship of Cohen began. In May he officially joined him. Cohen, who served as head of the Shin Bet between 2011 and 2016 and is considered one of the prominent critics of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from within the national-religious camp, said that after long years in security positions he decided to respond to the appeal in "a kind of Order 8" from Eizenkot. After his release from the IDF he joined the service — and served in it for about three and a half decades. He was born to immigrants from Afghanistan, and against this background he was nicknamed "The Afghan". Among his prominent roles in the Shin Bet: head of the Arab-Iranian counter-terrorism division, head of the Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria district, deputy head of the Shin Bet and head of the Shin Bet — in his last year in the position as head of the service he served concurrently with Eizenkot's tenure as Chief of Staff.
Even before him, Shaul Meridor joined the party, who began his professional path as an economist in the Budget Department of the Ministry of Finance. After serving in several positions in the department, he moved to the private sector and was later appointed Director General of the Ministry of Energy. In 2017 he returned to the Budget Department — as head of the department. In 2020 he resigned from his position after opposing pressures to approve budget decisions without a proper professional process, which he said harmed the public interest. Since his retirement from public service, Meridor has served as CFO of the high-tech company Lightricks.
Inbar Harush Giti also joined Eizenkot. She was the former CEO of the "Aharai!" movement and leader of the service outline in the Ministry of Defense. Harush Giti built the "Kodkod" program, a pioneering program for integrating Haredim into 8200. Many of the Haredi recruits reach the army through the program. Later she founded "Ma'alot Tzur", a framework for integrating Hasidim into low-tech roles in the IDF, and founded the Anashim administration, which became the central government body for promoting the integration of Haredim into military service. Harush Giti wrote the "Service for All" law in its various versions, which is considered a comprehensive outline for formulating a mandatory service model for all Israeli citizens.
Major General (res.) Kamil Abu Rokon joined "Yashar!" in July. Abu Rokon served for four decades in the security establishment and served as head of the Civil Administration in Judea and Samaria and Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories. In addition, he served in a series of roles in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defense, and the Prime Minister's Office, in which he promoted national security projects. Later he served as chairman of the Druze Heritage Center in Israel.
The party was also joined by Tair Ifergan, a senior official in the public service who served as Director General of the Ministry of Labor and head of the Labor Arm in the years 2021–2023. As part of her roles, she was responsible for the fields of vocational training, technological colleges, and employment services. She promoted programs for integrating populations into employment, including Haredim and Arabs, and was involved in formulating policy for dealing with the consequences of the Corona crisis on the labor market. Today she serves as CEO of the partnership of philanthropic funds for the development and growth of the North and South, a body established after October 7 and working to promote economic recovery, employment, and strengthening local authorities in areas affected by the war.
Oshrat Gani Gonen, head of the South Sharon Regional Council, will try to integrate into the national government as well, after more than three decades in local government. She served in several senior positions, including as CEO of the Kfar Saba municipality. Since 2018 she has served as head of the South Sharon Regional Council. At the same time, she took an active part in national forums of local government and served as chair of the planning committee of regional government and in promoting cooperation between state authorities, local authorities, and the civil sector.
Another figure that Eizenkot "adopted" from local government is Israel Zari, Deputy Mayor of Ramat Gan. Over the years he served as a personal advisor to the Minister of Transport, as spokesperson for the Ra'anana municipality, spokesperson for the 'Tzofim' (Scouts) movement, and as spokesperson for the Association for LGBTQ in Israel. In 2018, at the age of 28, he was elected for the first time to the Ramat Gan City Council by an independent youth party he established, and became the first openly gay public official in it. In 2024 he was appointed Deputy Mayor of Ramat Gan and became the youngest deputy mayor in the city's history. As head of the Stock Exchange administration he led the renewal plan for the Stock Exchange complex.
