Benjamin Netanyahu

Security
Netanyahu has rejected the Trump administration's 15-point Gaza framework, saying Israel demands "real disarmament, not fictitious disarmament" of Hamas, including removal of all weaponry down to light arms. He has stated Israeli forces will not withdraw from their current lines in Gaza until Hamas is genuinely disarmed, and has pledged to keep troops in place to continue deterring threats to Israeli forces and citizens rather than accept the plan's proposed transition to a technocratic Palestinian administration overseen by an international Board of Peace.

Governance
Netanyahu's coalition has advanced a judicial overhaul package, described by observers as "Judicial Reform 2.0," that would limit the Supreme Court's power to strike down Knesset legislation, narrow who may petition the court, and replace the current judicial-appointments process (which allows sitting justices and the Bar Association a veto) with a system requiring coalition-opposition agreement, or letting each side name its own pick when deadlocked. Because roughly two-thirds of the 15-seat court's positions could turn over in the next term, the reform would let the next government reshape the bench substantially.

Governance
On ultra-Orthodox military conscription, Netanyahu backed a July 2026 law pausing arrests of Haredi draft evaders, but has since told Likud colleagues that law "did not work" and pledged that after the election he would form a broad national government that would immediately pass a full draft law to meet the military's manpower needs, while also pursuing legislative changes preserving exemptions for full-time yeshiva students.

Immigration
Netanyahu has said that "as long as I am prime minister, no Palestinian state will arise," rejecting the statehood component of international post-war frameworks for Gaza. He has also been pursuing normalization agreements with Saudi Arabia (and, with lower expectations, Indonesia) ahead of the election, aiming to expand the Abraham Accords framework.

Immigration
Netanyahu has campaigned on continued West Bank settlement growth, telling a settler gathering that his government has established or legalized "104 communities... and 160 farms, with more to come," and framing continued settlement construction as preparation for a future wave of Jewish immigration to the area.

Economy
Netanyahu's coalition passed Israel's largest-ever state budget for 2026, totaling roughly NIS 850.6 billion, with Defense Ministry funding exceeding NIS 142 billion. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, presenting the budget as coalition economic policy, described it as one that "fights the cost of living" and said it would move to open up the banking market and break up existing monopolies.