Parties and Lists

According to the Elections Law, only parties can run in elections. In fact, lists running in the Knesset must include at least one party, but can be made up of several parties or include bodies that are not parties.

In this year's elections, the following lists are made up of more than one party: One Israel -- comprises the Israel Labor Party, Gesher, and Meimad; The National Union -- comprises the New Herut, Moledet, and Tekuma; United Torah Judaism -- comprises Agudat Yisrael and Degel Hatorah; Balad -- comprises the National Democratic Alliance and the Arab Movement for Renewal.

In contrast, Meretz -- which used to comprise the Ratz, Mapam, and Shinui parties -- is now an independent party.

The Ra'am list comprises a party and two non-parties: the Arab Democratic Party, the National Unity Front, and part of the Islamic Movement.

New Parties

The Green Party is the country's first environmentalist party. It was established in December 1997 and is headed by MK Dedi Zucker, who joined it after failing to gain a realistic place in the Meretz list. In addition to dealing with environmental issues, the party advocates secular-religious dialogue and strengthening the multi-cultural nature of Israeli society.

Power to the Pensioners is a single-issue senior citizens party, headed by former Histadrut activist and Labor MK, Gideon Ben-Yisrael.

Party lists for the upcoming Knesset elections

The Third Way

1. Avigdor Kahalani
2. Eli Malka
3. Yehuda Harel
4. Ehud Gross
5. Miriam David

Closing spots:
119 Reuven Laskov
120. Natan Goldblum

Shinui

1.Yosef (Tommy) Lapid
2. Avraham Poraz
3. Yehudit Naot
4. Yosef Paritzky
5. Eliezer Zandberg
6. Victor Brailovsky
7. Ilan Shalgi
8. Ehud Ratzavi
9. Melly Polichuk
10.Etti Livni

Pnina Rosenblum

1. Pnina Rosenblum
2. Avi Balashnikov
3. Masha Lubelski
4. Galia Albin
5. Moshe Moscowitz

Israel Green Party

1. Dedi Zucker
2. Pierre Visner
3. Irit Rosenbloom
4. Samuel Chayen
5. Haggai Ayad

Pensioners

1. Nava Arad
2. Moshe Sharoni

One Israel

1. Ehud Barak
2. Shimon Peres
3. David Levy
4. Shlomo Ben-Ami
5. Yossi Beilin
6. Matan Vilna'i
7. Avraham Burg
8. Ra'anan Cohen
9. Uzi Baram
10. Dalia Itzik
11. Binyamin Ben-Eliezer
12. Haim Ramon
13. Eli Goldschmidt
14. Avraham Shohat
15. Yael Dayan
16. Ofer Pines
17. Michael Melchior
18. Maxim Levy
19. Ephraim Sneh
20. Nawaf Masalha
21. Avi Yehezkel
22. Sofa Landver
23. Sallah Tarif
24. Shalom Simhon
25. Yossi Katz
26. Shiri Weizman
27. Eli Ben-Menachem
28. Colette Avital
29. Mordechai Mishani
30. Effi Oshaya
31. Micha Goldman
32. Eitan Cabel
33. Yehuda Gilad
34. Orit Noked
35. Tsali Reshef

Closing spots:
118. Ephraim Katzir
119. Yitzhak Navon
120. Leah Rabin

Balad

1. Azmi Bishara
2. Ahmed Tibi
3. Jamal Zahalka
4. Said Lafa'a

Yisrael Beiteinu

1. Avigdor Lieberman
2. Yuri Stern
3. Michael Nudleman
4. Eliezer Cohen
5. Estherina Tartleman

Tsomet

1. Rafael Eitan
2. Haim Adini
3. Haim Dayan
4. Moshe Romem

Likud

1. Binyamin Netanyahu
2. Silvan Shalom
3. Moshe Katsav
4. Limor Livnat
5. Meir Sheetrit
6. Gideon Ezra
7. Naomi Blumenthal
8. Ariel Sharon
9. Uzi Landau
10. Reuven Rivlin
11. Dan Naveh
12. Tzahi Hanegbi
13. Yisrael Katz
14. Michael Eitan
15. Yehoshua Matza
16. Moshe Arens
17. Avraham Herschson
18. Tzippi Livni
19. Ayoub Kara
20. Yuval Steinitz
21. Ze'ev Boim
22. Shaul Amor
23. Eli Cohen
24. Ze'ev Geizel
25. Gila Gamliel
26. Gilad Arden
27. David Mena
28. Avi Ben-Avraham
29. Liat Rabner
30. Yossi Ahimeir
31. Michael (Micky) Ratzon
32. Doron Shmueli
33. Assad Assad
34. Zehava Koren
35. Yehiel Hazan