Another joiner is Yaffa Tabaja, a social entrepreneur, daughter of immigrants from Ethiopia and founder of the MTech entrepreneurship innovation center in Ashkelon. She began her public path as chair of the student union at Ashkelon Academic College and later as a board member of the National Student Union. Over the years she led initiatives in the fields of making higher education accessible to the first generation in academia, promoting the periphery, food security, integrating populations into employment, and promoting excellence among young people and members of the Ethiopian community. As founder and manager of MTech, she led collaborations with leading technology companies, established a community of entrepreneurs in the south, and led programs to promote innovation and employment.
Eizenkot's fresh recruit is social activist and businessman Shirel Hogeg. Hogeg, a resident of Ofakim, has been active in recent years in the struggle to establish a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 massacre and the war, after his sister and her husband were wounded in the massacre in Kfar Aza and fled the kibbutz with their baby daughter. Hogeg served as CEO of the AM:PM chain, and according to the party's announcement, he will lead the "Government Efficiency Plan for the Citizen".
Advocate Inbar Yehezkel also joined "Yashar!" — as part of Eizenkot's attempt to bring to his list people who served in senior positions in the public service. For over a decade Yehezkel served in senior positions, including as head of the professional staff for three Welfare Ministers as well as a senior advisor to former Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon. She led reforms in the government and the third sector in the worlds of education, health, welfare, and employment. Served as CEO of the Democratic Institute for Education and Society, CEO of the "Yadid — Community Rights Centers" association, and CEO of the Assistance Center for Victims of Rape and Sexual Assault in Jerusalem. Previously she served as legal advisor and director of the legal department of the Association of Assistance Centers for Victims of Sexual Assault, and as a lawyer in the "Bezchut" organization for promoting the rights of people with disabilities.
Joining the line of security experts in the party is also a security expert. Former Shin Bet and Mossad fighter Devora Sharifian Bechar, who was born in Tehran in the shadow of the Islamic Revolution and at the age of 7 was smuggled with her family to Israel. She began her path in the Shin Bet as a fighter in a field role, took part in thwarting attacks and collecting operational intelligence as part of her role in "Team Tequila". After that she was recruited to the Mossad, where she served in operational and intelligence roles. Later she served in the organization as an analyst in the worlds of big data and cyber. Bechar also founded and established the excellence track in the education system "Security and Intelligence on the Iran Track" in Eilat.
Closing the list, at least for now, is Alex Rif. Alex is a writer and founder and CEO of the "Million Lobby" for representing Russian-speaking Israelis. Over the years, she initiated and led dozens of initiatives and public struggles for the rights of Russian-speaking Israelis, from the former Soviet Union. She served as a senior advisor to the Commissioner for Employment in the Ministry of Economy, in the field of employment of unique populations. Rif is, as mentioned, also a writer and activist in the field of culture. Among other things, she founded the social movement "The Cultural Brigade", which works to make the story and culture of former Soviet Union immigrants part of Israeli culture.
In addition to the new recruits, for whom this will be a first term in the Knesset — if they are indeed elected — Eizenkot also brought with him from Gantz's party, which he himself left, two former ministers — Matan Kahana and Orit Farkash-Hacohen — who served as ministers in the Bennett-Lapid government.
Yahad
Another party whose chairman is aiming for the position of Prime Minister is Yahad of former Prime Ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid. Since the connection, and even before it, Bennett added candidates to his list — also here, like in the "Yashar!" party — without holding primaries. These will have to compete for a spot in the next Knesset with the list of incumbent Knesset members of Yesh Atid, and the way of placement on the list of Bennett and Lapid is also still unclear.
Major General (res.) Noam Tibon, for example, announced his joining Lapid even before the connection between the parties. Tibon is a fighter and former commander in Sayeret Matkal, who served as commander of the Nahal Brigade and also served as commander of the Northern Corps. Tibon established "Homat Magen Le'Israel" (Shield of Defense for Israel), the forum of reserve officers, and on the morning of October 7 he fought in the Gaza envelope, saved revelers who fled from the Nova complex, and also participated in the battle for Nahal Oz. Since then, he led the generals' project to adopt the envelope communities and participated in the struggle to establish a state commission of inquiry and return the hostages.
