List of Political Parties in Today’s Election

by Eric on February 10, 2009

The 2009 Knesset election has a long list of parties, 43 parties to be exact. The 2006 election, in comparison, only had 34 parties on the ballot.

Here is a list (follow the links to the Wikipedia article on each party):

Kadima
Labor Party
Shas
Likud
Yisrael Beiteinu
Gil
United Torah Judaism
New Movement-Meretz
The Jewish Home
Hadash
United Arab List-Ta’al
Balad
National Union
Green Movement-Meimad
Tzomet
Yisrael HaMithadeshet
Da’am
LaZuz
Yisrael Hazaka
Koah LeHashpi’a
HaYisraelim
Leader
Ahrayut
Tzabar
Ale Yarok
Or
Lehem
Koah HaKesef
The Greens
Lev LaOlim
Holocaust survivors & Ale Yarok Alumni
Brit Olam
Man’s Rights

And you thought your country had a lot of political parties!

About the author

Eric Eric is the founder and editor of IsraelSituation.com. He has been to Israel many times including a semester at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the former president of the Israel advocacy group at the University of Colorado and teaches about Israel and the Media at a local religious school.

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