Closing spots:
118.Sarah Doron
119.Dov Shilansky
120.Dan Tichon

United Torah Judaism

1. Meir Porush
2. Avraham Ravitz
3. Yaacov Litzman
4. Moshe Gafni
5. Shmuel Halpert
6. Yisrael Eichler

Meretz

1. Yossi Sarid
2. Ran Cohen
3. Haim Oron
4. Amnon Rubinstein
5. Anat Maor
6. Zehava Gal-On
7. Avshalom Vilan
8. Ilan Gilon
9. Naomi Chazan
10. Jabarra Husseina
11. Moshe Raz
12. Benny Temkin
13. Uzi Even
14. Michal Shohat
15. Ali Al-Assad

Closing spots:
114. Alice Shalvi
115. Yehoshua Abraham Gavriel
116. Yoram Kaniuk
117. Natan Zach
118. Yair Tsaban
119. Victor Shemtov
120. Shulamit Aloni

Yisrael Ba'aliya

1. Natan Sharansky
2. Yuli Edelstein
3. Roman Bronfman
4. Marina Solodkin
5. Gennady Rigeur
6. Alexander (Sasha) Tsinker
7. Natasha Yelinson
8. Shlomo Mula
9. Yohanan Mishayev
10. Avi Bitaw

Center Party

1. Yitzhak Mordechai
2. Amnon-Lipkin Shahak
3. Dan Meridor
4. Ronni Milo
5. Uri Savir
6. Dalia Rabin-Pelossof
7. Nehama Ronen
8. David Magen
9. Yehiel Lasri
10. Haggai Merom
11. Svetlana Alexandrova
12. Alex Lubotsky
13. Benny Biton
14. Manuella Dviri
15. Eran Weintraub
16. Shmuel Slavin
17. Amir Zouabi
18. Unconfirmed
19. Mauzia Segal
20. Dudu Mor

Closing spots:
120. Yoram Yair

Hadash

1. Mohammed Barakei
2. Issam Mahoul
3. Tamar Gozansky
4. Dr. Afou Agbaria
5. Walid Fahoum
6. Dr. Ilan Pape

National Religious Party

1. Yitzhak Levy
2. Haim Druckman
3. Shaul Yahalom
4. Yigal Bibi
5. Zevulun Orlev
6. Nahum Langenthal
7. Nissan Slomiansky
8. Gila Finkelstein
9. Eli Gabai
10. Shmaryahu Ben-Tzur
11 Asher Abergil
12. Yehudit Shilat
13. Rochel Sylvetzky
14. Mordechai Vaknin
15. Viva Sivan

Shas

1. Aryeh Deri
2. Aryeh Gamliel
3. Eli Suissa
4. Eli Yishai
5. Shlomo Benizri
6. Yitzhak Cohen
7. Amnon Cohen
8. Nissim Dahan
9. David Azoulai
10. David Tal
11. Yitzhak Vaknin
12. Rahamim Malul
13. Meshulam Nahari
14. Yizhak Tsaban
15. Nissim Ze'ev

United National Party

1. Ze'ev (Benny) Begin
2. Rehavam Ze'evi
3. Hanan Porat
4. Michael Kleiner
5. Benny Elon
6. Zvi Hendel
7. Uri Ariel
8. Moshe Peled
9. Moshe Katz
10. Menahem Feliks
11. Rafaela Segal
12. Sarah Titinsky
13. Yizhar Yitzhaki
14. Alex Tseitlin
15. Eitan Ben-David

Closing spots:
119. Azriel Livnat
120. Yitzhak Shamir

Am Echad

1. Amir Peretz
2. Haim Katz
3. Yoram Oberkovitch
4. Adisu Messele
5. Shilo Kfir
6. Nadia Hilu