In addition, Jonathan Shalev joined the list, only 23 years old, a fighter and commander in the Maglan unit. Shalev became famous during the war, after he founded the "Shoulder to Shoulder" organization, which represents reserve soldiers in combat roles, and arrived at Knesset discussions to protest against the exemption laws from recruitment. If elected, he will be the youngest Knesset member in Israel ever. Shalev's grandfather is Lieutenant Colonel Shaul Shalev, who fell in the Yom Kippur War, and his grandmother is Gabriela Shalev, who served as Israel's ambassador to the UN. His mother, Michal Shalev, also has a direct connection to party chairman Bennett — and she founded the information security company Cyota together with him.
After Shalev, his friend from the "Shoulder to Shoulder" organization, Major (res.) Shahar Varon, also joined the list. Varon fought on October 7 and was seriously wounded during the war in Gaza. Since then he also fought against the exemption laws from recruitment in the discussions of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee of the Knesset. In the party they announced that "Shahar will lead the plan for treating IDF wounded in body and soul".
Bennett, like Eizenkot, built a list that is also composed of senior officials in the public service. For example, Liran Avishar Ben-Horin joined his list, who served as Director General of the Ministry of Communications. In the last year and a half she led Bennett's initiative for the "Project to Fix Israel", which is actually the government's work plan for the day after the elections. On the same day Bennett also announced the addition of Keren Turner, who served as Director General of the Ministry of Finance and Director General of the Ministry of Transport (2016-2020) under Minister Israel Katz in these ministries. During the term she led the light rail projects in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, the establishment of two international seaports, and led the reform of transitioning Ministry of Transport services to digital. Turner resigned from her position as Director General of the Ministry of Finance after a few months, alongside the resignation of Meridor — who, as mentioned, joined Eizenkot's list.
In the past week, Matti Gil joined the Yahad party, the founding CEO of the artificial intelligence company "AION Labs". Gil, a Major in the reserves, is one of the founders of the joint war room for the IDF and the US Central Command (CENTCOM), which operated in the Lebanon sector during the "Iron Swords" war. Gil will serve as head of the party's high-tech headquarters. Gil also served in the past as head of the bureau of Avi Dichter from the Likud, when he served as Minister of Internal Security on behalf of the Kadima party. In 2008 Gil was lightly-moderately wounded by fire shot by Hamas towards the minister's entourage, which was visiting Nizmit Hill near Kibbutz Nir-Am in the Gaza envelope.
In addition, Michal Negri joined the party, who previously served as CEO of the Ra'anana municipality, and today manages training for CEOs in local authorities and accompanies local authorities all over the country. Negri lost her son Roi on October 7, who served as a team commander in the LOTAR unit and fell in battle against terrorists in Be'eri.
Bennett also added to the party his good friend, Amir Strugo. Amir was in the past CEO of the "Aharai!" movement, which appointed over 500 employees and hundreds of volunteers. Strugo fought on October 7 in the envelope areas and since then has done over 400 days of reserve duty as deputy commander of a reserve battalion in the Maglan unit and won the Chief of Staff's excellence award. In addition, Bennett added to his list Olesya Kantor, Bruria Na'im Herman, Orli Harel, and Esti Ayalon Kubo — about the addition of the four of whom he announced together. Na'im is the party's CEO, Kubo was head of the economic delegation in China, Advocate Harel is head of the party's women's headquarters and an entrepreneur, and Kantor is head of the party's Russian-speaking headquarters, and a philanthropist. Also, Knesset member Eitan Ginzburg joined the party, who left Benny Gantz's party.
