Party Leader: Tzipi Livni
Campaign Slogans: 1) The Courage to Change. 2) A Different leadership.
Official Web Site: www.kadima.org.il

Key Points In Platform:

• Supports a negotiated peace process based entirely on the 'Road Map' Peace Plan, eventually leading to the creation of a Palestinian state as articulated at the Annapolis Peace Conference. However, will not negotiate with Hamas-led PA unless Hamas accepts Israel's right to exist, accepts past agreements between Israel and the Palestinians and ends all violence.
• No further unilateral withdrawals; although Israel reserves the right to unilaterally draw final borders if the Palestinians do not fulfill their obligations under the Road Map.
• Favors keeping the 'major settlement blocks' (Ariel, Gush Etzion and Ma'alei Adumim) within the final borders of Israel.
• Governmental reform to stem the power of Central Committees in Israeli political parties.
• Continue to pursue a moderate, market-based economy.
• Plans to introduce legislation to legalize civil marriage and burial.

Party Leader: Ehud Barak
Campaign Slogans: Look Me in the Eyes and See the Truth, Not Nice, a Leader
Official Web Site: www.havoda.org.il/14-he/Party.aspx

Key Points In Platform:

• Willing to negotiate with the Palestinian Authority while remaining strong on security.
• In favor of the creation of a Palestinian state, while dismantling isolated settlements.
• Favours increasing the minimum wage, guaranteeing pensions to every employee, and increasing social security benefits for the elderly and the handicapped.
• Favors maintaining the religious status quo

Key Points In Platform:

• Has stated willingness to negotiate peace with Palestinian leadership "not compromised by terror", but adamantly refuses to negotiate with Hamas and any member of the Hamas-led PA.
• In favor of a realistic solution to the advancement of the peace-process. This is accentuated by an economic peace-plan which will bolster the Palestinian economy.
• Opposed to dismantling of major settlements
• Continue economic reforms started by Netanyahu as Finance Minister
• Favors maintaining status quo in religious/state issues

• Israeli Arab party
• Israel should be a democratic state of all its citizens
• Supports right of return for Arab refugees from the 1948 war
• Full Israeli withdrawal from West Bank and East Jerusalem
• Supports creation of a Palestinian state

Key Points In Platform:

• The party focuses primarily on environmental issues and promotes "politics of cooperation that will promote peace."
• Politically dovish and believes in a two-state solution based on the 'Green Line'
• The party backs train transportation as opposed to paving new roads.

Key Points In Platform:

• Commitment to protecting pension rights, including housing, raising the amount of national health insurance and services for pensioners;
• Politically centrist on security and negotiations with the Palestinians;
• The maintenance of traditional Jewish values and advancement of democratic values.

Key Points In Platform:

• Non-Zionist and Communist ideology
• Improving status of disadvantaged Israelis
• Formation of democratic and secular constitution
• Improving rights for Israeli Arabs and women
• Supports Israel as a state of all its citizens rather than a 'Jewish State'
• Supports formation of a Palestinian state
• Supports rights of Palestinian refugees of 1948 to either return ("right of return") or be compensated for property abandoned

Key Points In Platform:

• New party, replacing the National Religious Party in these elections
• Against further withdrawals from the West Bank, based on the on security, Biblical and Zionist beliefs
• Against the creation of a Palestinian state.
• Strengthening of the state and religious education system

Key Points In Platform:

• Left HaBayit Hayehudi because it didn't think the joint platform was not hard-line enough on the Greater Land of Israel issue
• Joined forces with the largely secular hard-line party HaTikva
• Against any withdrawals from any territory
• Against the creation of a Palestinian state.

Party Leader: IbrahimSsarsour
Campaign Slogans:
Official Web Site:

Key Points In Platform:

• Union of three Israeli Arab parties - United Arab Party (Ra'am), Arab National Party (Mada) and Islamic Movement
• Israel should become a state of all its inhabitants and not have overtly Jewish character
• The Arabs should be recognized as a national minority and be awarded rights accordingly
• Full Israeli withdrawal from West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem
• Establishment of Palestinian state with Jerusalem as capital
• Right of return for Palestinian refugees of 1948

Key Points In Platform:

• Coalition of Ashkenazi ultra-orthodox parties representing the Hassidic and Lithuanian sects
• Non-Zionist but would like to see laws strengthen Judaism in Israel
• Can sit with any of the major parties regarding security issues, but more comfortable with the right as much of its constituency is hawkish
• Advocate on behalf of their constituency regarding government budgets and social services

Key Points In Platform:

• Left-wing social democratic secular party
• Supports a just and comprehensive peace between Israel and its neighbors
• Has historically supported direct negotiations with the Palestinians and continues to do so in theory, however, concedes that direct negotiations with Hamas is ill-advised at this time.
• Favors dismantling settlements and an almost full withdrawal from West Bank, with land swap for the remainder
• Supports state recognition of non-Orthodox conversions and acceptance of patrilineal descent as source of Jewishness
• Human, civil rights and social justice agenda
• Ecology and a safe environment agenda

Key Points In Platform:

• Sephardic religious movement, led by spiritual mentor Rabbi Ovadia Yosef
• Governmental policies should be based on strict Jewish law
• In the past, prepared to relinquish land in return for peace, but uncomfortable with this policy given increased terror
• Pragmatic approach to security based on the sanctity of life.
• Returning the higher social payments to large families and increase funding for the Yeshivas.

Key Points in Platform:

• A belief that the "land for peace approach" is fundamentally flawed – only a "land for land – peace for peace" approach, in which both parties compromise and commit to certain terms, can succeed.
• Strong security and anti-crime platform
• The desire to see Israel join NTAO and the EU
• Easing of conversions and the introduction of civil unions, while strengethening the Jewish nature of the state.