Israel First

Hebrew: ישראל תחילה · Founded: mid-July 2026, after Sharren Haskel resigned as Deputy Foreign Minister (July 14, 2026) over the government’s freeze on arrests of draft evaders.

• Ideology: hawkish on security, free-market economically, “Zionist unity” framing that excludes both the Haredi parties and Arab parties.
• Polling: far below threshold, roughly 0.6% — widely expected in analysis to merge with one of the other third-bloc efforts before the September 9 deadline rather than run independently.