The Democrats
Unlike the Likud, where they are still waiting for the dramatic primaries and their results, in the "Democrats" party led by Major General (res.) Yair Golan, primaries were held last month, and the summit was conquered by the incumbent Knesset members of the party in its previous incarnation — Labor — Naama Lazimi, Gilad Kariv, and Efrat Rayten. However, after them there are quite a few new names who are expected to find themselves in the next Knesset — and also some former Knesset members who reached a high place in the primaries and may return to the parliament building. Among the names that reached the high places on the list are prominent activists in the protest against the judicial revolution.
In the fifth place on the list is Yaya Fink, Major (res.), a social left-wing activist, religious, and one of the leaders of the struggle against the judicial revolution. Fink founded Lobby 99, DemocratTV, and the liberal Sabbath leaflet. In the past he was CEO of the 'Darkenu' movement and head of the staff of former opposition leader Shelly Yachimovich. Initiated dozens of crowdfunding projects, including for the rehabilitation of Kibbutz Be'eri and for victims of Jewish terror.
Another protest activist who reached a realistic place is Advocate Omri Ronen, one of the leaders of the "Brothers in Arms" movement and one of the prominent voices in the protest against the judicial revolution. During this period, he threatened to suspend his volunteering for reserve service if the legislation was completed by the government, but in practice he continued to report for service as usual, even during the "Iron Swords" war. His grandmother, Nira, was murdered on October 7 in the massacre in Kfar Aza, the kibbutz where he was born.
Moshe Radman Abutbul, also, like Ronen and Fink, was one of the prominent activists in the protest against the judicial revolution. Radman is a high-tech entrepreneur and research officer in Aman. In 2014 he established and managed the tech company iGroup and later consulted for international companies in the field of AI and served as a director in the real estate company "G-City". Since the outbreak of the protest, and also recently, he was caught in several controversial statements. The most prominent of them was at the demonstration against the firing of Shin Bet head Ronen Bar, where he compared Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Nazi oppressor Adolf Hitler. "Netanyahu is betraying the future of Israel... we passed Haman, we passed Pharaoh, we passed the British Mandate, we passed Hitler — we will pass them too".
Sumia Bashir reached the tenth place on the list, which is reserved for minority representation. Bashir is a social activist from the town of Jat, and even before the primaries, claims were raised against her by LGBTQ activists who said that she disavows them, refuses to be photographed with them, or commit that she will vote in favor of pro-LGBTQ laws in the Knesset. Her position regarding the war in Gaza also aroused quite a bit of criticism: in May 2025 she published on Facebook a provocative comparison between the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto and the residents of Gaza during the war. Recently she admitted that the messages coming out of the party must be moderated and to avoid reactions that could be interpreted as extreme.
Major General (res.) Nimrod Shefer was placed in the 11th place — and according to all polls, it is definitely borderline — immediately after Bashir. He served as head of the Planning Division in the IDF, head of the Air Force staff, and also CEO of Israel Aerospace Industries. In April 2025 he announced that he was dismissed from reserves because he signed the "Pilots' Letter", in which there was a call to stop the war in Gaza until the return of the hostages. This week he aroused a storm after he published a tweet against the commander of the Central Command Avi Bluth, against the background of the events in the Palestinian village of Kusra. "Bluth needs to fly from his position for not standing in his mission, and the sooner the better", wrote Shefer — and after a short time deleted the post.
And back to the protest activists. In the 12th place is placed Moran Zer Katzenstein, founder of the "Building an Alternative" movement and one of the leaders of the handmaidens' protest in the protest against the judicial revolution. Zer Katzenstein, mother of 4 from Holon, is considered one of the leaders of the struggle for equality and women's rights. On October 7 she established a war room together with the movement she founded that dealt with evacuating and receiving evacuees, recruiting equipment donations and distributing them, helping families, and more. In addition, she established national aid systems and an international headquarters for the struggle against Hamas's sex crimes during the massacre.
Besides these candidates, some of whom are expected to reach a first term in the Knesset, there are, as mentioned, also former Knesset members who may return to the parliament building — Advocate Gaby Lasky and Michal Rozin, who previously served as Knesset members on behalf of Meretz, and reached the sixth and eighth places respectively.
