Party Profile: Together (Bennett and Lapid)

Who they are

Together (B'Yachad) is a joint run of former PM Naftali Bennett and opposition leader Yair Lapid. Bennett heads the list and Lapid is No. 2. It merges Bennett's new party, Bennett 2026, with Yesh Atid.

The merger. Bennett and Lapid announced it on 26 April 2026 in Herzliya. In a Channel 12 poll before the merger, their parties won 21 and 7 seats separately. Together they started in the mid-20s and have slipped to the low teens. Under the deal, Bennett's side takes four of every seven realistic slots and Yesh Atid three, with 12 Yesh Atid names in the first 29. Each side can split off after the election.

Polls disagree most on this party. Kan and Channel 16 gave it 14 and 16 in late August. Channel 14 and Direct Polls gave it 7 to 8.

The list: who is likely to get in

At 11 to 13 seats, slots 1 to about 13 are realistic. Camp labels below are partly inferred from reports that tag only the Yesh Atid names. Places 17 to 20 were not confirmed in any source.

Top 16: 1 Naftali Bennett, 2 Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid), 3 Keren Terner, 4 Merav Ben Ari (Yesh Atid), 5 Liran Avisar Ben-Horin, 6 Noam Tibon, 7 Michal Negri, 8 Eitan Ginzburg, 9 Meirav Cohen (Yesh Atid), 10 Yonatan Shalev, 11 Bruria Naim Arman, 12 Ram Ben-Barak (Yesh Atid), 13 Amir Strugo, 14 Naor Shiri (Yesh Atid), 15 Nissan Ze'evi, 16 Vladimir Beliak (Yesh Atid).

Naftali Bennett (1), 54. Born in Haifa. Sayeret Matkal and Maglan veteran. Co-founded the software firm Cyota, sold for $145 million in 2005, and ran Soluto, sold in 2013. Chief of staff to Netanyahu 2006 to 2008. MK 2013 to 2022 and minister of Economy, Education and Defense. Prime minister from June 2021 to June 2022, heading a coalition that included Ra'am.

Yair Lapid (2), 62. Journalist, TV anchor and author. Founded Yesh Atid in 2012 and won 19 seats in 2013. Finance Minister 2013 to 2014. Foreign Minister and alternate PM 2021 to 2022. PM from July to December 2022, then opposition leader. He backed the Trump voluntary-resettlement idea for Gaza in 2025.

Keren Terner (3). Former Transport Ministry and Finance Ministry director-general, then an investor at Vintage. No prior political role. Miri Regev removed her from the Transport Ministry post while she was on maternity leave. Likud has linked her to the "Brothers and Sisters in Arms" protest movement, which her party denies.

Merav Ben Ari (4), 50. Won the reality show "Needed: A Leader" in 2005. Tel Aviv councillor, then MK for Kulanu 2015 to 2019 and for Yesh Atid since 2021. Chaired the Knesset National Security Committee. In October 2023 she said Gaza's children "brought this upon themselves" and later faced criticism for it.

Liran Avisar Ben-Horin (5). Former director-general of the Communications Ministry. Few other details found.

Noam Tibon (6), about 64. Retired major general who commanded the Northern Formation and the West Bank Division. On 7 October 2023 he drove to Kibbutz Nahal Oz and fought to rescue his son's family. Says the party will not sit with Haredi parties and will cut funds for draft evaders.

Michal Negri (7). Former director-general of the Ra'anana municipality.

Eitan Ginzburg (8), 49. Born in Argentina. Former Military Police major and Ra'anana deputy mayor. Blue and White MK from 2019 and returned to the Knesset in July 2025. Left Blue and White on 5 May 2026.

Meirav Cohen (9), 43. Born in Jerusalem. Former Army Radio anchor and Jerusalem councillor. MK since 2019 and Minister for Social Equality.

Yonatan Shalev (10), 23. Reservist activist who would be Israel's youngest MK.

Bruria Naim Arman (11). PR specialist and the party's director-general.

Ram Ben-Barak (12), 68. Sayeret Matkal veteran and former deputy head of the Mossad. MK since 2019. Lost the 2024 Yesh Atid leadership vote to Lapid, 308 to 279.

Amir Strugo (13). Former CEO of Aharai. Few other details found.

Naor Shiri (14), 41. Navy veteran and Hod HaSharon deputy mayor. MK since 2022.

Nissan Ze'evi (15). Northern activist. Few details found.

Vladimir Beliak (16), 53. Born in Kemerovo, immigrated in 1998. MK since 2021 and a Finance Committee member.

Also named: Orly Harel (17), Yorai Lahav-Hertzanu (18), Shahar Varon (19) and Yasmin Sacks-Friedman (20) are likely but unconfirmed placings. Lahav-Hertzanu, 38, is a Yesh Atid MK and openly gay.

About 20 sitting Yesh Atid MKs reportedly did not make the slate, according to a Times of Israel opinion column, and several left. Meirav Cohen, Ben Ari and Shiri are among those who stayed.

Platform and coalition plans

• Haredi draft: Draft everyone. No exemptions or deals. Cut funding for evaders and open a probe into "sabotage of enlistment." Bennett calls Eisenkot's plan a "30% exemption."
• Judiciary: A constitution and term limits for the PM. No detailed position on the overhaul was found.
• Gaza and security: Win the war and disarm Hamas and Hezbollah, per Tibon. No detailed plan was found. Iran: no position found.
• Palestinian state: No official line found. Bennett has historically opposed a state. Tibon backed two states in 2017.
• Economy: Break monopolies and cartels, cut regulation, lower the cost of living, and cut the coalition funds. Tax cuts and grants for the periphery, rent-to-own housing and a single national curriculum.
• Religion and state: Civil marriage, ending the Rabbinate's marriage monopoly and local control of Shabbat transport. Bennett calls it "inclusive Judaism without coercion."

Coalition plans. A Zionist unity government that relies only on Zionist parties. Bennett will not serve under Netanyahu. The party rules out Ra'am and the Arab parties. Yashar and the Democrats are the only parties in the anti-Netanyahu camp that have not ruled Ra'am out, according to the Times of Israel on 23 September.

Sources

• Times of Israel: Bennett and Liberman unveil slates
• Ynet: B'Yachad list
• Ynet: second-ten rotation
• JPost: B'Yachad list
• The JC: new candidates
• Times of Israel: merger launch
• Times of Israel: liberal-Zionist center
• Times of Israel opinion: Lapid and Yesh Atid
• JPost: Tibon
• Wikipedia: Together alliance, Bennett, Lapid, Ben-Barak, Ginzburg