Religious Zionism

Hebrew: הציונות הדתית · full name National Religious Party–Religious Zionism (formed by a 2023 merger with Hagit Moshe’s Jewish Home) · historic name Tkuma (תקומה) · Leader: Bezalel Smotrich (Finance Minister)

Religious-Zionist, annexationist, pro-settlement, socially conservative; economically statist specifically around settlement funding, distinct from Likud’s general free-market branding.

• 2022: ran jointly with Otzma Yehudit (combined list: 14 seats).
• 2026: running alone, and has hovered at or below the 3.25% threshold in several polls — prompting Netanyahu to press (so far without success) for Smotrich and Ben Gvir to reunite their lists to avoid wasting right-wing votes. Some reporting indicates the coalition has discussed lowering the electoral threshold specifically to help the party clear it — a proposal, not enacted law, as of this writing.
• Smotrich says he can clear the threshold independently and expects the Haredi parties to be his natural post-election partners.