In the 13th to 20th places, which are considered unrealistic according to the polls, are placed: environmental and social activist Avi Dabush, former Knesset member Emily Moatti, activist and independent journalist Tomer Avital, protest activist and lawyer Nava Rozolio, former Knesset member Ram Shefa, former Knesset member Ali Salalha, Dr. Rotem Sivan, and former senior NSC official Eran Etzion.
Religious Zionism
Also in the Religious Zionism party they have already put the primaries behind them, when the only prominent name that may enter the next Knesset is Zvika Mor, father of hostage survivor Eitan Mor and one of the leaders of the "Hope Forum". According to the party, he is expected to be placed in the fourth or fifth place on the list. In the October 7 massacre his eldest son Eitan was kidnapped to the Gaza Strip from the Nova party complex, where he served as a security guard. Following this he established the "Hope Forum", a body separate from the Hostage Families Headquarters, which among other things expressed opposition to partial deals and demanded the defeat of Hamas through military pressure. Eitan Mor was released on October 13 last year, after more than two years in Hamas captivity, a period during which his father was interviewed hundreds of times by the media. In December last year, two months after his son's release, he expressed in an interview with Ynet opposition to a state commission of inquiry.
Yisrael Beiteinu
In Yisrael Beiteinu led by Avigdor Lieberman, primaries will not be held this time either, and alongside many announcements about joining and supporting the party, the order of the list for the next Knesset is not clear at all — and therefore it is also not known which of those supporters will merit being placed in a realistic spot on the list for the next Knesset, and who will see it from home. The freshest joiner to the party is Knesset member Dan Illouz, who left the Likud and chose to move to Lieberman. Illouz is considered one of the sharp opponents of the exemption law from recruitment. He announced his resignation from the Likud about a month ago, and this week he already found himself a new home, in the bloc opposing Netanyahu. Besides him, a number of other prominent names joined the party in recent months, including both people from the security establishment and relatives of victims of the October 7 massacre events.
Lili Ben-Ami, founder of the Michal Sela Forum, which was established following the murder of her sister by her husband seven years ago, announced that she is joining Yisrael Beiteinu last week. According to her, she has always been a political and public activist, but since the family tragedy she took a break from political life and dealt with the struggle for threatened women. In the past she participated in primaries in the Labor party, and she explained the conceptual change recently in a conversation with Ynet: "After October 7 everyone went to the right, and I did too".
Even before that, two with a direct connection to October 7 joined the list. Rafi Ben Shitrit, former mayor of Beit She'an who lost his son on the day of the massacre and is among the founders of the "October Council", and Sharon Sharabi, brother of hostage survivor Eli Sharabi and Yossi Sharabi who was murdered in captivity. Rafi Ben Shitrit has been fighting since the fall of his son Elroi in the battle for Nahal Oz for the establishment of a state commission of inquiry to investigate the events of October 7. He is expected to be placed in a realistic spot on the Yisrael Beiteinu list for the Knesset. In the past he served as mayor of Beit She'an on behalf of the Likud. Sharon Sharabi was one of the leaders of the struggle for the return of the hostages and one of the prominent figures who appeared before the media since two of his brothers were kidnapped on October 7 — Eli and Yossi. When explaining his decision to join Yisrael Beiteinu specifically he said: "I grew up on the values of the Likud — 'the Likud of the past' is Yisrael Beiteinu". In the past he admitted that his brother Eli "liked less" his decision to enter national politics.
Dvir Kariv is a former senior official in the Shin Bet, who served for 22 years in the organization. Among other things, he served in the unit for the protection of democracy and counter-terrorism of non-Arabs. Today he serves as an educator. At the end of last month he announced his joining Yisrael Beiteinu.
Meidan Bar, chairman of the Pilots' Association, also joined Yisrael Beiteinu recently. Bar is a Lieutenant Colonel in the reserves, a lawyer by profession and holds a degree in political science, also serves as a volunteer policeman in the traffic police.
Mor Dekel also joined Yisrael Beiteinu and expressed support for Lieberman for Prime Minister. She led for over a decade public struggles for children, parents, and educators. Dekel served for six years as chair of the Israeli branch of the World Organization for Early Childhood and led policy moves and public initiatives in the fields of education, early childhood, and the family.
Colonel (res.) Talia Lankri joined Yisrael Beiteinu about a month ago. Lankri is a former senior official in the NSC and a former candidate for head of the Gedera council. In addition, she was a member of the Nagel Committee for examining the defense budget and the Turgeman Committee for examining the IDF's investigations of October 7.
In addition to them, other names joined Yisrael Beiteinu in recent months such as Dr. Yael Benvenisti, Gil Segal who was among the founders of Yesh Atid, Captain (res.) Israel Ben Shitrit who was seriously wounded in Gaza during the war, media figure Michael Plevort, Brigadier General (res.) Gadi Mairi and more. As mentioned, it is not clear and has not been published who of the above names is intended to be placed in realistic spots on the Yisrael Beiteinu list for the Knesset.
"Third Bloc" parties
Zionist-Reservists House
The only party among the "Third Bloc" parties that passes the electoral threshold in the polls is the one led by former ministers Chili Tropper and Yoaz Hendel. Since they set out, they added two prominent names: Shira Shapira and Elisaf Peretz. Shira Shapira is the mother of Israel's hero Aner Shapira, who was murdered in the death shelter in the October 7 massacre. Last month she announced her joining the Zionist-Reservists House. In her last role she served as Deputy CEO of "Tkuma" in the Ministry of Heritage. Shortly after her, Elisaf Peretz, son of Israel Prize laureate Miriam Peretz who lost his two brothers Lieutenant Uriel and Major Eliraz, also announced his joining the party. Elisaf is an educator, a fighter in the reserves, and a social activist, who founded the "Our Brothers" association, which works to strengthen the mental, emotional, and social resilience of bereaved brothers and sisters.
Unity
Another party that was established by two former ministers is the Unity party, led by former ministers Gilad Erdan and Yuli Edelstein. This week they announced the addition of former Beit Shemesh mayor Aliza Bloch as well as the bereaved father and Olympic medalist Oren Smadja. Oren Smadja is a former coach of the Israel judo team, but first of all the father of Omer, who fell in battle in the Gaza Strip. Smadja was chosen to light a torch on Independence Day eve after his son's fall. This week he decided, as mentioned, to join Erdan and Edelstein's party. Behind him is a successful career in judo that included a bronze medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, a bronze medal at the European Championship that same year, and a silver medal at the 1995 World Championship. As coach of the Israel judo team he led it to peak achievements. He coached the men's team in three different Olympics — 2016, 2020, and 2024.
Aliza Bloch served as mayor of Beit Shemesh between the years 2018 and 2024 and was the first woman in the position. In 2024 she was defeated in the elections and was not elected for another term. Even before that she was an educator — and already declared that she is interested in the position of Minister of Education. This week, on the day of the announcement of her joining, she aroused a storm when she did not rule out sitting with Arabs in the government. "There is room for everyone", she said in an interview with Keshet news. After that, Bloch published a clarification and wrote: "We will not sit in the government with parties that support terror or refuse to recognize Hamas as a terrorist organization. The Ra'am and Joint List parties are terror-supporting parties and we will not sit with them under any circumstances".
Blue and White
The only party in the "Third Bloc" that has not yet officially added new candidates is Benny Gantz's Blue and White, which has been lagging below the electoral threshold in every possible poll for a long time. Recently it was published that there might be a union between him and Brigadier General (res.) Dadi Simhi, who lost his son Guy in the October 7 massacre. However, it is still unclear whether the connection between the two will come to fruition.
